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Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Fire at Eastwood. Produce Shop Damaged. Sydney

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

The produce shop of James Thompson, at Eastwood, was damaged by fire this morning. The contents were insured for £1000…

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Fire in Garage. Charge of Arson. Committal at Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 8

William Joseph Maher was charged at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., that, at Kurri Kurri on June 3, 1924, he…

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Surry Hills Blaze. Two-storey House Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 6

Damage running into hundreds of pounds was done at Surry Hills on Sunday night, when a two-storey house, occupied by Mr. John…

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Two Men Missing. Fire in State Coal Mine. Explosion at Wonthaggi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 4

Two men are entombed, with but slender hope of rescue, in a burning coal mine at Wonthaggi, Victoria…

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Peculiar Fires. Kurri Resident Committed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 5

The two outbreaks of fire on July 18 and 21 respectively at the residence occupied by John Leslie Faulkiner at Victoria-street, Kurri Kurri were the…

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Fire in Coal Mine Two Men Entombed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 3

Two men are entombed, with but slender hope of rescue, in a burning coal mine at Wonthaggi (Vie.)- They, with others, went into the tunnel to…

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Fire at Kurri Man Committed for Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 4

An inquiry was held in the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday, before the District Coroner, Mr. Geo. Brown, into the circumstances surrounding…

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Colliery Disaster Fire and Explosion. Two Men Entombed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 5

Two men were entombed, with but slender hope of rescue, in a burning coal mine at Wontthaggi (Victoria). They, with others, went into the…

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Two Men Entimbed Fire in Coal Mine. Explosion Follows Outbreak. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 1

Two men are entombed, with but lender hope of rescue, in a burning coal mine at Wonthaggi. They, with others, went into the tunnel to…

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Wonthaggi Fire. Flooding Operations Continue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 4

Flooding operations continue at the Wonthaggi State Mine (Vic.) where an outbreak of fire occurred on Sunday. Four million gallons of water…

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Fires in Mines. Royal Commission Request Revived. Assembly Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Murray, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines, if in view of the fact that two men had lost their lives at…

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Suspicious Fire. New Zealand Parliament House

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 4

For the second time in a few weeks fire was discovered in the Parliament buildings at Wellington (N.Z.). The blaze had just started in the old…

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Bellbird Disaster. How the Fire Originated. Next Advance May Tell. Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

To-morrow morning it has been definitely stated by the manager, Mr. Mathieson further exploration will be carried out at Bellbird…

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Railway Fires

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 4

At the Conference of Farmers and Settlers Association in Sydney on Monday the starting of fires by sparks from engines was mentioned by Mr W…

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Centre of Fire. Discovery at Bellbird. Evidence at Inquiry Confirmed. Dellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 5

One of the most dangerous and exacting of the many explorations carried out by the men in the Proto apparatus was successfully, undertaken…

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Bus on Fire Pursued by Fire Engine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 11

A curious fire occurred in Auckland on Tuesday afternoon when the spectable of a burning vehicle befog convoyed to the fire station with the fire…

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Surry Hills Blaze. Two-storey House Gutted

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

Damage running into hundreds of pounds was done at Surry Hills on Sunday night, when a two-storey house, occupied by Mr. John…

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Peculiar Fire's. Kurri Resident Committed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 16

The two outreaks of fire on July 18 and 21 respectively at the residence occupied by John Leslie Faulkiner at Victoria-street, Kurri Kurri, were the…

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Fires in Mines. Royal Commission Request Revived. Assembly Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Murray, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines, if, in view of the fact that two men had lost their lives at…

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Suspicious Fire. New Zealand Parliament House

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 7

For the second time in a few weeks fire was discovered in the Parliament buildings at Wellington (N.Z.). The blaze had just started in the old…

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