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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

1,104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 56

Pastoral. Bush Fires

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 8

Prevention is the main thing in bush, fire control, pointed out Mr. S. Wilson, Lake Cowal, in a paper read before a conference of Riverina and…

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Bush Fires. Outbreaks' in Suburbs. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 7

Many bush fires occurred during the night in various suburbs, but the damage effected was not extensive…

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Kearsley Fire Brigade

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 1

Recently Kearsley Shire Council made a inquest to the Board of Fire Commissioners that the residences of the volunteer firemen of…

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Fire Near Dorrigo Timber Mill Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 10

There was a disastrous fire at Bostobrick, 11 miles from Dorrigo, on Tuesday night, when Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge, and Co.s sawmill and a huge…

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Maroubra Fire. Residents' Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 7

A fire broke out this morning in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage at Maroubra. The flames redidly spread to the…

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Fire Victim. Scenes at Funeral. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 7

Impressive scones marked the" funeral to-day of Miss Edna" Langford, the Victim. of the fire at the Filmcraft laboratories on Wednesday…

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Funeral of Fire Victim Impressive Scenes. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 8

Impressive scenes marked the funeral to-day of Miss Edna Langsford, aged 22, victim of the fire at the Filmera[?] Studios, Woolloomooloo, on…

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Stranded. Australian Artists in India. Fire at Theatre, Calcutta, Dec, 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 7

Carl Lawson's comedy company, of six Australian artists, including Mr. Lawson and Hilda Barrington, which has been touring India for 12…

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Pastoral. Bush Fires. Control on Large Holdings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 5

Prevention is the main thing in bush-fire control, pointed out Mr. S. Wilson, Lake Cowal, in a paper read before a conference of Riverina and…

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Big Bush Fire. Front of Eight Miles. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 7

A big bush fire, on an eight-mile front, is burning around Ten-mile Hollow, and in the vicinity of Webb Creek, near Wiseman's Ferry. The…

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Dorrigo Fire. Timber Mill Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 4

There was a disastrous fire at Bostobrick, 11 miles from Dorrigo, when Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge, and Co.'s sawmill and a huge quantity of sawn…

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Factory Fire. Etensive Damage Done

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 9

Damage estimated at £10,000 was done on the 5th instant, when fire destroyed the factory of Matches (Australia), Ltd., Elizabeth-street…

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Shop Gutted. Fire at Bondi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 11

A fire which broke out in the premises of the Bondi Furniture Exchange, in Gould-street, destroyed the building with its contents…

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Thrown in Fire. Detonator Explodes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 9

While a family at Coff's Harbour was removing to another residence, a detonator, which was lying in a corner was unwittingly picked up…

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Tragic Fire. Woman Suffocated. Sydney

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

A girl, Edna Langford was suffocated by smoke to-day when she was trapped in a burning room at Filmcraft Laboratory Building, E…

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Clothes on Fire. Woman's Critical Condition. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 16

Mrs. Russell, of Ironbarks, near Forbes, who will celebrate her 90th birthday next week, was severely burned about the face, shoulders and…

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Nine Killed Explosions and Fire. Picture Studio Holocaust New York, Dec. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 2

At least nine persons, five of whom were men and four women, were killed to-day when series of seven explosions, of…

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Disastrous Fire. Wentworth Falls Hotel Destroyed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 5

A fire, which broke out in the Wentworth Falls Hotel early this morning, quickly destroyed the building, doing damage estimated at…

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Second Big Clash. Police Fire Five Shots. Three Men Fall

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 2

A second big clash occurred at 9.20 a.m. to-day, when a car approached Rothbury mine gates from Branxton. The police took the car…

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Fire in Wentworth Falls Hotel Narrow Escape of Inmates. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 2

A flre which broke out in the Wentworth Falls Hotel early this morning quickly destroyed the building, doing damage estimated…

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