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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Garage Blaze Valuable Oars Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 3

Serious damage was done by a fire which occurred at 9 o'clock on Monday night in a garage and motor engineering shop of Jensen and Harry,…

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Bathurst Fires. Public School Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 8

The Public School at Walbrook, in the Oberon district, together with school material, valued in all at about £500, was totally destroyed by…

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Our New Fire Station Will Come

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon last the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Dungog, those present being Messrs. T. J. Smith, M.L.C…

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Bush Fires Heavy Compensation Claimed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 5

Following a claim by various settlers near Wirranya, near Forbes, it is stated that £72,000 has now been paid by the Railway Commissioners as…

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Bush Fires. Heavy Compensation Claimed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

Following a claim by various settlers near Wirranya near Forbes, it is stated that £72,000 has now been paid by the Railway Commissioners…

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Garage Blaze. Valuable Cars Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 7

Serious damage was done by a fire which occurred at 9 o'clock last night in a garage and motor engineering shop of Jensen and Hary…

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Fires Public School Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 8

The Public School at Walbrook, in the Oberon district, together with school material, valued in all at about £500, was totally destroyed by fire,…

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Fire Brigades' Tournament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 15

A boxing tournament is being promoted by the Fire Brigades' Committee, in aid of the Maitland Hospital and the Ambulance. Competitors at…

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Fire on Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 7

While a goods train from Newcastle to Sydney was passing Wyee Station late on Tuesday night, a louvre van burst into flames. The train was stop…

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Tarer. Fire Commissioners' Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 7

sThe N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners paid Tare[?] a visit of Inspection. They included Messrs. T.J. Smith M.L.C. (president). T.S…

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Car on Fire. Two Men Burned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 9

Frank Thompson and Ernest Robertson received painful injuries through burning as the result of the exposure of a naked light to petrol…

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Coalfield Fire Brigades

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 4

In an interview with Mr. T. G. Smith, M.L.C. chairman of the New South Wales Fire Brigades Board, Mr, G. Booth, M.L.A.,…

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Disastrous Fire. Seven Shops and Houses Destroyed. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 5

Seven shops find a. private residence at Foster were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £8000…

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Fire Engines For Coalfields

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 5

The chairman of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades' Board, Sydney, has answered Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that the fire Engines promised some months…

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Melbourne Fire (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

Seven shops and a private residence, at. Foster were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £8000…

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Train on Fire Trucks of Lucerne Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 1

Two trucks of lucerne, consigued from Forbes to Hermidale and Cobar, and attached to the Forbes mail train, caught fire between Daroobalgie and…

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Ginnery Blaze. Damage in Queensland. Seed Cotton Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 3

A message from Rockhampton states that a serious fire occurred at the Glenmore Ginnery, and destroyed a storage shed containing seed…

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Cotton Seed. Salved From Ginnery Fire. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 5

One hundred bags, each containing about 80lbs of Durango cotton seed, have been recovered from the fire at the Glenmore cotton ginnery…

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Dungog. New Fire Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 7

The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Dungog a few days ago, and were met by the Mayor, other representatives of the…

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Kyogle Fire. Detectives to Investigate. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 5

tub Kyogle police have communicated with the Chief Commissioner, asking that detectives be sent from headquarters to investigate…

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