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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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Fire Raging. on Board Canadian Pioneer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

An Auckland message states a fire is rasing aboard, the steamer, Canudian Pioneer which was to have competed loading a earge for…

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Anniversary Day Blaze "Glory Box" on Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 5

Shortly after 4.20 o'clock on the afternoon of Anniversary Day, an alarm of fire was rung, the scene of the fire being at the shop occupied by…

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Big Blaze at Scone. Two Buildings Gutted. Heroic Work of Fire Fighters

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 4

Shortly arter nine o'clock on Monday morning tho alarm was raised that' a fire had broken out In the northern end of Kelly-street (syas…

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The Recent fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 2

To You of der Pape, Dear Tore of der Ed. I wat you call a. Jew, a der Race Housa-a-Ja-cob, born at Veneeso, land…

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Fire on Railway Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 3

An outbreak of fire occurred on the railway bridge, spanning the Hunter River, yesterday afternoon. Some of the sleepers on the…

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Disastrous Fire. 250,000 Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 13

A fire broke out in Flinders Lane Melbourne and caused damage estimated at £50,000. The outbreak occurred on the…

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Fire at Scone. Brick Shop Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 8

A fire started at 9 o'clock on Monday morning in Miss M. Tuite's store at Scone. The place was burnt to the ground, and a…

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Disastrous Fire. Block Involved at Whitton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 16

A disastrous fire commenced at Whitton at the Commercial Hotel about midday on Monday, and extended the full length of the block…

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Motor Garage Burnt. Fire at Gloucester

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 9

Mr. W. U. Harris's garage, a large building in Church-street, Gloucester, was destroyed by fire. The building was stocked with…

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Our Telegrams. Fire at Railway Station. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 5

Portion of the passenger platform at the Normanhurst railway station was destroyed by fire at four o'clock this morning. The origin of the…

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Fairfield Blaze Two Firemen Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Two firemen were injured while attempting to extinguish a fire, at a house at Fairfield. The outbreak originated in an…

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Railway Platform on Fire (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Portion of the passenger platform at the Warnambool (Vc.) railway station was destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning…

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Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

Many bush fires were burning yesterday, parts of the district, and they helped greatly towards intensifying the heat. Others broke out…

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Studebaker Destroyed by Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

A six-cylinder Studebaker motor car, the property of Mr Albert Shanahan, the well known jockey, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. Mr…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 10

For the election of a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales by the Municipal and Shire Councils, the local council has…

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Lucky Firemen. Blaze at Petersham. Sydney

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

Fireman who fought a blaze at Petersham Markets early this morning unknowingly ran a terrible risk. They worked on the ground…

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Street Fire Alarms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 6

At the local Municipal Council's meeting on Thursday night a letter was received from the Board of Fire Underwriters saying an inspector would be…

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Fire at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

A shed; used us a motor-garage at the rear of the Aberdare Hotel, Cessnock, caught fire on Thursday night. The fire brigade was quickly…

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Fire Threatens Mt. Vincent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 3

If the fire which started up Sugarloaf towards Mt. Vincent, reaches the latter range, the grass on the Crown lands will certainly be burnt…

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Street Fire Alarms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

The municipal council has received a letter from the Board of Fire Underwriters saying an inspector will be in Singleton shortly to report on…

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