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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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Melbourne Fire. Damage Estimated at £40,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 3

On Saturday a lingo conflagration occurred at the promises of the Cork [?]d Crown Seal Co., Ltd., at the corner of Crown Parade and Grant…

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Fire at Annandale. Factory and Timber Yard Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

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

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Theatre Fire. Incendiarism Suspected at Wagga. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 5

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

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Bush Fires. the Albury Outbreak. Orchards Saved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

During Sunday night the great bush fire at Albury was carefully guarded along its 14 miles face hundreds of men, who, favoured by…

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Fire at Witt Island Tea Gardens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

On Thursday, February 8th, a fire occurred at a workshop on Witt Island, near Tea Gardens, owned by G. A. Engel and Sons, Ltd. The…

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Fire at Markwell a Heavy Loss

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

A seven-roomed weather-board house, owned by Mr. Jacob Toms, and situated at Markwell, was totally destroyed by fire at 4.30 p.m…

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Big Fire at Queanbeyan. £50,000 Damage

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning a disastrous fire sweft the business centre of Queanbeyan, doing damage to the extent of between £50,000 and £60,000. The…

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Melbourne Fire. Damage, £40,000. Suspected Incendiarism

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

Damaged estimated at approximately £40,000 was caused by a fire which enveloped with amazing rapidity premises occupied by the Cork and Crown…

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Fire in Picture Theatre Evidence of Incendiarism. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

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

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Fire Board Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

As a result of the last municipal elections, Mr. E. E. Collins, formerly it representative of country shires and municipalities on the…

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Moss Vale Fire. Southern Stores Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

On Tuesday morning a fire was discovered at the rear of the Southern Stores, Moss Vale. The store with all-its contents was burnt to the…

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Fire at Picture Show Gilgandra Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

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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Bush Fires in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 3

During the week-end bush fires raged in many parts of Victoria. A devastating outbreak swept through Strathbogie district, reducing 12 farmhouses…

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Fires in Country Stores

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

The back store of the Southern Stores at Moss Vale was found to be well alight on Tuesday morning, and the store, with all its contents, was burnt…

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LOCAL & General News Coalfield Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

Bush fires could be seen in the distance from the South Maitland railway last evening, some of them showing flames in the highest trees…

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Balmain Box Factory Destroyed by Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 3

The Balmain box factory, in Annandale, was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The alarm was given shortly before 2.30 a.m., and the…

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Anonymous Letters. Fire the Only Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 7

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

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Election of Fire the Commissioner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

The election of a municipal representative to the board of Fire Commissioners was held on Tuesday. As showing the keen interest taken in the…

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Bush Fires. the Albury Outbreak. Orchards Saved

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

During Sunday night the great bush fire at Albury was carefully guarded along its 14 miles face by hundreds of men, who, favoured by…

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Disastrous Blaze. Extensive Damage at Queanbeyan. Estimated at Nearly £60,000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 14

A disastrous fire swept through part of the business centre of Queanbeyan town early on Sunday morning, doing damage estimated at…

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