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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Fire at Newcastle. Bulk Stores Alight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 6

Damage to the extent of about £2000, which is covered by insurance in the Norwich Union Office, was done by a fire which occurred in Sorby's bulk…

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Fire at Gosford Motor Garage Gutted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 3

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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Hamilton Fire. Blaze in Furniture Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 6

A block watchman and constable on Wednesday morning discovered a fire at Mr. H. J. Pullen's furniture factory at Hamilton. The fire brigade…

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New Fire Engine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 4

A new motor fire engine is to be installed in the Kurri Kurri Fire Station at noon on July 11, by the Board of Fire Commissioners…

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Swansea Fire. Shop and Week-end Cottages Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 9

Early on Monday morning a shop and dwelling occupied by Mr. G. Wood and family was destroyed by fire. The occupants escaped in their night…

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Granville Fire Inquest. Bad Opinion of His Wife

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

The Coroner recorded an open findng at the inquiry concerning a mysterious fire that destroyed a weatherboard cottage, owned by Richard Kelly, at…

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Warehouse Fire. Big Blaze Averted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 5

A big blaze at McCowan and McBeath's woollen and silk warchouse, York-street, was narrowly averted late last night…

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Visit From Fire Board

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 9

A notification has been received by the Shire Council that the Board of Fire Commissioners will be visiting tho Cessnock fire district on…

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Hamilton Fire. Blaze in Furniture Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 8

A block watchman and constable on Wednesday morning discovered a fire at Mr. H. J. Pullen's furniture factory at Hamilton. The fire brigada…

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Belmont Blaze. Shop and Dwelling Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 16

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

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Big Blaze Averted Efficiency of Sprinkler System. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 6

A big blaze at M'Cowan and M'Beth's woolletn and silk warehouse, York-street, was narrowly averted last night…

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Fire at Newcastle. Bulk Stores Alight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 16

Damage to the extent of about £2000 which is covered by insurance in the Norwich Union Office, was done by a fire which occurred in Sorby's bulk…

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Fire at Gosford. Motor Garage Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 14

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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Swansea Fire. Shop and Week-end Cottages Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

Early on Monday morning a shop and dwelling occupied by Mr. G. Wood and family was destroyed by fire. The occupants escaped in their night…

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Fire in a Garage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri Court House yesterday by Mr. G. Brown (District Coroner) into an outbreak of fire which occurred in…

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Cargo on Fire (Reuter's Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

A message from Las Palmas states that the steamer Otaki, from Wellington, arrived with a fire in her cargo in the fourth hold. The vessel…

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Fire at Wollongong Damage Estimated at £12,000

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Damage estimated at about £12,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Messrs B. Marks and Maynard's premises, in the main street of Wollongong…

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Alleged Arson. Fire at Kurri Kurri. Persons Unknown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 6

At the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday the coroner, Mr. Geo. Brown, conducted an inquiry into an outbreak of fire at William Joseph Maher's…

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Petersham Fire. Family Awakened by Firemen. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 5

A fire broke out this morning in a shop occupied by William Geo. Whitely, mercer and ironmonger, at Petersham…

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Newtown Blaze. Narrow Escape of Four Persons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 9

Four persons narrowly escaped being burned to death at Newtown when a motor garage at the corner of Enmore-road and Station-street…

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