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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Disastrous Fires. Blaze in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 7

A disastrous the occurred early on Monday morning in Main-street Amac (Q.) the Aramne and Albion tennis Neeuals Cafe the Albion…

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Kitchen Destroyed by Fire Blaze on the Hill

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

A fire broke out lust night in a detached kitchen at the residence of Mr. Frank Moylan, Hill-street. The fire brigade was summoned, and good…

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Lightning Causes Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, the West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in a cottage in Capp-street Homeville, which a fire was found in…

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Fire Assessment. for the Newcastle District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 7

The estimated expenditure of the Board of Fire Commissioners in the Newcastle fire district for 1925 is £15,402 in addition to £246 for…

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Smyrna Fire. Insurance Test Case. London, Dec. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 5

An important test case arising out of the great fire at Smyrna in September 1922, and involving a vast sum of money has begun at a…

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Banksia Fire. Escape in Night Attire. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 5

A fire partly destroyed a shop and dwelling at Banksin, early this morning. The inmates were awakened by the smell of smoke, and succeeded in…

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Bush Fires. Public Warning Issued

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 8

Mr. Hunt, Government Meteorologist, has stated that the liability of bush fires throughout Australia when the present green pastures…

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Kitchener Fire Appliances

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

Though the time has not yet arrived for the establishment of a sub-station of the appointment of a fire brigade at Kitchener, on lines…

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Early Morning Blaze at Cessnock. Refreshment Rooms Gutted. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 5

At 3 o'clock this morning, Captain White was informed by Mr. Paxton that a fire had broken out in the refreshment rooms adjoining his home…

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Bellbird Fire Sub-station

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

The Bellbird fire sub-station is now being equipped with apparatus, end four men have been appointed as members of the local brigade, as…

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Fire in Cessnock an Old Landmark

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

One of the oldest buildings in Cessnock, the premises occupied by Mrs. Frances M. Galloway as a small goods and fruit business in Main…

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Kitchen Destroyed. Fire at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

Fires are fortunately rare in Muswellbrook, but the ringing of the alarm bell brought a number of residents to the eastern part of Hill-street…

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Disastrous Fires. Blaze in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 7

A disastrous fire occurred early on Monday morning in Main-street, Arumac (Q). The Aramac and Albion hotels, Neenar's Cale, the Albion…

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Blaze at Taree. Boarding House Destroyed. £1000 Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 9

Another fire broke out early on 29th ult., when Mrs. Brownie's boarding-house was completely gutted. The structure was a wooden…

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Fire Assessment. for the Newcastle District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 7

The estimated expenditure of the Board of Fire Commissioners in the Newcastle fire district for 1925 is £15,462,in addition to £246 for…

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Veteran Fire Officer Divisional Inspector Gorman Retiring

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 6

Divisional Inspector T. Gorman, of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, will enter on six months' leave on December 3, prior to retiring after…

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Smyrna Fire. Insurance Test Case. London, Dec 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 2

An important test case, arising out of the great fire at Smyrna in September, 1922, and involving a vast sum of money, has begun at a…

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Hall Destroyed. Fire at Temora

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 6

The Star Theatre a wood and iron structure at Temora with seating accommodation for 700 was destroyed by fire on Saturday. The open-air…

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Sum of Money. Found in Debris of Fire. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 5

Foraging among the debris at a burned shed at Campsie last night, firemen fohnd a charred fruit box, containing £86 in silver. The owner…

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Fire on Steamer: Seamen Refuse to Sail. Darwin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 5

A fire broke out in bunkers of the West Australian Government steamer Bambra to-day, and the seamen refused to take the vessel out of…

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