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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Lymington Colliery. Fire Still Burning. Shutting Off From South Wallsend. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Smoke and fumes, like go[?], were detected in South Wallsend Colliery a couple of weeks age, but no sign of fire could be found…

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Muswellbrook Fire. Maitland Street Blaze. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

An inquiry into the burning of the empty dwelling in Maitland-street, Muswellbrook, destroyed by fire on the morning of the 4th inst.. was held…

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Disastrous Fire. Knitting Mills in Flames. Estimated Damage £500,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

Damage estimated at about £500,000 was done by a fire which destroyed the knitting section of the Lincoln Knitting Mills Propty., Ltd., at…

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Tragic Fire in Melbourne Fireman Killed by Falling Wall. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

A fire broke out this morning in Harris's boot factory, in Little Lonsdale-afreet. Shortly after firemen reached the seene, masonry began to…

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Suspicious Fire. on the Coombar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 6

A fire which broke out in the forecastle of the North Coast Company's steamer Coombar, at Sydney last night, is regarded in a suspicious light…

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Disastrous Fire. Many Out of Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 2

As a result of the fire which destroyed the Linclon Khitting Mills at Coburg (Vie.), about 500 employees, mostly women, are out of work…

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Fire on the Coombar

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 2

Early on Tuesday evening the crew's quarters in the forecastle of the coastal steamer Coombar were found to be well alight. A hydrant was turned on…

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Disastrous Fire Knitting. Mills in Flames

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 1

Eight hundred unemployed, and a loss of £100,000 or £500,000 will follow a fire which destroyed the knitting section of the Lincoln Knitting…

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Coombar Fire. Man Charged with Arson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 3

James Edward Coloman, 36, described as a wharf-labourer, appeared before the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon, charged…

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False Fire Alarm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 7

The Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to-day from the alarm box at the corner of Hall and Harris streets. The brigade turned up and…

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Muswellbrook Fire. Maitland Street Blaze. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

An inquiny into the burning of the empty dwelling in Maitland-street. Muswellbrook, destroyed by fire on the morning of the 5th inst. was held…

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Fire Brigades. Increased Pay Granted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 14

Increases in the wages of permanent firemen are to take place, as a result of an interview between the Fire Commissioners and representatives of the…

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Coombar Fire an Arrest Made

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 1

There was a, sensational development on Wednesday afternoon in connection with the mysterious fire which broke out on board the coastal…

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Suspicious Fire. on the Coombar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 6

A fire which broke out in the forecastle of the North Coast Company's steamer, Coombar at Sydney last night, is regarded in a suspicious light…

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Disastrous Fire. Many Out of Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 3

As a result of the fire which destroyed the Lincoln Knitting Mills at Coburg (Vic), abopt 500 employees; mostly women, are out of work…

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Coombar Fire. Man Charged with Arson

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

James Edward Coleman, 36, described as a wharf-labourer, appeared before the Cental Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon, charged…

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Disastrous Fire. Knitting Mills in Flames. Estimated Damage £500,000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

Damage estimated at about £500,000 was done by a fire which destroyed the knitting section of the Lincoln Knitting Mills Propty, Ltd., at…

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Tram on Fire. Excitement in Sydney. Americans to Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 6

There was considerable excitement in George street, Sydney, about seven o'clock on Saturday night, when a tramcar, crowded with passengers…

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Melbourne Blaze. Science and Industry Institute. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

A fire was discovered [?]rly this morning in a building [?]st Melbourne occupied by [?] commonwealth Institute of Sci[?]…

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Fire Is Crude and Terrible

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 6

"But," said Mr. Townley, "fire remains to-day just what it was when it was first snatched from a volcano or nourished after a lightning stroke…

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