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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Fire at Ballina Twelve Shops Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 3

A fire by which twelve business premises in Ballina were destroyed occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at…

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Home Destroyed. Fire at Glendonbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

A seven-roomed weatherboard house with wash-house adjoining, occupied by Mr. C. R. Stapleton and family, of Glendon Brook was destroyed by…

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Fire and Ice. Fighters' Clothes Freeze. Icicles Hang From Coats

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 1

Waste water splashing from the fire hoses, at a fire in Glen Innes on Wednesday morning froze. The clothes of the firemen were…

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Open Verdict Fire at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 10

At Cessnock Courthouse to-day, the district Coroner, Mr. J.T. Richards, held an inquiry into the destruction of a five-roomed…

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Burglars Responsible. Fire at Punchbowl. Cottage Destroyed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 7

The Parramatta Coroner held an inquiry to-day concerning a fire which partially destroyed a cottage at Punchbowl on June 2 last…

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Huge Fire. 130 Homes Destroyed. Mill City Disaster. San Francisco, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 7

A fire breaking out yesterday in a wealthy section of Mill City, across the Golden Gate, destroyed 130 houses…

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Fire Inquiry Destruction of House in Love-street Coroner Returns Open Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

At the Cessnock Courthouse this morning the District Coroner (Mr. J. T. Richards) held an inquiry conesederning a fire which, on June 11,…

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Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 8

Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Artingon, Chambers-street, late last night. After a hard fight the…

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Fire at Glebe. Engineering Premises Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 9

The premises of Storey Bros, engineers at Glebe, were practically gutted by fire at an early hour on 28th Ult…

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Electric Iron. Causes Fire in House

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 8

Owing to the overhearing of an electric iron, which had been [?]identally left switched on, fire broke out early in a large boarding-house in…

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Fire at Ballina Twelve Shops Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

A fire by which twelve business premises in Ballina Were destroyed occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at…

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Burglars Responsible. Fire at Punchbowl. Cottage Destroyed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 1

The Parrammatta Cororner held an laquiry to-day concerning a fire which partially destroyed a cottage at punchbowl on June 3 last…

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Keinbah Fire. Four-roomed Cottage Destroyed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. Auprince, of Keinbah, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday, between noon and one…

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Maitland Blaze. Croker's Premises Gutted. Damage Estimated at About £3000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 4

Shortly before six o'clock last evening the West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in the promises of Mr. Edward Croker,…

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West Maitland Fire Brigade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 4

Station-officer R. Stunts, of Bankstown, arrived to-day, and took over duties as station-officer of the West Maitland Fire Brigade…

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New Fire Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 4

The report of the committee appointed by the West Maitland Council for suggestions on the sketch plan of the new fire station at the corner of…

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New Fire Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 6

When in Sydney yesterday the Mayor of West Maitland, Alderman R. L. Pender, and town clerk, Mr. C. T. MoLean, interviewed the architeet…

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Arson Alleged. Two Men Charged. Fire at Palm Beach. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 7

Sydney Keys, 38, a boarding-house keeper, and Erie Woodger, 34, a laborer, were remanded at the Manly Court to-day on a charge of setting…

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Electric Spark. Causes Fire at Stockton, Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 3

When one of the residents in a house in Queen-street, Stockton, last evening switched on the electric light in bedroom the sequel was a loud explosion…

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Cinema Fire. Stampede in Kent. Three Severely Burned London, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 7

One hundred women and children dashed from a blazing cinema at Welling, Kent, following on a fire in the operator's box…

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