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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

911 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 46

Fire Brigages' Art Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Fire Brigades' Hospital and Ambulance Art Union committee, local effort, was held in the Fire Station…

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Serious Fire. Bundaberg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 5

A serious conflagration occurred at the Millaquin Sugar Company's Refinery in the Bundaberg district this morning. The sugar sheds and a…

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Sydney Blaze. Motor Car Works Damaged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 13

An outbreak of fire occurred early this morning on premises occupied by Miller Bros., motor car painters and upholsters, Castlereagh-street,…

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Omnibus Fire. Caused by Engine Backfiring

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 14

A Lancia motor omnibus, owned by Messrs. J. and E. Melville, Denison-street, Hamilton, was considerably damaged by fire in…

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Cottage Destroyed. Fire at Blackalls. Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

A cottage owned by Mr. W. Williams, at Blackalla, took fire about midnight last night, and was completely destroyed, with the contents,…

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Fire Causes £200,000 Damage Sugar, Molasses, and Machinery

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

Damage, estimated.at £200,000, was done when practically the whole of the refining plant of the Millaquin (Q.) Sugar Company, Ltd., was destroyed on…

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Volunteer Firemen. Check Disastrous Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Blackall, (Q), early on Sunday morning destroying the Barcoo Hotel, Salzer's hairdressing and billiard saloon…

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Watchman Overcome Fumes From Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

Men who arrived to begin their work at the railway, electric sub-station at Sutherland on Monday found Leslie Burns, of Togo-street,…

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Two Perish, in New Zealand Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

Two men were burned to death and a young woman was injured in a boarding-house fire at Napier (N.Z.) on Monday…

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Bush Fires

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3

Although it has received comparatively little publicity, much ami valuable evidence on behalf of the men on the land has been placed before the…

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Kearsley Fire Station

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

The new brick fire station at Kearsley has been completed, and equipment installed. The station is built on modern lines with every facility…

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Kearsley's New Fire Station

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 9

The new brick fire statin at Kearisley is now completed, and the brigade men are duly ensconced on the [?]remises. The gear, which was…

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Fire Brigades' Euchre Party and Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 4

Ladies who are willing to assist at the supper to be provided at the euchre party and dance to be given in the Catholic Hall, to-morrow…

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Hop Kiln Destroyed. Fire in Tasmania

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 5

Afire which occurred at Lachlan (Tasmania) totally destroyed a hop kiln and contents. Seventeen tons of pressed hops were…

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Fire Brigades' Hospital Effort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 4

A euchre party and dance,the first of a series of lunations in connection with the Fire Brigades, Hospital and Ambulance effort, was held…

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Fire Brigades Art Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 4

a meeting of the Fire Brigades' Hospital and Ambulance art union committee was held at the Fire Station, West Maitland, last night, It,…

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Bush Fire Heroine. Royal Visitors' Tbibute

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 12

On behalf of the 50,000 children who subscribed to the Florrie Hodges' testimonial fund, a series of souvonir photographs and a gramophone record,…

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Small Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

The Maitland Fire Brigade received a call at 7.55 o'clock last night to a house in Devonshire-street, West Maitland, occupied by…

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Kurri Hospital Additions Hanging Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 12

The Department, of Works has written that the committee's £2000 first deposit in connection with the additions, etc., of £17,466 had been…

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Melbourne Blaze. Man Rescued by Fireman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 11

A four-storied softgoods warehouse in Flinders-street, Melbourne occupied by, various firms was badly damaged by a fire which threatened adjacent…

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