Fire at Cessnock Creighton's Drapery Store Destroyed
Creighton's drapery store, in Vincent-street, Cessnock, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night, and the adjoining premises had a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Open Verdict Fire in Regent-street Coroner's Comment
The inquiry into the fire which occurred at a garage and stable at the residence of John S. O'Donnell, in Regent-Street, West Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wee Waa Commercial Hotel Destroyed Damage More Than £5000
More than £5000 damage was caused at Wee Waa when the Commercial Hotel, a large two-storey wooden building of over 40 rooms, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Menace. Muswellbrook and Denman Prepare
Denman has already completed the work of organising the settlers in the district for the purpose of dealing with outbreaks of fire. The fire menace was…
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Serious burns about the body were received by Maril Scrane, 36, foreigner, Balaclava Road, Eariwood, last night, when petrol, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Problems of Men on the Land Discussed by Delegates to P. P. Union Council Meeting. Registration of Dairies; Butter Publicity Campaign; Herd-Testing; Bush Fire-Fighting Units;; Irrigation Plants
The quarterly meeting of delegates of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at the School of Arts,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush Fire Menace. a Fine Save
A grass fire broke out in one of 'Grampian Hills" paddocks on Friday alternoon, and fanned by a strong wind, for a time threatened to do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vincent-street Fire Destruction of Drapery Store Outbreak Causes Excitement Stampede From Picture Show
Never has a fire caused such excitement in Cessnock as that which occasioned damage to the extent of about £2,000 at the drapery store of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Settlers Organising to Deal with Outbreaks
In several northern towns, organisations have been formed, or are forming, in order to be prepared for the contingency of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Menace Phenomenal Grass Growth
The growth of grass for many miles in the western part of the Bunnan district is phenomonal, reaching from six to eight feet over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Fire "Black" Ban Recalled Coroner's Verdict
Reference to the "black" bans that operated on the coalfield during the coal dispute, was made at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Menace. Landowners Prepare. Brigade Formed
At a meeting of landholders, held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening, it was decided to form a bush-fire fighting brigade in order…
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The coalfields Deputy-Coroner, Mr. J. R. Scott, will held an inquiry on Wednesday next, at 9.30 a.m., into the fire which gutted the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Ware, Fire! Grass in Back Yards
The danger of grass fires is no less pronounced in the town than in the country. Therefore, property-owners will be doing a service to themselves…
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On Wednesday next, at Cessnock Courthouse, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) will hold an inquiry concerning the fire which occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Blaze House Destroyed Family's Escape Newcastle
A wooden house, constructed in gun barrel style, at Thomas-street, Cardiff, was almost entirely destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Complaints Excessive Valuations of Property. Better Fire Classification Wanted. Deputation to Sydney
During the week a deputation from Cessnock journeyed to Sydney to interview the Valuer-General with the object of placing before him a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry Into Abernethy Fire Deputy Coroner Returns an Open Verdict "No Suspicion Rests on Owner," he Adds Memories of "Black" Ban Recalled
At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquiry concerning a fire which, on November 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Store Destroyed Big Blaze at Lismore
A spootacular fire occurred at Lismore, on Sunday morning when A. G. Robertson's departmental store, the biggest commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Circus Train Fire 14 People Perish
Mexico City, Saturday.—Fourteen bodies, were removed from the charred wreckage of a circus train which backed into a car loaded with petrol near…
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