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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1927
911 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 46
Bush Fires. Danger of Wax Matches
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 14 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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 12 →Disastrous Fire. Two Buildings Destroyed
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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kurri. Caused Through Explosion
Whilst an employee of Kearsley Shire Council was getting some liquid from a store-room at the council's depot, Victoria Street, North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cigarette Causes Fire. Man Badly Burned
Arthur Frost while smoking a cigarette in bed at his home at Granville, fell asleep. He awakened later to discover his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on Hulk. Difficult to Extinguish
Fire, which badly damaged the hulk Lindstol (400 tons), lying at anchor in Long Cove, brightly illuminated the neighbouring foreshores of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →District News Letters. Singleton 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 3 →£1000 Damage. Fire at Long Bay. Sydney
Damage, estimated at £1000, was caused by a fire which destroyed Cowper's refreshment rooms at Long Bay last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rev. F. R. Swynny Farewelled Last Evening. a Fire Tribute
The Rev. F. R. Swynny, of the West Maitland Methodist Church, was farewelled at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday, prior to his departure for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze at Parramatta. Perry Boats Alight. Sydney
Two Sydney ferry steamers, the Una and Rose, which had been engaged in Parramatta River service for many years caught fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire. Police Making Inquiries. Sydney
The police are making inquiries concerning the destruction of a fiveroom cottage at Campsie late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thornton Fire Matter
At the meeting of the Tarro Shire Council to-day a letter was received from Mr. V. E. Ross secretary of the Thornton Progress Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Fire District
The Board of Fire Commissioners informed the Tarro shire Council to-day that the board has approved of the necessary steps being taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Police Investigating. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The police are making-inquiries concerning the destruction of a five-roomed Cottage at Campsie late last night. The local firemen prevented the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Honey Hunters. Often Responsible for Bush Fires
Giving evidence at the Bush Fires Commission, James Steed Parry, an inspector of forests of Wagga, said that camp fires left burning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →De Pinedo Loses Plane Destroyed by Fire. Vancouver, April 6
A Roosevelt Dam (Arizona) message says that Major Dc Pinedo's flight ended to-day, when his seaplane caught fire as he was refuelling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World Flight. De Pinedo's Aeroplane. Destroyed by Fire
De Pinedo's flight has ended, a fire having destroyed the giant, twin motored monoplane. De Pinedo was talking to newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →De Pinedo Seaplane Catches Fire
Rooscvelt (Arizona), Thursday.—The Marquis de Pinedo's flight ended yesterday, when his seaplane caught fire as it was being refuelled here,…
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