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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 45

Fire Alarm at Dingadee Homestead

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 4

About 8 p.m. on Monday night the fire bell rang furiously and brought the whole town on to the streets. A big blaze was visibly at Dingacdee…

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Kurri's New Fire Station. Work Commenced

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 10

The first stops in the erection of the new fire station at Kurri Kurri were commenced on Monday. The building, as explained by the…

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Terrible Scenes. Madrid Theatre Fire. Frenzied Crowds Fight Madly at Exits. Horrible Discoveries Madrid

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 3

Though it is doubtful if the death roll resulting from the awful holocaust at the Novedades Theatre will reach the first staggering estimate, as the…

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Sydney Fire. Blaze in Phillip-street. Motor Cars Saved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 14

About a dozen fire engines and a large number of firemen were engaged strenuously for about an hour early on Sunday morning on a fire in…

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Oil Blaze. Outbreak at Glebe. Timely Arrival of Firemen. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 5

A serious fire was prevented by the timely arrival of the fire brigade to-day, when an outbreak occurred at the oil refining plant of the Fell…

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Terrible Panic Fire at Madrid Theatre Hundreds Perish MADRID, Sept. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 12

It is feared that several hundreds perished in a fire at Novedades Theatre in one of the most popular [?]arters of the…

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Hoaxed. False Fire Alarm. Brigade's Rush to St. Vincent's Hospital. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 5

Fire brigade headquarters received a telephone message early this morning to the effect that a fire had broken out at St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Terrible Scenes. Madrid Theatre Fire. Frenzied Crowds Fight Madly at Exits. Horrible Discoveries. Madrid, Sept. 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 2

Though it is doubtful if the death roll resulting from the awful holocaust at the Novedades Theatre will reach the first staggering estimate, as the story of the horror is unfolded, it is realised that it is the worst that…

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Fire in Sydney. Blaze at Sugar Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 6

Serious damage was caused by a fire which broke out at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Compa[?] in Harrison street,Pyrmont,…

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Grass Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 4

A fire broke out in the grass at the residence of Mrs. L. Myo, Belmore-road, Lorn, on Saturday afternoon. The Lorn and West…

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Cessnock Fires. Outbreaks in Sawdust He 0Essnock, Monda

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 4

Cessnook Fire Brigades race calls yesterday and to-day to a which occurred in the sawdast at Gould Bros.' old sawmill,near the…

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Extensive Damage. Fire at Sugar Refining Works.sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 4

Damage estimated at £5O,000 was caused by the fire which broke out at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. at Py[?]mont late last night…

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Nearly a Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

Miss Lucy Tester, of the Farmers Home Accommodation House was fortunate in not having her property destroyed by fire on Thursday night…

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Fatal Fire Parents' Ordeal

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 4

The story of a mother's and father's ordeal when, after returning from a dance in a neighbouring hall, thoy found their home on fire, in which their…

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Disastrous fire Suspicious Circumstances

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. Eber Murrell of Girvan had the misfortune to lose his house and furniture and all the clothing and personal effects of his wife, children…

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Truck Destroyed by Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

In a recent issue we mentioned that a motor lorry had been destroyed by fire at Krambach, but the name of the owner was then…

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Ball of Fire Falls 'On Farmstead

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

London, Sunday. A thunderbolt described as a ball of blue flame created great alarm when, it fell on a farm in Aberdeenshiro…

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Fire in Sydney Sugar Works Ablaze

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

Serious damaged was causes by a fire which broke out at the works of the Clonial Sugar Refining Company in Harris-street, Pymont, shortly before…

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Fire at Orange. Building Destroyed. Main Shopping Centre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 7

A building, known ns Flynn's .Corner, at Orange, the busiest portion of the main shopping centre at the corner of Lords-place and…

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Suspicious Fire. Outbreak at Auburn. Articles Saturated with Kerosene. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 5

The police are investigating a fire which occurred last night at the residence of Walter Stone, at Auburn…

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