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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 32

Abermain Fire Outhouse Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 4

A fire occurred in a weatherboard outhouse adjoining the cottage owned and occupied by Mr. And Mrs. J. Dates, Charles-street, Abermain…

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STOP ! For Fire Engines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 4

The Police Authorities desire to the attention of the drivers of both motor and horse-drawn vehicles to the requirements of the…

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Hanging Fire Cessnock Lighting CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 5

Much dissatisfaction is being expressed on the coalfields owing to the continued delay in finalising the new electric light agreement between…

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Unsuspected Fire. Why the Gas Bill Grew

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 1

When Mr. Joseph Maudson, of Turner-avenue, Haberfield, was recently told that his gas bill was more than four times its usual amount, he…

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A By-track Burnt-out Culvert CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council, at us meeting last evening, decided to expend £11, with an equal contribution from the Main Roads Board, to ballast a…

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Two Caught Police Fire Shots SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 5

Several shots were fired by the police at Kogarah last night when they chased a man and a youth who had been seen near a telephone…

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Fierce Blaze Narrow Escape Home Gutted Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

Awakened at 3 a.m. to-day by the crackling of wood on fire, Mr, William Godfrey, of Portland Place, near Lambton, and…

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Rubbish Alight Near Business Block Big Fire Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1931 · page 6

The vigilance of the occupiers of a flat above the new branch grocery store of Mr. Albert George Fehrenbach, in an up-to-date block of business…

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GUTTED W.B. Cottage Heddon Greta Blaze

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 4

On arrival at a four-roomed unoccupied weatherboard dwelling in Adam-street. Heddon Greta, last evening. Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade…

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Novel Method Fire Alarm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 3

I hear that the little village of Jutphaas, near Utrecht, faced with the problem of giving fire alarms without distrubing the whole…

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Charred Body Fire Destroys Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 2

The charged body of Alan Walker, 38, was found at Mitta Mitta (Vic), in his home, which was destroyed by fire on Monday, A gun containing…

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Heddon Greta Fire Cottage Totally Destroyed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 2

A four roomed weatherboard cottage, situated at Adam-steet Heddon Greta was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night…

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Fierce Fire Petrol Tank Ignites SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 8

A car was destroyed and a garage badly damaged in a fierce fire which occurred at Mosman filling station,…

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Kyogle Blaze Extensive Damage Shops Destroyed Kyogle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 2

A disastrous fire, which broke out here early yesterday morning, caused damage estimated at £10.000…

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Suspicious Fire Military Hospital P.O. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 2

Hundreds of pensions records and a number of important books were destroyed in a suspicious fire at the Post Office of the Randwick Military…

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Camp Fire Concert

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 2

The Girl Guides are arranging a camp fire concert in the Mechanics' Hall on 31st August. Particulars appear in our advertising columns…

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Blaze of Color At Home of Mrs.R.W.Hunter. Fancy Dress Evening

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 2

A blaze of color adorned the home of Mrs. R. W. Hunter, 129 Congewalstreet, Aberdare, on Tuesday night, when about 90 people gathered to…

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Poor Pressure of Water Echo of Cessnock Fire Water Board Looks Into Matter

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

Among the matters dealt with at this week's meeting of the Hunter Water Board was a communication from the Board of Fire…

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Prison Fire Anomaly Saves Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 6

Confronted with a charge of first-degree murder, Clinte Grate and Husten Gibbons, two convicts who set the Chic Penitentiary of fire and…

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Shot Dead Communists Fire Police Victims Berlin, August 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 1

It appears certain that the plebiscite for the dissolution of the Prussian Diet has failed. Only in a few districts in East…

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