Maitland Fire Brigades. [?]
[?] The annual report of the Maitland Fire Brigades shows that during the year there were only 45 calls received for the whole of the district. which includes East and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
395 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 20
Misuse of Electricity. Nominal Fires. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Thirty-seven shopkeepers were fined nominally 1/- for using electricity on December 8, acting on at isleading paragraph in a morning paper…
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At about a quarter to three on Wednesday morning the entire town was startled by the clanging or St. John's boll and shouts of fire. A…
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About 2.30 o'clock on Wednesday morning the general store of Messrs. Dark's Ltd., Clarence Town, was burned to the ground. The store was of wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Fire Brigades. Report for the Year
The annual report of the Maitland Fire Brigades shows that during the year there were only 45 calls received for the whole of the district, which includes East and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Zeppelins on Fire. (Australian Cable Assn. Message) London, Thursday Night
Copenhagen newspapers state that two Zeppelins ignited as the result of a collision when they were leaving the shed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Bush Fire. Front Three Miles Long
A serious bush lire broke out on Satur-day morning on the boundary of the lnch-gower and Carrawobitty stations, about 30 miles from Forbes, The wind fanned the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Mail Steamer. Under Submarine Fire. Madrid
The French mail steamer Ville d'Havie sent a wireless to Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a submarine The messages continued for twenty-three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Town. the Late Fire
The sensation of the big fire has simmered down, and our little town has resumed its normal condition. On Saturday the Hon. Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homeville Fire Station
At the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last evening a letter was read from Mr. R. Shepherd, municipal representative on the Fire Board, informing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney. Outbreak in Clarence Street
Shortly before 11 o'clock last. night George turner, a nightwatehman, discovered an outreak of fire in a four-storied building at 228 Clarence-street, Sydney. By…
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About 600 acres of wheat crops were destroyed by fire on Wednesday at Daysdale, near Berrigan. The outbreak occurred in the stubble paddock of Bay Bros., and also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Cessnock
Shortly before 7 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in a back room of the business premises of Mr. Harringdon-Langdon, optician, Vincent-street, Cessnock (writes…
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A truck-load of lime while in transit from the North Coast to Newcastle caught alight yesterday afternoon, and the whole load of about eight tons was damaged. The…
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Destructive bush fires have occurred in the western and southern districts of Now South Wales during the week, and considerable damage has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Bush Fire. Front Three Miles Long
A serious bush fire broke out on Saturday morning on the boundary of the Inch-gower and Carrawobitty stations, about 30 miles from Forbes. The wind fanned the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire at Clarence Town
About 2.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 3rd instant, the general store of Messrs. Dark's Ltd., Clarence Town, was burned to the ground. The store was of wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Macedonian Front. Intense Artillery Fire. London, Friday morning
The French Macedonla official message says:—The artillery fire is increasing on the whole front, particularly in the Struma re-sion, land at Makova and Monastir…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Mail Steamer. Under Submarine Fire. Madrid
The French mail steamer Ville d'Havre sent a wireless to Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a submarine. The messages continued for twenty-three…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Phantom Trench and Tanks. Hazy-on-the-hill, Which Was—and Is Not. Germans Blaze Away at Goblin Panzerkraftwagen
The "Daily Chronicle" Special Correspon-dent. Pere[?] Gibbon, with the British Army on the Somme, under date Oct. 31. wrote—…
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