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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Victorian Blaze Large Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 4

The Grand Hotel, Queenseliff (Vic.), with more than 200 rooms, was practically destroyed by a fire which broke out on Sunday morning…

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Paxton Fire. Pipe Line Workers Affected Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 4

A fire at Paxton yesterday destroyed tools of Water Board employees engaged in the Paxton pipeline…

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Bush Fires. House Destroyed Near Wyong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 3

A bush fire broke out at Jilliby, near Wyong, on Monday, and spread to Mandalong. It destroyed the four-roomed residence of Mr. Leslie Tobin,…

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Temora Fire. Fire Brigade Handicapped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 3

Refreshment rooms in Hoskins-street, Temora occupied by Mrs. D. Moroney and owned by Mr. W. Nixon, were destroyed by fire early…

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Sadwust on Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 7

The sawdust dump at the old timber yard at the corner of Sydney and Skellatar-streets has caught fire on two occasions lately. The fire brigade was…

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Fire at Bundook

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

A fire which occurred at Bundook early on Wednesday morning totally destroyed the public hall, which contained a piano and other furniture…

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Fire Chief Returns From Holiday

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Moul, big chief of the Cessnock firefighters, has just returned to duty after four weeks holiday leave. Mr. Moul spent a…

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Fire Stops Pipe Line Job

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

As a result of a bush fire at Paxton on Sunday destroying, all the Water Board tools, the men employed on the pipe-line job there had…

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Theft from Fire Alarm Box

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 4

Station-officer G. W. Turner, of the West Maitland Fire Brigade, was testing the fire alarm box at Homeville, yesterday, when he discovered…

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Brisbane Fire. £50,000 Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 6

The clothing factory of the A. C. B, Company, in the top story of the company's premises in Wickham. street, The Valley (Q.)was…

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Baby Sets Fire to House

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 3

Playing with matches, while its parents were away from home, a threeyear-old baby set fire to a weatherboard house at Steele's Creek, near…

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Cessnock Fire. Cottage Destroyed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 4

A fire completely destroyed a four roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. Frank Rivett, Mount View- road, at 11.55 last night…

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Burnt Out Blaze on Mount View Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred, last Wednesday night on Mount View road, when a house occupied by Mr. Frank Revitt, and owned by…

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Fire Station Drainage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 5

The question of disposal of drainage from the new fire station came up for discussion. The Commissioners desired permission to put in a…

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Fire Engine for Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Smith, M. L. C., president of the Board of Fire Commissioners has informed Mr. Booth M. L. A., that the new fire engine for Abermain…

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Fire at Tamworth. Undertaker's Heavy Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

About 9 o'clock last night the sounding of the fire alarm in Tamworth attracted a crowd of several hundreds to the residence of Mr. J…

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Fire on Mt. View Road. Cottage Destroyed

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 2

An outbreak of fire completely destroyed a four roomed weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. Frank Rivett, Mount View Road, at 11.55 on…

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Bush Fires. House Destroyed Near Wyong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 16

A bush fire broke out at Jilliby, near Wyong, on Monday, and spread to Mandalong. It destroyed the four-roomed residence of Mr. Leslie Tobin…

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Victorian Blaze Large Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 14

The Grand Hotel, Queenscliff (Vic.), with more than 200 rooms, was practically destroyed by a fire which broke out on Sunday morning…

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Fire at Hamilton Husband Rescues Family

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 9

To come, home from a Boy Scout Conference at 11 o'clock at night and find his house ablaze, while his wife and a young baby were asleep in one of the…

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