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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Stones Fly Butchers. at Aberdeen Police Fire Shots

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 December 1930 · page 3

An attempt to wreck the barracks occupied by master butchers who are killing stock for the Sydney trade was made by…

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Bush Fire Convent Hill Blaze CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 5

About live acres of serub land on Convent Hill, Cessnock, caught fire to-day. The Cessnock Fire Brigade was caller, out to quell the…

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Fierce Blaze Bush Fire on Convent Hill

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 5

Some excitement, and not a little apprehension, was caused by a fire which blazed fiercely and spread in an alarming manner in the bush at…

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Fire at Gilgandra

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 4

A fire broke out in the refreshment room at the Gilgandra railway Station at a.m. to-day. The building was gutted and the damage is…

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Rail Loss Station Destroyed Country Fire Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 1

A message from Gilgandra states that the local railway station was, completely, destroyed by life at 1 o'clock this morning…

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Through the Fire. New Serial Story. Starts Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 3

"Through the Fire" is the title of the new serial story which opens in next Friday's issue of the "Chronicle."…

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Cessnock Fire £1000 Damage CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 5

An inquiry into the origin of the fire which chused damage estimated at £2000 to promises in Vincent-street, Cessnock, occupied by Charies…

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Fire at Gilgandra Railway Station Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 3

A message from Gilgandra states that the local railway station was completely destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock yesterday, morning. The damage is…

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CESSNOCK Chamber of Commerce Fire Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 7

At a meeting of Cessnock Chamber of Commerce last evening, the president (Mr. A. Biggers) submitted a report on the…

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MUSWELLBR00K The Bushfire Danger Landholders Alert Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 6

The possibility of bush fires on pasture lands during the summer season is ever a cause of much anxiety, and to guard…

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Bush Fires. How to Give Alarm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 8

In order to speedily broadcast fire alarms and indicate the approximate position of the danger, the following method of ringing the alarm bell has…

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Discussed by Delegates to P. P. Union Council Meeting. Registration of Dairies; Butter Publicity Campaign; Herd-Testing ; Bush Fire-Fighting Units; Irrigation Plants

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of delegates of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at the School of Arts,…

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Fires at Denman. No Serious Damage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

A fire broke out amongst a lot of lough stuff on hilly country on part of Pickering estate, near Hollydene. on Wednesday. Quite a large area was…

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£6000 Damage Fire in West Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

A wing of Caves House, Yallingup, W. A., about 23 miles from Busseiton, was destroyed by fire. The damage included the loss of…

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Serial Story Through the Fire Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter I.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 5

"We are an illogical couple!" Hilary Brooke spoke with a little laugh—a laugh with a tiny touch of self-scorn in it. Yet it was a pleasant…

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Open Verdict Returned Fire at Creighton's Drapery Store Full Report of Evidence at Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

The recent fire which destroyed about £2,000 worth of stock at the drapery establishment of C. W. Creighton (late Fossey's Ltd.), in Vincent Street, Ceesnock, formed the subject of an Inquiry by the Deputy District Coroner (Mr. J. R.Scott) at Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

A thick haze of smoke, resultant upon bush fires, is noticeable in the district. So far no serious grass fires have occurred; but the whole country…

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Wingham Blaze Three Shops Burnt DAMAGE £5000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

Three shops were destroyed, and another badly damaged when a fire broke out in out of Wingham's main business centres at 1…

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Homeville Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 5

A fire occurred in the kitchen of the residence of Mr. Murphy of Ivor-street, Telarah, shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The furniture…

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Wallalong Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 5

ThE West Maitland Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a hay-shed on Mr. Scott's property, Wallalong, at 2.25, this afternoon…

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