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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Disastrous Fire. Burnley Mills Destroyed. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

The Burnley flour mills, at Donald, 182 miles from Melbourne on the Mildura line were destroyed by fire last night, The damage is estimated at…

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Silly Joke. Fire Brigade Hoaxed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 1

The Redfern Fire Brigade received a phone message last night that a fire had occurred in ahutcher's shop in the localith, but investigation revealed it…

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Fire at Brickyard

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon the Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to Bush's brickyard, off the Wollombi road, Bellbird. S.S.O. Moul and a…

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Disastrous Fire Burnley Mills Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 3

The Burnley flour mills, at. Donald, 182 miles from "'Melbourne, on the Mildura lino, were destroyed' by fire oil Friday night. Tire 'damage is…

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Fire Alarm Croll's Timber Yard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

On Saturday morning at 5.45 a.m. when the wind was blowing at gale force, the fire alarm bell and mill whistle disturbed the slumbers of…

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Disastrous Fire. Burnley Mills Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

The Burnley flour mills, at Donald, 182 miles from Melbourne, on the Mildura line, were destroyed by [?] The damage is estimated at £75,000…

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The Recent Fire at Wingen

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 3

The Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) held an Inquiry at the Court House on Friday upon the destruction by fire in Wingen, on…

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Carriages on Fire. Electric Wires Torn Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 6

Two women suffered severe shock when the overhead wires came down on a train at Darling station (Vic.). The carriages were set on fire, and…

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Electric Train on Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 1

Two women suffered severe shock when the overhead wires came down on a train at Darling station, Melbourne, on Monday. The carriages were set…

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Steamer on Fire. a Raging Inferno. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 4

The Federal liner, Kent, which has been anchored in the stream for five days caught fire this morning, and at midday was a raging inferno…

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A Big Blaze

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 6

Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused when the factory of Whitelum and Catts, wood moulders, was destroyed by fire in Reynolds Street…

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Spectacular Sydney Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 6

The largest and most spectacular fire witnessed in Sydney for months occurred on Thursday night, when the factory of Whitelum and Cutts, wood…

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Carriages on Fire. Electric Wires Torn Down

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 16

Two women suffered severe shock when the overhead wires came down on a train at Darling station (Vic). The carriages were set on fire, and…

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Steamer on Fire. a Raging Inferno. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 4

The Federal liner, Kent, which has been anchored in the stream for five days caught fire this morning, and at midday was a raping inferno…

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Fire on Steamer. Large Part of Cargo Damaged. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 5

An investigation aboard the steamer Kent following the outbreak of fire shows that in addition to 1500 tons of cargo destroyed in No. 2 hold…

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Fire in Hold. Ayrshire at Port Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 7

With a fire, which was noticed ten days previously, burning in No. 5 hold, the Scottish Line steamer Ayrshire arrived at Port Rdelaide…

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Dublin Sensation. Serous Fire Casualties. London, Sept. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 4

In Dublin sensational rescues characterised the fire at business premises in Mary-street, where forty people were trapped. Twenty-seven men…

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Big Blaze. Foggit Jones' Factory Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 6

Foggitt, Jones, and Company's factory at Oxley was partly destroyed by fire on Thursday. No estimate of the damage could be…

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Miners Take Possession of Works Riots at Mt. Morgan. Mob Forces Shift-bosses to Draw the Fires. Rockhampton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 4

The lawless behavior of miners at Mount Morgan created a sensation yesterday. The men, who had been locked out…

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Fire at Queensland Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 5

The Oxley (Q.) factory of Foggitt, Jones, and Company was, partially destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. The outbreak caused, it is thought,…

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