Swept by a huge ring of bushfires, a 60 miles an hour gale and the temperature at times reaching 97.8 degress, Newcastle had a terrible time yesterday. Considering the wide circle of flame and the force of the wind, the actual damage to property was slight, but there were many narrow escapes in which life and property were in ...
Article : 1,071 wordsThe raging inferno along the Sydney railway line played havoc with the Sydney-Newcastle telephone lines. ...
Article : 246 wordsReturning home from a fishing expedition in the Oarrington Basin on September 26, Winfield Harold Hancock, a schoolboy, jumped on ...
Article : 385 wordsThat his brother had attacked him with a razor wa the allegation made at the West Maitland Court to-day by Frank O'Keefe, ...
Article : 697 wordsWalking along Railway-street, Adamstown, on September 7, Lily May Weston was hailed by a man sitting on the side of the road. He said that he was very sick. About an hour later the man, who was identified as Charles ...
Article : 915 wordsWangi and Lake View had a perilous time on Sunday from bush fires. On Friday night fires were to be seen in the thick timber a couple of miles ...
Article : 282 wordsYesterday's gale is officially described as one of the most severe storms that the south-east of Australia has ever experienced. ...
Article : 85 wordsTwo Important recommendations were made by a conference of 25 local unions at the Trades Hall yesterday. Both have bearing on the waterfront ...
Article : 170 wordsMaximum temperature: 84:8 degreess Barometer: 29.810 inches 9 a.m., 29.76 inches (noon), 29.738 inches (2 p.m.), Wind west 35 miles an hour. ...
Article : 46 wordsNew South Wales selectors met this morning to select the Test team to play against Queensland on October 20. ...
Article : 28 words"I hope the British public will realise what unpreparedness for war cost the Empire In flesh and blood in the summer of 1915," said Earl Halg in ...
Article : 313 wordsMr. Charley E. Richardson, the well-known Sheffield inventor who in 1913 invented the child's scooter, claims to have found the ...
Article : 230 wordsYesterday was a day of misery for residents of the coalfields. In stifling heat, and the atmosphere heavily charged with just, the ...
Article : 596 wordsFire fighters at Merewether worked at fever heat yesterday to prevent the fire from reaching the explosives stored near the sewerage works at ...
Article : 255 wordsMr. Farrar, Minister for Labor, together with representatives of Colliery Employers' Association and representatives of Miners' Federation. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe A.C.T.U. meets to-day to discuss the legal advice given regarding the constitutionality of the Transport Workers Act. This afternoon the committee set up ...
Article : 87 wordsYesterday was the worst day ever experienced by residents of the coalfields, Bushfires were raging throughout the district and the flames, fanned ...
Article : 363 wordsAberdare Extended Colliery was again idle to-day. The whistle blew for "no work" on Saturday night. It is understood that the idleness is due. ...
Article : 131 wordsTo be uniform with other A.L.P. branches in the Hunter Electorate Cessnock A.L.P. yesterday decided to extent the time for the signing of the ...
Article : 89 wordsInferior hosing jeopardised the safety of several houses in Lambtonroad Charlestown yesterday. Serious danger from the burning bush to four ...
Article : 136 wordsJohn McNamnra was found dead on the railway line, near Attunga, yesterday, according to a message received by Newcastle railway ...
Article : 45 wordsShoulders Dislocated: James Jones (19), of 10 Harle-street, Merewether, employed at the Steelworks, dislocated both shoulders when he struck the ...
Article : 129 wordsThe New Zealand champion. Limerick, was scratched to-day from all his V.R.C. and V.A.T.C. engagements. MOLLISON UNDER A CLOUD ...
Article : 85 wordsPrincess Mary and Viscount Lascelles were heartily cheered by a considerable crowd when they landed in Dublin on Saturday. ...
Article : 54 wordsMrs. J. W. Cleaves, of Waratah, who underwent an operation at the Mater Miserldcordiae Hospital, Waratah last Thursday, is making satisfactory ...
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The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), Mon 8 Oct 1928, Page 5
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