Haystack on Fire
At 11.45 a.m. to-day the Maitland Fire Brigade was called to a haystack fire at Berry Park, Morpeth, on the farm of David Watson. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 45
Safe Blown. the Leichhardt Fire
The police who investigated the fire, which on Sunday destroyed five shops, occupied by Beard Brothers, drapers and mercers, of…
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Damage running into several thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which practically destroyed Beard Brothers' drapery store, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shops Destroyed. Big Fire at Leeton. Leeton
A row of weatherboard cottages at Leeton was totally destroyed by fire. Only by strenuous efforts was a number of…
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A disastrous fire occurred on the property of Mr. Thomas Suters, High-street, Largs, early this morning, when a shed containing over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Fire. Inquiry Into Cause. "Originated in Heap of Shavings." Cessnock
At Cessnock Courthouse to-day, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P.), held an inquiry into a fire which occurred in a three-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Stanmore a Factory Gutted
Within half an hour the factory of Whiteloid Products Ltd., in Cardiganstreet, Stanmore, was gutted on Monday night, damage being estimatd at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Petrol Ship Gas Masks' Used
Sulphur smouldering on a petrol-laden steamer at White Bay provided a thrilling situation for firemen and crow on Monday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire Thirty Thousand Homeless. Calcutta, May 16
Thirty thousand are homeless and three thousand houses were destroyed by a fire at Ellore, near Madras. Hundreds of cattle were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Successive Fires. Deputy Coroner Scott Enquires
At the Court House on Wednesday the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. J. [?] Scott, J.P.), conducted an enquiry into the first of two successive fires that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Fire at Aberdare. Kerosene-soaked Bagging Found qn Premises. Man Committed for Trial on Arson Charge
At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquiry surrounding two outbreaks of fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safe Blown. the Leichhardt Fire
The police who investigated the fire, which on Sunday destroyed five shops, occupied by Beard Brothers, drapers and mercers, of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dubbo Fire. Verdict Against Railway Commissioners
In the case, Woods v. the Railway Commissioners, heard at Dubbo, in which the plaintiff claimed £4885 damages an a result of a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factory Destroyed. Fierce Fire at Camperdown
A fire which occurred at the factory of Whiteloid Products. Limited, at Camperdown, last night, destroyed the premises in little more than half…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage Caught Fire. Mother and Child's Narrow Escape
Mrs W. Brown and child, of Tamworth, had a narrow escape from death when their cottage caught fire early on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock Fire. Inquiry Into Cause. "Originated in Heap of Shavings." Cessnock
At Cessnock Courthouse to-day, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P.), held an inquiry into a fire which occurred in a three-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cooks' Strike Owners Stand Fire Trades Union Council Powerless. MELBOURNE
As the shipowners refuse to consider anything but complete acceptance of their terms, the only hope for a settlement in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shop on Fire. Family's Narrow Escape Sydney
The music shop, occupied by D. Davis, of Petersham, was severely damaged by fire at 3 o'clock this morning…
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Revenge is believed to have been the cause of the fire which did damage to the extent of £6000 at the premises of H. P. Wallace, Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fire Safeblowers Suspected Sydney
An outbreak of fire in tho wicker furniture factory of H. P. Wallace, of Lcichhardt, is believed to have been caused by a gang of safeblowors, who,…
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