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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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"Sympathetic Sovereign." King and Bush Fire Relief. Governor-general's Message

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 4

The Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) has sent a cable to his Majesty, the King, following the receipt of £100 from his Majesty as a…

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Late Fires

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 5

Captain Dombkins, of the Dungog Fire Brigade, reports on the recent outbreaks of fire in Dungog as follows:—…

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Fire Board's Visit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 6

The shire clerk yesterday furnished a detailed report of the visit last Saturday by the Board of Fire Commissioners to Cessnock…

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Dark's Fire Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 2

Attention is directed to the advertisement in another column concerning G. and E. Dark's sale or smoke-damaged goods…

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Another Fire Dark's Stores Escape Destruction

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 3

On Tuesday morning at about 7 o'clock a lady walking under the verandah of Dark's Arcade noticed a sudden change in the…

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Fire on Steamer. Passengers Safely Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 3

Cable messages received in Sydney reported the steamer Paparoa to be on fire Teneriffe, in the Canary Islands…

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Fire Brigades. on the Coalfields. Visit of the Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Grieve, shire clerk, reported to Mr. Brown, Administrator of the Ceasnock Shire Council, that Mr. P. J. Smith, M.L.C., president of…

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Another Fire Pitt-street Firms Affected. Burning Pitch on Firemen. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 5

A serious fire occurred in Pitt-street this morning. When the alarm was given flames were seen bursting through the…

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Bush Fires King's Practical Sympathy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 1

The Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) has received the following cablegram from Sir Frederick Ponsonby, Teasurer to the King:—…

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Sydney Fire. Early Mohntng Blaze. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 3

A fire broke out early this morning in the confectionery factory of Nickeich, at Ultimo. The first and second floors were severely damaged…

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Victorian Fires. Donation From the King

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 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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Fire at Islington. Severe Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 2

The Wickham Fire Erigade was called yesterday to a fire that had broken out in the residental portion of a shop and dwelling in…

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Three Shops Burnt. Disastrous Fire at Yass

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 11

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 2

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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Hospital Doors and Fire. Conditions at Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 13

"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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Serious City Fire Several Firms Affected (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 4

A serious-fire occurred in Pitt-sreef this morning. When the alarm was given flames were seen, bursting through the top floor of Walders, Ltd., tent…

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Destructive Fire. Three Shops Destroyed at the Junction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 3

Three shops, with dwellings above, all of weatherboard, were destroyed at The Junction, Newcastle, last night, and another shop and…

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Four Victims. Boarding House Fire. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 5

Four persons were burned to death as the result of a boarding house fire in Wellington, New Zealand…

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Bega Fire. Four Buildings Destroyed. Bega

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 5

As the result of a fire which broke out in town at an early hom to-day Ab[?]lah's store, Kil[?]artin's residence, Spindler's bootshop, and…

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Fire at Islington. Severe Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 9

The Wickham Fire Brigade was called on 19th inst, to a fire that had broken out in the residental portion of a shop and dwelling in…

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