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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 42

Theatre Fire. Incendiarism Suspected at Wagga

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

The police believe that a deliberate attempt was made to set fire to the Wonderland Gardens Picture Theatre, Wagga, on Sunday night…

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Fire at Picture Show Gilgandra Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7

Another fire has been added to the long list of conflagrations that have occurred at Gilgandra lately. What appears to have been an…

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Fire at Annandale. Factory and Timber' Yard Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

The factory and timber stacks of the Balmain Box and Timber Co., at Annandale, was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The…

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False Fire Alarms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 4

Early on Sunday morning two false alarms were received at the West Maitland Fire Brigade station. "At three o'clock, a call was…

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Spontaneous Combustion Linseed Oil Causes Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 3

The circumstances connected with the fire on February 21, which destroyed a house in Wills Lane, Broken Hill, formed the subject of an inquiry on…

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Anonymous Letters Fire the Only Treatment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 2

Did you ever receive an anonymous letter? Did you read it? If so, listen to this sad tale (writes Andree Viollis, in London "Daily…

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British Soccer. Fire Thrill London, March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 5

An additional thrill was provided for 15,000 spectators at the Liverpool-Bolton Wanderers Soccer match. In the second half a fire…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 5

A fire broke out on the ground floor of the five-storey buildings of tho Holland-Australia Steamship Company, in Pitt-street, early this…

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Wounded by Robbers Fire in a Theatre

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 3

As was briefly mentioned in our wires on Tuesday a sensation was caused at an early hour on Monday morning in Brisbane by sounds, of shots in…

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Fire in Steamship Office Firemen's Good Work. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 2

A fire broke out on the ground floor of the five-storey building of the Holland-Australia Steamship Company, in Pitt-street, early this morning. The…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 6

While Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Haggarty, of Glenridding were at Maitland Show on Thursday afternoon, a fire broke out in a bay shod on Mr…

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Fire at Glenridding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 6

A fire broke out in a hay shed on Mr W. G. Haggarty's. farm at Glenridding during Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Haggarty were at Maitland show…

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Cinema Fire. Films and Machine Burnt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 6

A fire broke out in the operating box of Mr. Frank Buscombe's picture hall, in Main-street, Gosford, as the audience was leaving at the…

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Sheep Incinerated Disastrous Fire at Yanko

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

A disastrous fire occurred at the Yanko woolshed where preparations were being made to start crutching during the day…

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British Soccer. Fire Thrill. London, March 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

An additional thrill was provided for 15,000 spectators at the Liverpool-Bolton Wanderers Soccer match. In the second half a fire…

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Fire in a Mine. Heroism of Miners Recognised. Wellington, N.Z.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

Recognition of the heroism of the Blackball miners in a recent fire in the mine was given at the magistrate's court at Greymouth, when…

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Scuttled. Fire on Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The Commonwealth liner Erriba. which caught fire off Barri. with a load of wool, has been scuttled to extinguish the outbreak…

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Hay on Fire. Horse and Cart Burnt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

A Chinese gardener of Bulgandramine, near Peak Hill, whlie carting a load of hay, struck, a match to light his pipe, In a second, the…

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Harbour Blaze. Collier Practically Destroyed. Steamer Damaged. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 5

One of the most sensational harbour tires for years occurred at Double Bay early this morning, when the collier Duroby was practically…

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Harbour Fire. Collier Destroyed; Steamer Severely Daimaged. (By Telegraph.) Sydnoy

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 2

One of the most sensational harbour fires for years occurred at Double Bay early this morning, whom the collier Duroby was paractically destroyed and…

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