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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Heddon-greta Fire. Were Rats the Cause? Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 3

Miss Janctin Roberts' loss of uninsured stock consumed in the fire at' 6 a.m. yesterday which gutted the lock-up shop and post office at…

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Regent Street Fire. Due to Boarders Carelessness. Coroner’s Finding

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 4

An inquest into the fire which destroyed a bearding house owned by Mr. George Woodman, and occupied by Mrs. Sarah Conquest, situated in…

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Beer Bottles and Blazes. Inquiry Into Fire at Boarding House. Coroner Retains an Open Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 10

The destruction by fire of a boarding house owned by Mr. Geo. Woodman and occupied by Mrs. Sarah Conquest, and situated in Regent Street,…

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Home Destroyed. Blaze at Aberdare. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 14

A five-roomed dwelling, occupied by Mrs. W. Price, in Northcote-street, Aberdare was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night…

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Fire at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. G. Brown, coroner, stated that an inquiry into the fire which destroyed the weatherboard dwelling occupied by Mr. T. D. Webber, in…

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Fires at Dungog. Rats Blamed for Outbreak

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Dr. Kennedy on Tuesday morning. About 6 o'clock a milk boy observed smoke and flame issuing…

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Malicious Fire. Verdict of Corner

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 11

The Sydney Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) found that a fire on August 13, in the clothing factory of W. E. Ward and Co., Ltd., 2a Parramatta-road, Forest…

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Fire at Grand Central Hotel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 3

A fire which broke out in the dining room on the ground floor of the Grand Central Hotel, Clarenco-street, Sydney, at 5 o'clock on Thursday…

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Open Verdict. Fire at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 7

An inquiry was hold by Mr. G. Brown, District Coroner, at the Court House yesterday, into the fire which destroyed a ten-roomed…

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Taxi on Fire. Occupants Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 3

While travelling along Belmore road, Randwick, a taxi cab caught fire. The driver and passenger escaped…

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Fire in Leichhardt. Chair Factory Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 9

Shortly before 10 o'clock on Friday night the chair factory of Charles Dickinson, at May-street, Leichhardt, was completely destroyed by…

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Man Overcome. Fire at Sydney Residential

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 7

A fire occurred at the C.B. Residential Chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, carly last night, and a young man, Robert Craig, aged 19, a tailor…

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Outbreak of Fire. at Newcastle Soldiers Club. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 13

A fire broke out at the Soldiers club, King-street, this morning. The brigade extinguished the flames before much damage was done…

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Set Fire to Home. Young Man Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 7

On a charge of having maliciously set fire to the dwelling of Charles Burns, 417 Pitt-street, a girl, Lottie Buckingham, then being in the house…

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Post Office Destroyed. Fire at Heddon-greta. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 1

A fire at 5 o'clock this morning totally destroyed the practically new one-roomed lock-up shop and post office, and situate on the diagonal…

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Guests Alarmed. Fire at Grand Central Hotel. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

A fire which broke out in the dinin room on the ground floor of the Grand Central Hotel. Clarence-street, city, at five o'clock this morning…

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Spectacular Fire at Film Works. Sensational Rescues. Bargemen's Heroic Work. London, Sept. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

An explosion set fire 10 him waste in works alongside the Regent's Canal, at St. Pancras. The building instantly became a roaring mass of…

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Three Fires. in Twelve Months. Inquiry at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 6

To have suffered losses through three fires in twelve months has been the experience of Leslic Ellis. mercer and draper, of Cessnock, The last…

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Blaze at Dapto. Three Shops Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 3

A fire at Dapto destroyed a block of three wooden shops occupied respectively by a grocer, draper, and fruiterer. The contents were also…

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Fire at Film Works Sensational Rescues

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 4

London, Saturday.—An explosion set fire to film waste in works alongside the Regent's Canal, at St. Paneras. The building instantly became a roaring…

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