Open Verdict. Fire at Beilbird. Office and Storeroom Destroyed. Cessnock
At Cessnock Courthouse to-day, the District Coroner Mr. J. T. Richards) held an inquiry into the origin of a fire which occurred in a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
1,104 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 56
Singleton Fire. Wind Saves Racecourse Buildings. Diverts Course of Flames. Singleton
About noon on Saturday a fire came acres the road from Mr. Percy Brown's property to the racecourse at Whittingham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in City at Bond and Co.'s, Ltd. Many Thousands of Pounds Damage. Sydney
Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was done, by a fire which, occurred in the large store of Bond and Co., Ltd., Oxford-street, Sydney, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Verdict Bellbird Blaze Remains a Mystery. Destruction of Reservoir Shed
The destruction by fire of a shed used as a store and office at the Bellbird reservoir on December 31 formed the subject of an inquiry by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Damage. Fire at Darlinghurst. Sydney
A fire, which broke out shortly before midnight, caused extensive damage to the drapery shop in William-street, Darlinghurst, occupied by…
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A grass fire broke out in a paddock between the Telarah Railway Station and Bonar-street West Maitland, at about 11.80 a.m., this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clothes on Fire Woman's Terrifying Experience
Mrs J. W. Kenyon, of Wagga, has a terrifying few minutes yesterday morning. While she was working about the house her clothing ignited through…
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Mrs, J. W, Kenyon, a Wagga resident, had a terrifying few minutes on Tuesday. While she was working about the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Fire. Cottage Destroyed at Bondi. Sydney
The police are investigating the circumstances connected with the total destruction by fire of a weatherboard cottage in Edward-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Store Fire Damage Totals £30,009. Firemen Injured
Damage estimated at £30,000 was done by a fire which guttered one section of the wool store of the Australian Wool and Produce, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dramatic Rescue Boat Shed on Fire. Men Break Down Doors
In less than a quarter of an hour on Monday evening a fire swept through the boatsheds of the Yarra Yarra Rowing Club on the river bank, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Overcome. by Heat and Smoke. Fire in Sydney Flat. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in a building in Phillip-street, City on the first floor, which was leased as a flat to Mrs. Lilian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in the City Man Overcome by Heat and Smoke. While Attempting to Rescue Supposed Inmate. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in a building in Phillip-street, City The first floor of which is leased as a flat to Mrs-Lilian Ritchie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Sydney Encircled—12 Terrific Heat
Serious bush fires ranged in almost a complete circle around Sydney on Wednesday. Move than 130 calls to fires were received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Newcastle Suburbs
The bush fires were responsible for terrific heat throughout the Northern district. In the early part of the day the…
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The East and West Maitland Fire Brigades were called out at 3.45 this afternoon to deal with a grass fire in the vicinity of the East Maitland gas…
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Shortly after a train had passed Black Creek, Branxton, on Wednesday, a fire broke out on Mr. C. W. Philips' farm, and, spreading rapidly,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10.000 Cronulla Fire
A shop and dwelling occupied by the Cronulla Fishery Supply, and an adjoining cottage, were gutted by a fire at Curranulla-street, Cronulla,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Portland. Lithgow
Bush fires are raging in the Portland district. Large numbers of men are fighting the flames. The township itself is not in any immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Garage. Wentworth Falls Mystery
A mysterious outbreak of fire destroyed the motor garage at Wentworth Falls Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon. Three motor cars and a…
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