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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

1,104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 56

Bush Fires. Big Queensland Outbreak

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 3

Scrious bush fires are raging in the Samford district (Q.) The whole of the valley between Highdate and Mount Nofo is a sea of flames. Over…

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Oil on Fire. Sensational Sydney Fire. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5

A sensational fire occurred at the premises of H. Wilken, is Kemp-street, City, to-day. Tanks of oil and duce caught fire,…

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Home Destroyed Fire at Newtown. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5

A fire damaged two bedrooms of a house at Regent-street, Newtown, early this morning. Two children were thought to be…

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Men Did Not Fire. Mr. Booth's Denial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5

Mr, George Booth, M.L.A., who witnessed yesterday's riots at Rothbury, returned to Sydney to-day. He denied that any shots were…

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Latest Cables. Trouble at Rothbury. Terrible Family Tragedy. Police Fire on Mob. Bullets and Stones. on Man Killed: 45 Wounded. Four Thousand Miners in Bush. Branxton

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

Three Rivers, Michigan, Mon. Mrs. Andrew Day, and seven children, aged from one to fourteen years, were found dead with their throats Fierce rioting, in which there was loss of life, occurred at Rothbury this morning at intervals between miners and police…

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Fire at Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 6

Early on Tuesday morning a fire pile, made of bags, rags, and wood, was found burning against a block of offices in a large weatherboard building…

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Incendiarism. Explosion at Woollahra Fire in Unoccupied House. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 6

Incondiarism in suspected in connection with a fire which was discovered in an unocupied house in Grafton Street, Woollahra, this…

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Bush Fires Burst Tins of Petrol

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 5

For two weeks constantly he ran the gauntlet of a bush fire which, at one time, forced the car on to the bank's of a steep creek from…

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Minor Outbreaks of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 6

Although the Maitland Fire Brigade was called out twice to-day, both calls were only for minor outbreaks. The first call was to Roxburgh-street,…

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Fire at Bundook Magisterial Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 4

On Saturday last at Wingham Courthouse, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, Police Magistrate, held an inquiry concerning the burning of a wooden house at…

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Miners Had No Fire Arms

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 7

The reports that fire arms were used by the miners at Rothbury is one that was issued by the police. Had the reporters from the different…

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The Faces in the Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 6

Before the cosy fire, With elbows on his knees, Old Dad to-night sits staring At the faces that he sees…

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Letters to the Editor Right to Hire and Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 2

Sir,—As the right to hire and fire is a very important question in the coal dispute, I should like to draw, attention to the [?] of the…

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Bush Fires. Big Queensland Outbreak

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 16

Serious bush fires are raging in the Samford district (Q.). The whole of the valley between Highdale and Mount Nefo is a sea of flames. Over…

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Pastoral. Bush Fires. Control on Large Holdings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 14

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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Disastrous Fire. Big Blaze at Rabaul

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 7

On Monday morning Carpenter's Store at Ahtam's wharf, Rabaul, and the contents, consisting of between 2000 and 3000 tons of copra, were…

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Sussex Street Blaze. Cutfitter's Shop Damaged, Sydney, Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 7

Maurice George, proprietor of an outfitters' shop. in Sussex street, was awakened by the orackle of flames early this morning, and found…

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Oil on Fire. Sensational Sydney Fire. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 16

A sensational fire occurred, at the premises of H. Wilken, in Kemp-street. City, to-day. Tanks, of oil and duco caught fire…

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Fire Tragedy. Story of Heroism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death from carbon monoxide poisoning was returned by the Acting Sydney Coroner, after an inquiry into the death of…

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Home Destroyed Fire at Newtown. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 16

A fire damaged two bedrooms of a house at Regent-street, Newtown, early this morning. Two children were thought to be…

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