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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Factory Fire. £5000 Damage Caused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 3

[?]re destoyed the Furniture factory of George Kinross and Company of Breakfast Greek; causing damage estimated at £5000. The heat…

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Wallsend Fire. New Cottage Gutted. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 2

A new seven-roomed weatherboard cottage at Wallsend was gutted by fire last night. It was owned by Mr. Arthur J. Laurence, of Mayfisld,…

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Police Fire. Three Men Wounded. Car Hit Five Times

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 8

Three men alleged to have been using a stolen ear were wounded, one critically, when, after they had refused to stop, Constable Kelly, of…

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Set on Fire. Hotel at Newtown. Licensee Discharged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 5

The atory of the fire which caused damage to the Marlbourough Hotel, Newtown, was told at the Coroner's Court to-day…

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Fire at the Pass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 3

A. fire broke out early on Saturday morning in a house owned by Mr. Art. Wood of Singleton, on the Gresford-road, 19 miles from town,…

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Fire's Toll of Human Lives

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 8

Fifteen thousand persons have lost their lives by fire in England and Wales during the last nine years. Of these 476 were killed in burning…

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Prisoner Gets Away Sensation at Dungog Cell on Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

A sensational incident occurred at Dungog on Sunday morning, When a prisoner escaped from his cell at the local lock-up…

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Sensational Escape Prisoner Sets Fire to Cell. and Gains Freedom

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

When Don. Mackay was distributing milk on Sunday morning, he noticed smoke at the rear of Constable McAlpin's residence. It was…

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News of Fire But Wins Tennis Match, Cool-headed Cochet, Paris, Aug 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 4

M. Co[?]het in a remarkable manner proved his cool-headed ness when partnering Miss Ryan in the La Baule tennis tournament…

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Boys Arrested. Police Fire Several Shots. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 2

The police arrested twelve boys last night from the Redfern district and it is hoped that an epidemic of petty thieving will be stopped, as…

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Traces of Petrol Fire at Croydon. Man Detained. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 5

A man has been detained by the police pending investigation of a fire which occurred early to-day in a shop in Edwin street, Croydon…

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Nothing Suspicious Fire at Cessnock. Evidence at Inquiry. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 5

At Cessnock Courthouse to-day the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. Scott) held an inquiry into the cause of a fire on August 16, which destroyed a three…

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Tragic Fire. Man Burnt to Death. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 6

A fire caused by an explosion broke out in a large garage in Spray-street, Elwood, last night. When the fire was extinguished the charred…

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Open Verdict Returned Inquiry Into Fire at Cottage in Buckland Avenue "The Police Have Got a Snout on Us"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 1

At Cessnock Courthouse yesterday morning the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquiry into the cause of a fire which, on the night of…

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Shot Dead. Clergyman Fires Five Shots. Then Calmly Walks Away. London, Aug. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 1

It was like a street scene in Chicago," said an eye-witness, in describing a shooting affray at Edinburgh this morning, in which James…

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Spectacular Blaze. Brisbane Bulk Store Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 3

Considerable damage was caused by fire on Tuesday afternoon in the bulk store of Dalgety and Company, Limited Brisbane…

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Fire Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

At the Cessnock Court House on Wednesday next, at 9.30 a.m., the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) will hold an inquiry concerning an outbreak of…

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Fire in Lock-up

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 5

Walters was then charged that at Dungog, on August 24, he did maliciously set fire to a lock-up cell, the properly of the New South Wales…

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Wife's Arson Attempt Assize Sequel to Farm Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 4

Extraordinary circumstances attending a fire at a busses farmhouse were disclosed in a case before Mr Justice A very at Lewes Assizes, which resulted…

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Committed for Trial on Arson Charge. Fire in Police Cell

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 4

At the Coroner's Court on Wednesday, W. H. Green, Esq., Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the cause of the fire which damaged the cell at…

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