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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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State Forests. Damaged by Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 6

Great damage has been done by bush fires to the State forests in the Dubbe Mogriguy Balladoran. Gilgandra Mendooran and other…

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Mine Fire. Prompt Help by Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 6

A five occurred in the Blackall mine at Westland (N.Z.). One hundred men who were working in the mine were withdrawn safely. The…

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Bush Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 4

A bush fire broke out in a paddock at Weston last night, and the Weston fire brigade fought for four bours before it was put out. The…

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Bush Fires Farmers' Heavy Losses

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 1

Further reports from various parts of the country show that the losses through bush fires are rapidly increasing…

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Fire at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 4

The fence at the A.B.C. Bank premises at Kurri Kurri was damaged fire last evening before the Kurri Kurri fire brigade could…

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Tragic Fire. Little Boy Burned to Death

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

A tragic fire occurred at midnight at the residence of Mr. Louis Stiller, in Caswell-street, Peak Hill. Mr. Stiller's youngest child, a boy…

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Disastrous Fire. Several Shops Destroyed at Grenfell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 November 1922 · page 3

At 8 a.m. on Monday it disastrous fire occurred at Grenfell. The fire had started apparently at Mrs. Huggett's refreshment rooms in…

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Suspicious Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 5

Detectives who were placed on the inquiry relating to the suspicious side of the fire at Dalweed Chambers Bathurst-street, on Tuesday…

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Fire's Big Damage. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Mars[?] correspondent reports that a fire in a used on a mole near Cape Plaide destroyed four thousand bags of copra, and…

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Push Fires. Damage to State Forests. Supposed Incendiarism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 December 1922 · page 2

Bush fires in the Connamble district threaten the destruction of a large area of the Pilliga State forest, containing a tract of ironbark and cyprus…

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Pilliga Forest Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 2

A terrific fire has developed along the western front of the Pilliga State Forest, and already a number of properties have been destroyed. All the…

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Careless Use of Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 1

At the Young Police Court on Wednesday, Peter M'Cullough, aged 48, described as a hairdresser, was fined £20 or two months' gaol, for carelessly…

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Pilliga Forest Fires. Valuable Timber Destroyed. Coonamble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 5

The big bush fires, which were spreading south-west, along the Coonamble-Pilliga road, were checked yesterday…

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State Forests. Damaged by Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 14

Great damage has been done by bush fires to the State forests in the Dubbo, Mogriguy, Balladoran, Gilgandra, Mendooran, and other…

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Fire Tribunal. Board Rejects Findings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 13

The Board of Fire Commissioner's declines to be bound by the decisions of the tribunal appointed by the late State Labour Government to inquire…

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Mine Fire. Prompt Help by Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 16

A fire occurred in the Blackall mine at Westland (N.Z.). One Hundred men who were working in the mine were withdrawn safely. The…

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Disastrous Fire. Several Shops Destroyed at Grenfell

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 6

At 3 a.m. on Monday a disastrous fire occurred at Grenfell. The fire had started apparently at (Mrs. Huggett's refreshment rooms in…

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Big Fire in City £10,000 Damage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 3

A fire which broke out at Dalwood Chambers, in Bathurst-street, Sydney, at midnight on Tuesday, destroyed the three top floors. There are peculiar…

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Pilliga Scrub Fire. Damage Near Wee Waa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 16

Forest fires have occurred on the eastern side of Pilliga Scrub. They have not been as extensive as in the case of the Coonamble belt. The…

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Big Fire in Sydney. £6000 to £10,000 Damage. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 3

The three top floors of the five-storied building known as Dalwood Chambers in Stewart Lane. Sydney, were gutted by five late last night…

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