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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Clovelly Fire. Staining Mixture Ignites

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 9

Lockley Flats, Grenville-street, Clovelly, were severely damaged by fire on 6th inst. Wallace Nunn Patrick, the occupier…

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Newtown Fire. Engineering Works Suffer. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 1

Six motor cars, in course of construction, were severely damaged early to-day, when a fire broke out in Proverts Engineering Works, Newtown…

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Dramatic Rescue Fire at Redfern. Newsagent's Shop Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 13

A fire broke out at Hadcock's news-agent's shop, Redfern, at three a.m. Monday. The place was gutted. The flames were first noticed by two…

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Disastrous Fire Oil Store Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 16

The premises of the British Imperial Oil Company at Invercargill were gutted by fire last night. Twenty thousand cases of oil were consumed…

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Disatrous Fire. Damage at Eumundie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 7

Damage estimated at about £3000 was done by a fire which occurred at Eumundie (Q.) on Monday. Flames were seen bursting from a…

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Benzine Explodes. Garage Fire at Katoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 2

Early on Monday morning a fire broke out in a garage at the rear of the residence of Mr. Otto Camphlingeneral manager of the Joyaton Smith…

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Motor 'Bus on Fire a Sensational Experience

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 4

While going from tho Central Railway Station to Darlinghurst on Saturday morning a motor 'bus caught fire at the cornor of Liverpool and Oxford…

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Under Fire Clergyman's Narrow Escape. Bullets Fly in Graveyard. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

While at a grave in the Baptist section of the Rookwood cemetery, Rev. H. S. Smith had a narrow escape from being shot, two bullets…

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Fire Brigades Art Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 4

Mr. Harold I Mannall secretary of the Maitland Hospital has been advised by the secretary of the Fire Brigades. Art Union that the Chief…

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Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Damaged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage, situated in Main-street, owned and occupied by Charles Grosbund; was severely damaged by fire this morning…

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Fire in Cesnock Dwelling Severely Damaged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 5

About 10.20 on Wednesday morning the Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to the Maitland road, where a dwelling house owned by…

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Eight Fires in One Night Sensation at Toowoomba

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 5

The residents oil Toowoomba (Q.) are much startled and mystified by the fact that, in that town, on Wednesday, between 7.30 p.m. and 1 a.m., there…

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Kitchener Fire Service. Extension Desired

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 9

In reply to the Cessnock Council's request what a report be furnished showing what relief can be given Kitchener village in the circumstances…

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Series of Fires. Extraordinary Outbreaks at Toowoomba. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 5

An extraordinary, series of outbreaks of fire at Toowoomba occurred between 7.30 last night and on o'clock this morning. There were eight fires, all of…

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Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 6

A weatherboard cottage, situated in Main-street owned and occupied by Charles, Grosbund, was severely daamaged by fire on Wednesday…

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Disastrous Fire. Damage at Eumudie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 16

Damage estimated at about £5000 wan done by a fire which occurred at Eumundie (Q.) on Monday. Flams were seen brusting from a…

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Benzine Explodes. Garage Fire at Katoomba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 15

Early on Monday morning, a fire broke out in a garage at the mar of the residence, of Mr. Otto Camphin; general manger of the Joynton Smith…

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Under Fire Clergyman's Narrow Escape. Bullets Fly in Graveyard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 5

While at a grave in the Baptist section of the Rookwood cemetery, Rev. H. S. Smith had a narrow escape from being shot, two bullets…

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Fire at Gosford. Motor Garage Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 6

Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out at an early hour on Sunday morning in a weatherboard building in Main-street Gosford,…

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Belmont Blaze. Shop and Dwelling Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 3

Early on Monday morning, a shop and dwelling, consisting of the three rooms and a kitchen, owned by Margarct Plain and occupied by George Wood,…

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