Bushfires Start Sydney
Bushfires devastated large tracts of country in the Hawkesbury Valley yesterday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
714 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 36
Destructive Fire
Many residents were roused from their slumbers at 2.45 a.m. on Saturday, by the ringing of the church bell, which is the local fire alarm,…
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While the proprietors were absent yesterday, the mill and a large quantity of valuable sawn timber was in grave danger of being burst…
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A report reached town on Monday of a fire on the Pembroke property. The fire, we understand, was quickly under control and little damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Fighting. Public Meeting Discusses Organisation
The meeting on Saturday last for the purpose of discussing means of preventing the outbreak of bush fires and the method of fighting, if…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Morning Blaze Cottage in Cumberland Street. Brigade Makes Good Save
At 6.20 yesterday morning the Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in an unoccupied four roomed weatherboard cottage at 75…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ganmain Fire Coroner's Inquiry Concluded
The inquiry into the fire which destroyed several shops in Ford-street, Ganmain, on the morning of September 26, was concluded on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matches Cause Fire Child Fatally Burnt
Keith Neville Noble, aged two years, died at the Lewisham Hospital from burns. The child had been left on his bed by his mother. She was working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pensioner Burned Fell on to Fire Sydney
Fainting while he was attending to a fire in the grate in a residence in Ringrose-avenue, Wontworthville, last night, Harry Bonnott, 40, invalid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger of Fires Rangers' Warning
Showing the ravages of bush fires of a gum forest, a sticker has been issued by the Rangers' League to assist. In their work of protecting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Garage Motor Cars Damaged
This afternoon a fire occurred at Kempley's garage. The brigade turned out promptly and made a good save. The building…
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The cars were damaged when a fire broke out in the garage of H. R. Kempley, Vincent-street, Cessnock, afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Coal Outbreak at Pyrment Supposed Cause Sydney
Spontaneous combination is believed to have been the cause of a fire which broke out in the coal bunkers at the Colonial Sugar Refinery, at Pyrmont,…
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A warning is issued to tourists and others using country roads of the dangers arising from carelessly lit fires. Wheat crops are now…
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Yesterday the city was encircled by during of bush fires, and the familiar smell of burning gum trees filled many suburban home. It was a fearful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Abernethy Unoccupied Dwelling Destroyed
During the week an unoccupied five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Knox-street, Abernethy, was totally destroyed by fire…
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Frederick William O'Reilly and Claude Jackson, who escaped from the Mount Mitchell Prison Camp on SundRy last, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Night Attire Family's Escape Early Morning Fire Sydney
When a fire broke out in a brick cottage at Rockdale early this morning. the five inmates escaped in their night attire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sabres and Guns Street Fighting in Havana Fire to Kill Havana, Nov. l3
Rioting, with street fighting, between mobs of students and notice, was resumed violently today after the Government, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in the Country Destruction at Bangalow Post Office Gutted
The Bangalow post-office and a two-storied building adjacent were destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. The new…
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