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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 32

Police Fire Riot at Cawnpore Many Injured Calcutta, May 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 1

Cawnpore, the scene of savage riots in March, was again panic-stricken. Tension between Hindus and…

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Little Fire Victims Inquest on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 3

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) has fixed next Thursday morning, at 9.30, for the holding of his Inquest concerning the death of the…

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Tragic Fire Double Fatality Inquest To-morrow Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the tragic death of the lads who were fatally burned in the fire at the premises of Messrs. Barringham and…

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Murder Mystery Body in Fire Dump Wound in Breast London, June 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 1

Scotland Yard is investigating another murder, mystery, which has some resemblance to the Rouse case…

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Fire Inquest Conflicting Stories Double Tragedy Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 7

"I heard' a bier bang and fell from the rack I was climbing. There were flames all round me."…

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Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

On Monday evening a fire broke out in the residence on Mr. E. Ikin's farm on the Maitland road. It started in the kitchen and this part of the building…

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Fire at Mungindi Damage Exceeds £8000

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 8

Tallersall's Hotel, a two-storey building on the Queensland side of Mungindi, was totally destroyed by fire, which' broke out at an early liour on…

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Kurri Inquests Drowning Fatality and Fire Inquests

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 8

An inquiry into the circumstances of the death of William Bromage, who was found drowned in a dam at Tomalpin last month, will, in all…

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Damaged by Fire Olympia Hall at Weston £500 DAMAGE

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

The fire which, broke out in the Olympia HaH, a large weatherboard structure structure at last Saturday morning, caused damage which was…

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Oil Reservoirs on Fire Great Loss of Life Feared (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Bucharest

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

A wide area around an oil refinery at Moinesthi was speedily converted to a sea of flames When lightning exploded and set fire to a group of oil…

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Little Fire Victims Echo of Tragic Happening at Barringham & Johnson's Works. Fathetic Stoty Unfolded at Coroner's Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

The circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths of little Ray Barringham and Gordon Johnston, aged 12 and 9 respectively, who were fatally burned in an outbreak of fire at the joinery works of Messrs. Barringham & Johnston in February last, were inquired into by…

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Paterson Fire Hotel Burned Out Walls Collapse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 4

The Courthouse Hotel at Paterson was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The flames spread quickly, and…

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Big Blaze at Ballina Damage About £10,000

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 1

Four business premises in the main shopping block of Ballina were destroyed by fire, and a fifth severely damaged about 3.30 0 'clock on…

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Blaze at Bellbird Cottage Totally Destroyed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred at Bellbird on Sunday evening last, when e four-roomed weatherboard cottage, situated in Cruickshank Lane,…

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Paterson Fire. Hotel Burned Out. Walls Collapse

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

The Courthouse Hotel at Paterson was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The flames spread quickly, and…

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Fire in Sydney Three Firemen Receive Burns

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

The Singer Building, which is of six stories, at 119-123 York-street, Sydney, was threatened with destruction by a serious fire, which…

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Sydney Fire City's Danger Zone Disaster Averted Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 5

Quick work on the part of the fire bride narrowly averted a disaster when a fiore occurred in the Singer Building in…

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Malicious Fire. to Destroy Dole Records. Believed to Be Work of Communists

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 6

The destruction of dole records at Parramatta at au early hour on Monday morning, is believed by the Department of Labour and Industry to…

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Sequel to Fire Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 6

When on inquiry into a fire that occurred in a store at Sunday Hay, Hobart, on Sunday morning was opened at the Hobart Police Court…

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Thrilling Race Fire in Bunkers Safe Arrival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 8

With fire raging in her hunkers and appreaning every minute, the Hull trawler Kingston Turquoise won a thrilling race…

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