Alleged Careless Use of Fire
The police proceeded against John P. Hartney, of Blairmore, on two charges of alleged careless use of fire. Defendant pleaded not guilty,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
970 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 49
Whole Family Perished, Fire at Tenterfield
A Tenterfield message states that Constable Edward Milton, his wife and three children (Gladys, 4 years, Mary, 2 years, and a baby boy, 9 months)…
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A report from Grafton statesthat one homestead was burnt to the ground, others were menaced, many outbuildings were destroyed, and thousands of…
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Sections 2 and 3 of the "Carulss Use of Fire Act sot out the following' provision:— 2. Whoseever ignites or uses, or…
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At the Muswellbrook Police Court, Mr. E. A. May, P.M., presiding, a young man Tofle Sadie, a native of Syria, was charged under the Crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liner Ayrshire. Destroyed by Fire. London. Nov. 28
The liner Ayrshire took fire near Colombo and was completely destroyed, The vessel loft Sydney on October 28 for London. The crow,…
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Another outbreak of fire occurred on Gundebri estate last Saturday at about noon and spread to an adjoining paddock belonging to Mr..Henderson. On…
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At 6 p.m. yesterday an alarm of fire came from B siding, Weston Soldiers' Settlement, between Aberdare Junction and North Kurri stations, and the…
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Just before 6 o'clock on Monday evening, a telephone message came through to Kurri Fire Station that a bush fire was raging at B siding…
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At the Aberdeen Police Court the police proceeded against John P. Hartney, of Blairmore, on two charges of alleged careless use of fire. Defendant…
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An inquest into the fire which occurred at the premises of James Holland Clark, general storekeeper, Wollombi Road, West Cessnock, is…
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At the Muswellbrook Police Court, before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., a young man, Tofic Sadie, a native of Syria, was charged under the Crimes Act…
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Under the auspices of the Merriwa Shire Council a large and representative meeting of land and stock owners was held in the Merriwa School of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Heavy Crop Losses. Telephone Links Down
Heavy crop and fodder losses are reported in various parts of the State as a result of bush fires. Telephone…
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At the Aberdeen Police Court, before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., James P. Hartney, of Blairmore, Aberdeen, was charged with igniting inflammable…
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Tofe Sadie pleaded not guilty at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Tuesday afternoon, before his Honor Judge White, to a charge of having,…
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Fire destroyed the studio of Australian Films Production, Ltd.; and caused extensive damage to the annexe of the Majestic, Mansions, a large apartment…
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The public seems to have conjured up a story to the effect that while school boys were being instructed in the practices to be adopted, to quell…
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A fire broke out about 1 p.m. yesterday In the kapok teasing-room on the first floor of a big two-story brick building, which situated in Ri[?]cy…
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The fire which occurred at premises occupied by James Holland Clark, in Wollombi road, in the early hours of Sunday morning, November…
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