Fire Inquiry Outbreak at Les. Ellis' Open Verdict Returned
At the Cessnock Courthouse on Friday afternoon the District Coroner (Mr. George Brown) held an inquiry into the cause of a fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
911 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 46
Block Wiped Out. Big Fire at Goondiwindi Woman Entrapped
A fire which occurred at Goondiwindi at half-past '2 o'clock on Monday morning In Marshall-street, the principal street of the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gessnogk Fire. Coroner Holds Inquiry. Webber Committed for Trial. Cessnock
At the Cossnock Courthouse this morning, the District Coroner, Mr. G. Drown, held an inquiry into a fire at the residence of Daniel Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Baan Baa Four Buildings Destroyed
A fire which occurred at Baan Baa destroyed the Postoffice and buildings occupied by Fleming and Durrant (auctioneers), M. Millar…
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A gallant rescue attempt in a blazing hotel at Rowena, a small town in the north-west, on Monday, failed, and two men were burned to death. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important to Country Fire Brigades
The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales (the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.) visited Wellington on the 1st September…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Hotel. Two Men Burned to Death
A gallant rescue attempt in a blazing hotel at Rowena, a small town in the Northwest, on Monday, failed, and two men were burned to death. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sperry Street Fire. Owner Committed. Coroner’s Finding. “Feloniously and Wilfully Caused.”
Evidence that there were Indications of three separate fires having occurred, was given at the inquiry conducted by the District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Arson Cessnock Miner Committed For Trial. Suspicious Fire at Sperry-street Dwelling
At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the District Coroner (Mr. George Brown) conducted an inquiry into the cause of an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaze at Dapto. Three Shops Destroyed
A fire at Dapto destroyed a block of three wooden shops occupied respectively by a grocer, droper, and fruiterer. The contents were also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bowser
A quantity of petrol, which had been spilled around A. E. Moore's bowser in West Maitland, was ignited when a lighted match was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires at Dungog. Bats Blamed for Outbreak
An outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Dr. Kennedy on Tuesday morning. About 6 o'clock a milk hoy observed smoke and flame issuing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three Fires. in Twelve Months. Inquiry at Cessnock
To have suffered losses through three fires in twelve months has been the experience of Leslie Ellis, mereer and draper, of Cessnock. The last…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Open Verdict. Fire at Cessnock
An inquiry was held by Mr. G. Brown, District Coroner, at the Court House yesterday, into the fire which destroyed a ten-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Baan Baa Four Buildings Destroyed
A fire which occurred at Baan Baa destroyed the Post-office and buildings occupied by Fleming and Durrant (auctioneers), M. Miller…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Block Wiped Out. Big Fire at Goondiwindi. Woman Entrapped
A fire which occurred at Goondiwindi at half-past 2 o'clock on Monday morning in Marshall-street, the principal street of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spectacular Fire at Film Works. Sensational Rescues. LONDON, Sept. 9
An explosion set fire to film waste in works alongside the Regent's Canal, at St. Pancras. The building instantly became a roaring mass of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gessnock Fire. Coroner Holds Inquiry. Webber Committed for Trial. Cessnock
At the Cessnock Courthouse this morning, the District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquiry into a fire at the residence of Daniel Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Destroyed. Sergeant Street Fire
Fire destroyed a three-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Thomas York, Sergeant Street, at 4.3) last Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Paxton. Shop and Dwellng Destroyed. Cessnock
A shop and dwelling at Paxton were completely gutted by fire at two o'clock this morning. The dwelling was occupied by Mrs…
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