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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
514 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 26
Land owners in the Wymah and Holbrook districts of Riverina are concerned about the number of bush fires in the district, and the indications that several small outbreaks, which were suppressed by volunteers, were due to incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early on Saturday morning a police motor patrol received a message from Constable Rosewarne asking for assistance at the Preston (Vic.) railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday night about 10 o'clock the fire alarm rang in Dungog, and in quick time the now engine was speeding out from the fire station with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slight damage was done to Kootingal railway station on Sunday night when during the height of a storm, lightning struck the telegram lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock's popular fire chief, Mr. George Sherwin, is about to leave the town. George has been notified of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock fire brigade had a busy time Sunday, being called out twice —once to a bush-fire and on the other occasion to a fire at a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A small three-roomed cottage of iron was destroyed by fire at Merriwa at an early hour on Tuesday morning, together with its contents. The tennis,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire destroyed weatherboard buildings, comprising a cottage, a barber's shop, and billiard saloon, in the centre of Nundle. The Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fortunately, when an alarm of fire was raised on Monday night, it proved to be unnecessary. In fact, there was no need for the fire bell to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a motor lorry caught alight on Monday night in Kelso-street, it was found that the fire alarm box at the corner of Church and Kelse streets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday afternoon of last week the cottage on Brindley Park occupied by Mr. Tim Egan and family was destroyed by fire. Much sympathy is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large fires are reported in Victoria, causing destruction. The flames are spreading between Yarra Junction and Warburton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars of the fire which destroyed several buildings at Julia Creek (Q.), show that forty guests had a narrow escape from death, they only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message received in Melbourne this morning stated that certain parts of the country are again being menaced by bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning at Julia Creek, near Townsville, when Gannon's Hotel, the Queensland National Bank premises,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The lown of Cellector, about 20 miles rom Goulburs, is surrousded by bushfires, Every tirefighter in the district has procosded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The saw-milling plant of William Caine at Repton, on the Bellinger River, was gutted by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous bush fires sweeping through Gippsland yesterday caused great damage to property, and nine people lost their lives. Fires were also prevalent in Western and Southern New A South Wales, and are still burning fiercely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires, which are raging in Gippsland, have wiped out the towns of Gilderoy and Three Bridges, and it is now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine lives, were lost, three persons Seriously burned, and great damage was done to property by bushfires which swept through…
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