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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 32

Disastrous Fire. at Stroud Road. Sawmill Destroyed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 5

A disastrous fire broke out at Stroud Road at mid-day on Friday, resulting in the total destruction of W. Wood's timber mill. Fanned by a…

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Fire at Temora Twelve Business Places Destroyed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning at Temora, when 12 business places, including two hotels, were destroyed…

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Fire at Temora. Twelve Business Places Destroyed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning at Temora, when twelve business places, including two hotels, were destroyed…

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Serial Story Through the Fire Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter XIII.—Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 3

February was well in before Fordyce was sufficiently recovered to be moved to his own house. Snowdrops were pushing up their phalanxes of…

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Room Ablaze Youth in Peril Bellingen Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 9

A youth named Joe Thorley narrowly escaped with his life when a fire, which threatened to destroy the main business block…

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Fire Board Ald. Cornish Defeated SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 10

In the election of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners, the position of representative for country councils and shires was again…

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Bush Fire in South Australia Forest Area Menaced. Many Families Homeless

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

A bushfire has devastated many acres of land, in the districts of Kuito Forest, Meadows, Prospect Hill, Nangkita, Mount Compass,…

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Fire Alarms Mr Ogilvy Advocates Installation

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 6

At the meeting of the Singleton Chamber of Commerce held on Wednesday night, Mr J. Ogilvy said that, as a Chamber, they…

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Fire Board Representative for Country Councils and Shires. Alderman Collins Re-elected

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

In the election of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners, the position of representative for country councils and shires was again…

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Serial Story Through the Fire Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter XIV.—Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

It was of the painful and regrettable necessity of—something—happenning to Fordyce again that Lant was thinking one afternoon in early March…

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Quirindi Blaze Ten-roomed Home QUIRIDI

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

The 10-roomed residence of Messrs. Windsor Bros., at Quirindi, was completely destroyed by fire inside half an hour…

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Fire Follows Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

Three motor cars were involved in a collision at the corner of William-street and College-st., early on Sunday morning. Two of them were…

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King Under Fire War Secret Revealed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 4

How the King came under shellfire during his visit to the French front in 1915 is disclosed in the fourth volume of the "Memoirs of…

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Room Ablaze Youth in Peril Bellingen Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

A youth named Joe Thorley narrowly escaped with his life when a fire, which threatened to destroy the main business block…

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Fire Board Ald. Cornish Defeated SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

In the election of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners, the position of representative for country councils and shires was again…

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Wiped Out Business Block Country Fire Temora

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred here early this morning, when a large number of premises were destroyed…

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Fraud Charge Sequel to Fire Police Statement Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 10

Daniel David Corol (36), was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a shop in…

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Mine Explosion Fire-Damp Ignites 31 Men Dead Berlin, Feb. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 10

Another disastrous fire damp explosion in the Aachen coalfield killed 31 miners. Pit props were smashed to…

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Telarah Fire Coroner's Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 5

The District coroner, Mr, D. W. Road, conducted an inquiry at the west maitland courthouse this afternoon into the cause of a fire on…

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Fire in Shop Sequel in Court Bail Reduced Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

Daniel savick korol (26), a shopkeeper, was remanded at the control court to-day until march 11, on a charge of having maliciously set fire…

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