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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Exciting Incidents. Fire at Redfern. Electric Cable Falls on Firemen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 9

There were several exciting incidents associated with a five which broke out at Wicombe's furniture and upholstery factory at…

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Many Fires. Outbreaks in Metropolis. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 5

During the week-end, no less than 36 fires were reported in the metropolitan area. Only one however, was serious, being confined mainly to…

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Seven Deaths. Queensland's Heat Wave. Fire Alarms Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 6

The most oppressive day in Brisbane this summer was experienced on Saturday, when there was a maximum temperature of 105.7, which is…

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Tragedy Averted. Family's Narrow Escape. Fire at Granville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

A child falling out of bed on the third story of a burning building at Granville early on Sunday morning probably saved a family from…

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Fire at Kurri. Grocery Window Gutted. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

At 6.45 yesterday morning, a fire broke out near, and inside a grocery window of Mrs. T. Smith's general store, in Cessnock-street, Kurri…

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Crop of Fires

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

During the week-end no less than 36 fires were reported in the metropolitan area. Only one, however, was serious, the others being confined mainly to…

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Waggons on Fire a Central Colliery Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 5

Nine waggons of slack that were brought from Aberdare Colliery to Aberdare Central were found to be smouldering on Sunday night. The…

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Fire at School of Arts Electric Wire Fuses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

A fire broke out in the School of Arts on Friday evening at about 8 o'clock, through the fusing of electric wires between the roof and the…

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Fire Brigades. Result of Ballot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

The result of the ballot for the election of representatives on the Fire Brigades' Board has been made available…

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Fire on the Opawa. London, Feb. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 5

The owners of the Opawa have received a telegram from Berlin stating that the fire in No. 3 hold between decks is still serious, but under…

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Fire Board Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

The result of the ballot for the election of representatives to the Fire Brigades Board was officially announced. Mr. G. J. Baker will…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade. Successful Formation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

The second meeting called for the purpose of still further advancing the formation of a fire, brigade in Scone was held in the Olympia…

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Westport Blaze. Largest in Its History

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 7

The biggest fire in the history of Westport (N.Z.) occurred on Monday, when the Grand Hotel, the King's Theatre. Gibbs' Garage, and a…

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Fire Outbreak

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The clanging of the fire-bell at 3 o'clock on 20th inst. awoke many residents. The scene of the conflagration was in an outbuilding…

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Swept by Fire Fire Fighters' Heroic Struggle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 8

Starting, it is supposed, from a fire of dry logs and dobris which was lit by a party of telegraph which, flames Swept the Capol district (W.A.), doing…

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Fire Brigades Result of Ballot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 3

The result of the ballot for the election of representatives on the Fire Brigades' Board has been made available…

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Tragedy Averted. Family's Narrow Escape. Fire at Granville

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

A child falling out of bed on the third storey of a burning building at Granville early on Sunday morning, probably saved a family from…

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Trapped. Fire in Sydney. Woman Suffers From Shock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

A fire broke out in Turner Chambers, Hunter street, Sydney, shortly after 8.30 Thursday. The fire was discovered on the fifth floor, occupied by the…

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Fire at Kurri. Grocery Window Gutted. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

At 6.45 yesterday morning, a fire broke out near, and inside, a grocery window of Mrs. T. Smith's general store, in Cessnock-street, Kurri…

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Fatal Fire. Invalid Burnt to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

An invalid, Kate O'Toole, 73, who occupied a detached room at the home of Bridget Galny, at Bullmba, Q., was burnt to death in a fire which…

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