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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Electric Motor Fires. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 5

An electric motor at Goninan's Works accidentally fired this morning while running and was badly damaged…

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Fire at Cessnock. House and Effecfts Damaged Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 5

While the occupants were away at the picture show on Saturday evening a fire broke out in premises occupied by Thomas Brown, in…

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Fire in Cessnock Two Houses Affected

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 5

Shortly before 10 o'clock on Saturday night neighbours observed flames bursting out of one of the windows of a house in Cumberland street…

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Fire! Local Hayshed and Contents Destroyed Owner's Heavy Loss

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

Shortly after 11 o'clock last night, word was received in town that a large hay shed, containing approximately 200 tons of lucerne…

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Sydney Blaze. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 5

A tree storied building in Kent street, occupied by Lockwood McGrath and Coy., manufacturing chemists, the Dazzle manufacturing Coy., and the…

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Blaze in Sydney. Firemen Make Good Save. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 5

The fire brigade received a call to-day to a fire on the premises of Firth and Nall Ltd., printers and cardboard manufacturers, in…

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Fire at Scone. Large Shed and Contents. Incendiarism Suspected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 9

A large hayslied containing 200 tons of lucerne hay, the property of Mr. D. Davies of "Milton Farm," Seene, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Sydney Blaze. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 6

A three storied building in Kent street, occupied by Lockwood McGrath and Coy., manufacturing chemists, the Dazzle manufacturing Coy., and the…

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Electric Motor Fires. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 6

An electric motor at Goninan's Works accidentally fired this morning while running and was badly damaged…

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Films on Fire. Destructive Fire in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 6

A fire which broke out in a two-storey building in Liverpool and palmer streets, Sydney, late last night, caused a great deal of…

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Blaze in Sydney. Firemen Make Good Save. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

The fire brigade received a call to-day to if fire on the premises of Firth and Nall Ltd., printers and cardboard manufacturers, in…

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Madame Tussaud's. Historic Relics Lost in Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 16

Madame Tussand's, the famous waxworks in London, suffered serious damage as the result of the fire which broke out in the building recently…

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Fire Board. Mr. T. W. Smith New Chairman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 11

Mr. T. W. Smith, M.L.C., has been appointed chairman of the Fire Brigades Board, in place of Mr. Harkness, Under Secretary to the Chief…

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Fire at Aberdeen. Mrs. Logan's Residence Destroyed. Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

The residence of Mrs. W. M. Logan at Woodside, near Aberdeen was totally destroyed by fire early last evening. The building a large one…

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Fire at Cessnock. House and Effects Damaged Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 14

While the occupants were away at the picture show on Saturday evening a fire broke but in premises occupied by Thomas Brown, in…

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"Fires of Fate."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stirring Stale, of adventure, "Fires of Fate," will be screened at the Strand Theatre. to-morrow (Wednesday) night. This…

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Science Notes & News Fire Escape for Horses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 4

A large packing concern, in California has installed an automatic means for opening the doors of its horse stable, which allows the horses…

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Destructive Fire Near Aberdeen. Mrs. Logan's Residence Destroyed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning, word reacked us that the fine residence, "Woodside," of Mrs Logan, situated just off the Aberdeen-Rouchel road,…

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Menaced by Fire. Santa Barbaras Plight. New York, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

A Los Angeles message states that the Southern Pacific railway is rushing all available tank-cars to Santa Barbara, filled with water, to…

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Steamer on Fire Canberra Badly Damaged. Steward Found Dead. Many Sensational Escapes. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the steamer, Canberra, berthed at the King-street wharf…

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