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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Late Telegrams. Sensational Fire on the "Canberra." Like Lost. Serious Damage Done. Earthquake in U.S.A. Heavy Loss of Life. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

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

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Canberra Fire. Not Work of Incendiary. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 5

Detectives, who have been investigating the Canberra fire, area of opinion that it was not the work of an incendiary…

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Fire at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 4

Shortly after noon to-day a fiveroomed house, owned and occupied by Mr. Ai[?] Butts, in Railway-street, Kurri, was burnt to the ground. The…

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Steamer On Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

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

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Rouchel. the Recent Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

A paragraph has already appeared in these columns relating to the sad experience of Mrs. Logan and family of seeing their lovely home…

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Tram on Fire. Passenger Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 5

Mrs. Jessie McCaw, aged 41, was a passenger in a tram at Botany last night when the car caught fire. She jumped from the car and was…

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Mine on Fire. a False Report. At South Wallsend

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

Miners in the South Wallsend Colliery received a bad fright on Wednesday when someone circulated a rumor that the pit was on fire…

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Films on Fire. Destructive Fire in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 9

A fire which broke put in a two storey building in Liverpool and Palmer streets, Sydney, late on 26th ult., caused a great deal of…

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Fire at Aberdeen. Mrs. Logan's Residence Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 9

The residence of Mrs. W. M. Logan at Woodside near Aberdeen was totally destroyed by fire on 26th ult. The building a large one…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 13

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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Canberra Fire. Not Work of Incendiary. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 7

Detectives, who have been investigating the Canberra fire, are, of opinion that it was not the work of an incendiary…

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Menaced by Fire. Santa Barbara's Plight. New York, June 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 2

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 6

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

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Leeton Fire. Incendiarism Alleged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 6

Mr. Baker, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire at Second Street, Leoton, on June 26, when a dwelling-house, owned by D…

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Fire at Hamilton. Furniture Exchange Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning a fire was discovered in the furniture exchange of Messrs K. Smith and E. M'Keton, 22 Boaumont-street,…

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An-early Morning Blaze

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

The local fire brigade was called out at 4 a.m. on Sunday in response to an alarm given by Mr. Seckokl that a had broken out in a house…

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Fires that Burn for Ever

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 1

Australia, with its celebrated [?] of coal at Wingen, near Scone, is not alone. Other places have their everlasting fires…

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Two Fires Subdued in Time

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

At 6.30 p.m. on Sunday night a fire occurred in the back bedroom of Mr. Dixie Chapman's residence. Fire was caused through a boy…

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Deadly Fumes Steamer Canberra Fire. Steward's Death. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Reginald Craythorne, who lost his life in the fire which severely damaged the steamer…

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Fire at Five Dock. Bond Store Damaged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

A fire broke out in a bond store occupied by Harkness and Hillier, at Five Dock, last night, and caused considerable damage…

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