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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Big Fire in Sydney. M'ilrath's Burned Out

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 6

One of the most disastrous Sydney fires in recent years occurred on Tuesday night, when M'llrath's, Limited, five-storied building at the…

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Bush Fires Homestead Endangered

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 6

A bush fire broke out on Wednesday at Khatabundah, two or three miles from Wingham. The grass on several properties was burnt, and the…

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Fierce Bush Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

A bush fire occurred on Tuesday night in Tinline Valley, (N.J.), Pelorus Sound. Fanned by a heavy wind, the flames bore down on two…

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Gosford Fires. Three Shops' Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 13

Three shops were destroyed by fire at Gosford on the 5th instant Only the strenuous efforts of the firemen kept the flames from spreading…

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Huge Blaze McILRATH'S Burned Out Firemen Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 2

One of the most disastrous fires in recent years occurred in Sydney last night, when the five-story grocery emporium of…

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Melbourne Fire. Bulk Stores Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 8

Damage estimated at between £10,000 and £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out on Wednesday in bulk stores occupied by…

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Disastrous Fire. Damage at Tweed Heads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 16

Damage estimated at £30,000 was done by a fire which destroyed five shops in Wharf Street, Tweed Heads. A volunteer fire brigade did…

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Trafped by Flames Narrow Escape of Victorian Fires Checked, MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

A change of wind, accompanied by light rain, had the effect of checking the bush fires which threatened the town of Warburton…

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Three Shops Burnt. Disastrous Fire at Yass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 3

A fire destroyed the shops of Mr. S. Cusack, furniture and piano warehouse, Mr. T. Hearne, bootmaker, and Mr. J. M. Anderson, plumber, in…

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Victorian Fires Stories of Witnesses. All Night in the Water. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 16

Further bush t[?] are reg[?] in various parts of the State. Two dwellings at Gunyah were destroyed. In one instance a wife and…

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Fire at Woy Woy. Shop and Residence Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

A shop and residence the property of Mr. Kalsan of Manly and occupied by Mr. Gardiner storekeeper at Railway Gates Woy Woy was completely…

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Motors' Damaged. Fire in Melbourne Garage Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 12

Sixteen motor cars stored at Leahy's garage East Melbourne were damaged by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at over £2000…

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Kurri Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

The Sugarloaf, Mt. Vincent and Broken Back, South-east of Kurri were invisible wrapped in dense smoke all day Saturday while…

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Hospital Doors and Fire. Conditions at Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 3

"Owing to the fixed radiators and the wash-basins' being in the centre of the wards, and the fact that it is impossible to get one single bed…

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Fire Board Visit to Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 6

Last Thursday members of the Fire Brigades Board visited Cossnock. They were Mr. J. T. Smith (chairman), Mr, Baker…

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Another Fire a Narrow Escape

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

Early on Monday morning the townspeople were awakened by the furious ringing of the fireball. Word quickly got round that the general…

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Governor De Chair Lang Finds Lady Champion Fires Questions at Amery. LONDON. March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 5

A question on the New South Wales constitutional problem was raised in the House of Commons to-day, when Miss Ellen C. Wilkinson, M.P…

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Sydney Fire. Early Morning Blaze. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 5

A fire broke out early this morning in the confectionery factory of Nickeich at U[?]time. The first and second floors were severely damaged…

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Victorian Fires. Donation From the King

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 5

The Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives announced the receipt of a sympathetic cable message over the bush fires from the King…

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Drained Swamp on Fire Freakish Nature

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 3

A whim of nature which is arousing wide interest in Wingham district, and which should be worth scientific investigation, is a fire that is burning in the…

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