Fire Inquest Destruction of Billiard Saloon Faulty Installation the Cause
At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday morning the District Coroner (Mr. G. Brown) held an inquiry into the cause, of the fire which recently…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
911 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 46
Fire Brigades' Act
The Board of Fire Commissioners has written to the West Maitland Municipal Council advising that the Fire Brigade Amendment Act, 1927,…
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The need for tightening up the Careless Use of Fire Act, for encouraging the development of bush fire brigades, and for prohibiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warships Open Fire
Elsewhere, the city, troops, hearing the firing, became alarmed, and opened fire upon anything and everything, and started the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cigarette Causes Fire. Man Badly Burned. Sydney
Arthur Frost while smoking a cigarette in bed at his home at Granville last night, fell asleep. He awakened later to discover his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timber Destroyed Big Blaze in Queensland
Between 70,000 and 100,000 super feet of New Zealand white pine, stacked at Oregon Timbers, Ltd.. mill at Colmslec (Q.). was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Disastrous Fires. Tasman Peninsula. Devastated. Sydney
As a result of disastrous bush fires, which have devastated practically the whole of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania is in considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Brigades' Hospital Carnival
The postponed public meeting in connection with the Fire Brigades' Hospital Carnival will be held in the West Maitland Fire Station, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Fire. Man Severely Burnt
A fall of rain early on Saturday stopped three extensive bush-fires close to Gundagai. One on Mr. Henry Osborne's Gunnong Jugrawah…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Singleton Letter. Fire at a Brigade
The Fire Brigade received a call about 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon to the Gowrie railway brigade. The under-structure was well alight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plucky Woman. Fires on Burglar. Masked and Feet Swathed Sydney
Mrs. Mary Harford, of Bridge road, Glebe, saw a burglar in her bedroom this morning. He was heavily masked, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cessnock Fire. Faulty Electrical Installation. Coroner's Verdict
Faulty electrical Installation was again given as the cause of the fire which destroyed premises occupied by Herbert Clayton (billiard saloon)…
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Fire, which badly damaged the bulk Lindstol (400 tons), lying at anchor in Long Cove, brightly illuminated the neighbouring foreshores of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Rubber Works. Newcastle Blaze. Newcastle
Extensive damage was done to the contents of the building when a fire broke out about eleven o'clock last night in the rubber works of Messrs…
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As the result of a visit to Canberra by Mr. F. Jackson, chief New South Wales fire officer, it is proposed to provide adequate fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Dartbrook
A fire occurred at a hay shed on Mrs J. Brown's property on Wednesday about dusk. Fortunately, as soon as it was noticed, help was obtained by…
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A fire which broke out in Mr. W. C. Wade's store at Goroke (Vic.), on Wednesday, spread to the National Bank building. Both buildings were…
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Whilst an employee of Kearsley Shire Council Was getting some liquid from a store-room at the council's depot, Victoria Street. North…
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The house occupied by Mr. James McGoldrick, near Deep Creek, and the R.C. Church at Mayfield (Abermain), together with the contents, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Kurri Sanitary Shed Destroyed
A store-room, 2ft. x 12ft., and contents, at Kurri Sanitary Depot, was guttered and entirely consumed at about 3.30 on Tuesday afternoon…
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