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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

492 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 25

Fire Trial Protest LONDON, Sept. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 1

Thousands attended a meeting protesting against the Reichstag fire trial at the Kingsway Hall. An…

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QUIRINDI Fire Commissioners Station Visit Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 5

The Board of Fire Commissioners visited Quirindi this week and made an inspection of the station and fire-fighting appliances…

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Fire Trial Prisoner Dazed "An Outcast" Leipzig, Sept. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 1

Replying to a request by Dr. Sachs, defending counsel, to exclude a section of the foreign Press, "which…

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Fire at Kyogle Picture Theatre Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 2

The Tivoli Garden Theatre, a onestorey building, and one of the few wood and iron structures remaining in Kyogle, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Argenton Fire Cottage Gutted NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 2

Fire destroyed a seven-roomed cottage at Argenton on Saturday night. They also lost all their belongings. The flames had such a firm hold on…

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Hunger Striker Reichstag Fire Trial Lubbe Submits Leipzig, Sept. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 1

The principal accused in the Reichstag fire trial, Van der Lubbo, ended his hunger strike when he ate normally to-day, He is apparently…

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Speed Boat Catches Fire First Trial in England. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 1

On the occasion of her first appeasance here since coming from America, Miss " Britain III, driven by Scott Payne in the motor boat mile [?],…

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MONSTROUS! Reichstag Fire Trial Endured Torture Leipzig, Sept 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 1

The Reichstag fire trial continued to-day. One of the accused, Tortler, receiving permission to make a speech…

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'Own Idea' Attempts to Burn Fire Trial Leipzig, Sept. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

Features of the Reichstag fire trial to-day were the elimination of important defence priviliges of Van der…

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Mine Fire No Water Supply Dense Fumes Cobar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 9

With no water supply available nothing can be done to prevent the spread of the fire in the Great Cobar copper mine…

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Fire Trial Prisoner's Outburst Kept in Chains Leipzig, Sept. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 1

To-day's session of the trial of the five accused in the Reichstag firs trial closed, with another violent clash between Dimltrova…

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Fire at Newcastle £3000 Damage to Soapworks

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 8

Damage estimated at £3000 was done by a fire which broke out late on Wednesday afternoon at the establishment of J. Kitchen and Sons Proprietary,…

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Fire Story Lubbe's Admission "Funny Noise" London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 1

At the Reichstag fire trial to-day, the President (Dr. Bunger) sprang a surprise by announcing that the…

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City Fire Goods Damaged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 5

Two shops, occupied by Mr. R. Cooper, tailor, and Mr. Holland, a window-blind manufacturer, in George and Bathurst streets, Sydney, were…

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Theatre Fire at Kyogle Coroner Returns Open Verdict

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 3

Curing the Coroner's inquiry at Kyogle on Monday concerning the destruction of the Tivoli Garden Theatre by fire on the morning of September…

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Gaol Brawl Warder Fires Gun Violent Attack Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 4

The prompt action of a warder in firing a shot from one of the watch-towers, prevented serious injury to a prisoner in Bathurst Goal, when he…

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Admitted Guilt Reichstag Fire Trial LEIPZIG, Oct 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 1

The Reichstag fire trial was resumed to-day. Van der Labbe, sullen, and mumbling his replies, insisted that he…

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Trapped by Fire 36 Men Perish Los Angeles, Oct. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 1

Thirty-six bodies charred and burned in yesterday's bushfire, in the hills above Hollywood, have been recovered…

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Tragic Bush Fire 33 Men Burned to Death. Survivors Injured Los Angeles. Tues

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 6

Thirty-three men were burned to death this afternoon in the hills above Hollywood, where a fire started suddenly in tinderlike underbush,…

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Trial by Fire and Water Old Custom Recalled

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 5

Days of trial by fire and water were recalled by Sir Montagu Sharpe, chairman of Middlesex Session (Eng.) when he addressed his last grand jury at…

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