Correspondence Fire at South Singleton. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In your issue of Wednesday appears a statement by Captain H. B. Morris, of the Eire Brigade, in connection with the recent fire, which reffects…
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Fires & bushfires, 1930
714 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 36
Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassilis "News.") Fire Alarm
An outbreak of fire occurred on Monday afternoon at Mr. Booth's residence in McKenzie-street. A considerable number of people were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Camperdown Fire. Electrician's Shop Damaged. Sydney
A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the shop of Alfred Ware, electrician, at Camperdown. The damage is estimated at £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Film on Fire. Audience Walked Out. While Band Played. London, Jan. 25
When a film burst into flames at a cinema hall at Brandon, near Durham, the operator, with great coolness, closed the shutter and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Noticed in Early Morning Lucky Escape of Occupant. Timely Warning Given. Sydney
Whilst people were passing along Gloucester-street, Sydney, early this morning they noticed flames in a house occupied by Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Fires Inquests at Kurri
Three recent outbreaks of fire in the Kurri district will be inquired into by Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P., (Deputy Coroner), at Kurri Kurri Courthouse…
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Mr. J. R. Scott, Deputy Coroner for the coalfields, will conduct three fire inquiries on Thursday. The inquiries will concern the destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mascot. Family's Narrow Escape. Thieves Responsible. Sydney
When a fire broke out at Mascot in a grocer's shop early this morning, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams was just able to rescue her four children and make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Blaze Nearly Traps Sleeper Timely Warning Given. Sydney
Edwin Whitten had a narrow escape this morning when a furniture factory adjoining his home at Forest Lodge was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Threats. Greta Main Fire. Inquiry at Cessnock. Cessnock
Alleged threats to burn down a dwelling, also talk of alleged threats of shooting were features, of an inquiry at Cessnock Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford Merthyr Blaze
The enquiry into the origin of the fire at Stanford Morthyr Colliery, Office, on December 16, was then held. Sergeant Lake appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Heddon Greta
The circumstances surrounding the origin of a fire, which destroyed a railway station building, situated at Hoddon greta, were also investigated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deliberately Caused. Fires on Coalfields. Inquiries by Deputy Coroner
At the Kurri Kurri Courthouse to-day the Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. R. Scott, held inquiries into suspicious fires which recently occurred at a signal box at B Siding, at Stanford Merthyr Colliery office, and another which destroyed a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta-main Fire. Coroner's Comments. "Grave Suspicions."
At the conclusion of evidence at the inquiry into a firer on December 22, at Greta-Main, and which was held at Cossnock courthouse, before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cottage Destroyed Fire at Croydon Park. Sydney
An empty cottage at Croydon park was totally destroyed by fire at an carly hour this morning, while an adjoining weatherboard house was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baths Destroyed by Fire
Wylie's baths at Coogee, one of the best-known swimming enclosures in the metropolitan area, and which have done service for many years, were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Currabubula Fire General Store Destroyed
Clark's general store at Currabubula was totally destroyed by fire. The fire was first noticed at 10.15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wilfully Set on Fire" "B" Siding Signal Box
"I don't feel disposed on the evidence to treat the matter as accidental," said. the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) at Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Eyldence at Fire Inquiry Alleged Threat To Burn Place Down Suspicious Set of Circumstances at Greta Main. "Maliciously Set on Fire By Some Pers[?] Unknown"
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott), at coss[?]eek courthouse on Wednesday, held an inquiry concerning the origin of a fire whiah on Sunday, December 22, destroyed a three-roomed [?]asian dwelling, and a one-roomed weatherboard house at Greta M Main near pation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amazing Evidence at Fire Inquiry "Object to Destroy Electric Light Accounts"' Deputy Coroner's Remarks
Amazing evidence was given at the Karri Karri Coroner's Court yesterday, in an inquiry conducted by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P.) into the circumstances of a fire which occurreed at the Stanford Merthyr Colliery Office on December 10th last…
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