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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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Tofe Sadie pleaded not guilty at the Haitiand Quarter Sessions on Tueaday afternoon, before his Honor Judge White, to a charge of having, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The president of the Shire of Merriwa in view of the dry state of the reseves and camping places within the shire bounda[?] has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy crop and fodder losses are revolted in various parts of the state as a result of bush fires, [?] telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Aberdeen Police Court, be fore Mr. E. A. May, P.M., Lames P. Hartney, of Blairmore, Aberdeen, was charged with igniting inflammable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nearly 10 fires a day have occurred in the metropolitan area since the beginning of the year, the total to November 30 being 3265. This is an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The [?]ed of Fire Commissioners has installed six telephone fire alarms [?]. They have been placed on years at the intersection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the kapok room of Newland Bros.' bedstead factory, Surry Hills, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tofe Sadie pleaded not guilty at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Tuesday afternoon, before his Honor Judge White, to a charge of having, Same. Mr. Crawford said the charge arose out of a grass fire ina park at Muswellbrook, near the railway station Sadie, it was alleged, was seen to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Muswellbrook Police Court, Mr. E. A. May, P.M., presiding, a young man tofte Sadie, a native of Syria, was charged under the Crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The liner Ayrshire took fire near Colombo and was completely destroyed. The vessel left Sydney on October 23 for London. The crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening a grass fire was reported to be raging around Pike Bros. sawmill at lied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A big bush fire saged along the northern outskirts of Cessnock yesterday afternoon. Fanned by a strong nor westerly the flames licked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive damage was done to Fuller's Opera House, AucKland, (N.Z.), on Sunday, whon a fire. occurred through a fuse of the s[?]age…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While fighting a grass fire at Euromedah, Norman Robert Beveridge, a well-known grazier was so severely burned that he died. Flames caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred in the held of the motor ship idomencus at Melbourne on Saturday, resulting from a small engine deficiency. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy bush fires raged throughout the district on Sunday and the heat was the worst expelenced this summer, even right at the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the week-end Narromine was swept, by the worst bush fire in its history. Enormous areas of grass country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the extreme cheat that prevailed during the week-end came the advent of bush fires. On Sunday afternoon the local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many country districts have been swept by serious bush fires, and extensive damage has been reported. Two fatalities occurred. Mr. Norman Beveridge, a well-known Narromine district grazier, lost his life by being burned while fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush fires in the Parkes and Trundle districts have been responsible for damage estimated at between £150,000 and £200,000…
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