MALICIOUS! Cottage Fire Coroner's Hint Sydney
At the inquiry held at Windsor concerning the destruction by fire of the home of Leslie Harold Day, near Kurrajong, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
514 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 26
Police Fire Indian Attack Many Casualties Calcutta, Feb. 15
Three were killed and 33 wounded, and live constables seriously injured, when the police fired on a crowd of 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Maliciously Set Fire To," Said Coroner Remarkable Allegations During Inquiry Into Kearsley Fire. Tenant Tells of a Previous Attempt to Burn Premises
An outbreak of fire which occurred on January 19 in an unoccupied dwelling, situated in Caledonla-etreet, Kearsley, and owned by the estate of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Send Off to Mr. George Sherwin Popular Fire Chief Leaves for Sydney
After four years' service in Cossnock as officer-ln-charge of the local fire station, Mr. George Sherwin left for Lelchbardt to-day, where he has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Into Olive Street Fire Allegations of Difficulty in Raising Telephone Exchange. Coroner Returns an Open Verdict
Al the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted an inquiry concerning the destruction by fire of a…
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It is believed that 5000 sheep have been burnt to death in bushfires which occurred on station properties near Goondiwindi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Costly Blaze Factory Suffers £7000 Damage Sydney
The boot factory of J. Robbins and Son, Ltd., Leichhardt, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Damage was estimated…
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Travelling through the Northern Tableland during September and October of last year I was impressed with the possibilities of devastating bush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bird's Nest Causes Fire
A fire was caused in Victoriastreet, Wollongong, on Wednesday, as the result of a swallow having built a nest behind a meter board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire of 1905
Who, that lived at the time, will forget the bushfires that swept nearly the whole State in January of 1905, leaving destruction and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Boot Factory Sydney
Several thousand pounds worth of damage was done by a fire which broke out this morning in Robins' boot factory, Leichardt…
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Elsie Mitchell (16), of Marrickville, was the victim of a strange accident in Sydney yesterday afternoon. She was walking along the crowded footpath in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Week in Cessnock Looks Like Being a Blaze of Splendour Ambitious Proposals Put Forward
Practically every public body in Cessnock was represented at a meeting held in the Municipal Chambers last night for the purpose of making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Years' Drought Stations Sold for a Song. Hemmmed by Bushfires
Mr. "Jim" Keenan's Reminiscences. Floods, droughts, and bush fire these are as inevitable as night follows day in Australia's "outback"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Spreads Sydney
It is reported from Canowindra that a bushfire has broken out and, under the [?] of a strong westerly wind, is opra[?]ding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →INCENDIARISM Bushfires Started Serious Result Sydney
A message from Young states that suspic[?]ons that bushfires in the district have been started intentionally were confirmed by a discovery made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heddon Blaze Washhouse Destroyed
A washhouse at the residence of Cilff-street, Heddon Greta, was totally destroyed by fire at 2.30 a.m…
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Numerous fires broke our in the Canowindra [?] at the week-end, the most serious being on Nangar station, practically the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News in Brief Fire on Bridge
An outbreak of fire in the decking of the Long Bridge was extinguished yesterday afternoon by the Fire Brigade witha chemical extinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heddon Greta Fire Residents Make Good Save
Forming a bucket brigade at Holldon Greta in the early hours of Sunday morning, residents did splendid work to save a weatherboarde…
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