Rothbury Fire. Store and Residence Destroyed. Branxton
A disastrous fire occurred at North Rothbury on Saturday evening last, when a five-roomed dwelling, together with a general store and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
911 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 46
Fatal Oil Fire. Twelve Men Lose Their Lives
A graphic story of a big oil fire at San Pedro was related by the crow of the motor ship "Hellenic," which arrived in Sydney on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire in Timber Yard £50 000 DAMAGE. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne
Munro and Sons' big timber yard at Northcote caught fire last night. The damage is estimated at £50,0000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Island Murders Punitive Force Threatened Attackers Retire Under Rifle Fire. Sydney
Fight-Lieutenant Burlington, who arrived in Sydney from Rabaul to-day, was prospecting in New Britain at the time of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Heroine Sum of £1500 Collected
Miss Florence Hodges, the heroine of the disastrous Victorian bushfires, which swept the country a year ago, and caused considerable loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Governor Fights Bush Fires. Three Lives Lost
Lord Somers, Governor, of Victoria, took part in lighting bush fires in Victoria last week, when three lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heroine of Bush Fires Collection of £1600
Miss Florence Hodges, the heroine of the disastrous Victorian bushfires which swept the country a year ago, and caused considerable loss of human life,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria Towns Encircled by Flames Man and Two Children Perish
Terrific bush fires are raging in Victoria. A man and his two children were burned to death in the Camperdown district. Melbourne is eneireled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further Bush Fires in Victoria. Three Lives Lost. Much Destruction of Homes and Stock. Melbourne
The bush lire toll, so far as is known, is three human lives, hundreds of head of stock, thirteen homes, and many miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engine Sparks Cause Fire
Audience report have been furt[?] to show that an engine attached to a train on the Wagga to Humula line was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Caulfield Grandstand Destroyed
Believed to have been caused by women smokers dropping lighted cigarettes in addressing room, a fire destroyed the grandstand in the Leger reserve at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire. Woman Burnt at Wodonga
Mrs. Thomas Hall, of High-street, Wodongn, was fatally burnt at an early hour on Monday morning durning an outbreak of fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire. Man Fined at Walbundrie
Thomas William admitted at the Walbundrie Police Court that the bush fire which ravaged the Walbundrie and Walla Walla district on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Bruny Island Swept. Hobart
Bushfires swept large areas of Bruny Island, causing heavy damage. No lives have been lost, but crops and stook have been destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Fire. Outbreak in Chocolate Factory. Melbourne
A fire broke out this morning in the rear portion of detached garage at Del's cake factory, Richmond. Before the flames were subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fire. Brigades Make Good Save. Sydney
A fire broke out carly this morning in the factory of Chocolate Products, Limited, situated in Bourke-street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Maniac Still at Work in Melbourne
The fire maniae is still fit large in Melbourne, and, although o close watch is being kept, he has so far evaded capture…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Heroine Sum of £1500 Collected
Miss Florence Hodges, the heroine of the disastrous Victorian bushfires, which swept the country a year ago, and caused considerable loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Disastrous Fire. Man Fined at Walbundrie
Thomas Williams admitted at the Walbundrie Police Court that the bush fire which ravaged the Walbundrie and Walla Walla districts on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatal Fire. Woman Burnt at Wodonga
Mrs. Thomas Hall, of High-street, Wodonga. was fatally burnt at an early hour on Monday morning during an outbreak of fire, which…
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