Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

714 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 36

Arson Suspected. Fire in a Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 6

The Women's Memorial Chapel at All Souls' Church of England, St. Peters (S.A.) was damaged by fire. Sacrilege and arson are suspected by…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Fire in Hold. Ayrshire at Port Adelaide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 16

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

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 2

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

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire in Mine. Outbreak at Mount Morgan. Strikers to Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 8

A telephone message on Saturday morning from Mount Morgan stated that the headgear of the mine was discovered to be on fire…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Extensive Damage. Fire at Mount Morgan. Strikers As Efire-fighters. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 5

So serious is the damage caused by the fire at Mount Morgan mine that some months must clapse before the shaft in which the outbreak…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mt. Morgan Mine Fire Under Control

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 5

The fire at Mount Morgan mine is considered to be under complete control. Advice to this effect was received…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mount Morgan Mine Outbreak of Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 2

Mount Morgan mine was discovered on fire on Saturday morning. Miners from all over the town, who had during the week taken direct action in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

General News a Fire-screen Helmet

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 6

A novel German fireman's costume includes a waterproof coat and overalls and waterproof gloves, with a helmet that spouts a curtain of water…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Fire in a Church Arson Suspected

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 4

The Women's Memorial Chapel at All Souls' Church of England, St. Peters, South Australia, was damaged by fire…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Under Control Fire in Mount Morgan Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 6

The fire in the Mount Morgan mine is now considered to be under complete control. According to advice received at…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mount Morgan. Fire Fighters' Demands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of Mount Morgan unionists decided to give the company 24 hours notice to concede their demands of £2 per shift to each…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Benzine Blaze Lorry and Contents Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 2

Forty cases of benzine, loaded on a two-horse lorry, suddenly caught alight as the vehicle was pulling out of King's wharf Newcastle, early last…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Big Blaze. Foggit Jones' Factory Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 9

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

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Mount Morgan. Fire Still Raging

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 6

All efforts to quell the fire in the Mt. Morgan (Q.) mine have proved hopeless. The flames are spreading in all directions, but principally…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mount Morgan. Fire Fighters' Demands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 4

A largely attended meeting of Mount Morgan unionists decided to give the company 24 hours' notice to concede their demands of £2 per shift for each…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Arson Suspected. Fire in a Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 9

The Women's Memorial Chapel at All Souls' Church of England, St. Peters (S.A.), was damaged by fire. Sacrilege and arson are suspected by…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Outbreak of Fire. Workshop Gutted. Blaze in Mount Pleasant-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

The workshop owned and occupied in Mount Pleasant-street by Mr. Phil James was completely gutted by fire early this afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Still Racing. Fire at Mount Morgan. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

The fire at M. Morgan mines is still raging. It has been decided to draw water from the company's big dam in order…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mentone Fire. Damage at £16,000. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

The damage by the fire which destroyed the grandstand at Mentone racecourse is estimated at about £16,000. The cause of the outbreak…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Extensive Damage. Fire in Wool Store Loss of Nearly £20,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 3

Damage to the extent of nearly £20,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Messrs. Flood and Company's wharf stores, on the west side…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →