Fires at Cessnook
A weatherboard cottage in Regent street occupied by Mr. A. Kennedy, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The cause of the fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 45
Fire Ergine Overturns
While the Cessnock fire brigade was proceeding to a fire on Saturday evening the fire engine overturned at the intersection of Hall and Vincent…
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Thousands of acres of dairying land were swept by two bush fires that broke out around Wangaratta (Vic.) on Saturday…
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While the altar at St. Nicholas' Roman Catholic Church was being prepared for benediction and exposition immediately after the second…
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Terrific gales have been raging in parts of South Australia and at Moorook, the velocity of the wind, with its volumes of sand and dust…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Alarms Funeral of Glasgow Fireman Delayed. London, Dec. 31
When the funeral of the four Glasgow firemen, who lost their lives at a fire on Monday last, was passing a Glasgow fire station the bells rang…
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Thousands of acres, of dairying land have been swept by two bush fires that broke out around Wangaratta on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Engine Overturns Constable Sustains Broken Wrist
The Cessnock Fire engine, while speeding to a fire in Regent-street on Saturday afternoon struck a soft patch of road when turning a corner and…
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The Italian Club at Babinda Creek was destroyed by fire during the holidays. The outbreak is thought to have been caused by fireworks…
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A disastrous bush fire raged at Benalla on Tuesday night. Horses were caught in the flames and flames and in[?]ated, and sheds, gras…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. Beechworth and Wangaratta Districts. Most Serious for Twenty Years
The bush fires in the Beechworth and Wangaratta district have been the serious for 20 years (says an albury message.)…
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Early on Tuesday morning a five occurred at the residence of Alex Fairlie in Richmond street, Mary-borough (Q.), when the building was…
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Disastrous tush fires raged at Benalla, Victoria, yesterday. Eight horses were caught in the flanics and incinerated. Sheds, grass, haystacks, and…
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About five hundred acres of grazing country on A. Elliott's property at Good Hope, in the Yass district were swept by a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Scheme for Broadcasting Warnings. Wagga Grazier's Suggestions
Mr. Lingard Simkin, manager of Wantabadgery West, Wagga, has brought under the notice of the Graziers' Association a scheme for…
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There were two fires in the Cessnock district on Saturday, the last day of 1927. The first was just before 3 a.m.,…
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The year just drifted into eternity was a busy one for the firemen in Cessnock. The local brigade had no fewer than 44 calls, which, of course,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Engine Overturns Constable's Arm Fractured
Some excitement was caused spectators on Saturday afternoon when the Cessnock fire engine, on its way to a fire, overturued in Hall-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Played the Phonograph While Bush Fire Raged
About five hundred acres of grazing country on A Elliott's property at Good Hope. in the Yass district were swept by a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horses Incinerated Disastrous Bush Fires. Damage in Victoria. Melbourne
A disastrous bush fire raged at Benalla on Tuesday night. Horses were caught in the flames and incincerated, and sheds, grass,…
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