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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

452 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 23

Sawmill Blaze £30,000 Damage Fire at Brisbane Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 4

Damage amounting to £30,000 was caused by a tire at the sawmills of Brett and Co, Pty, Ltd., at Windsor The fire destroyed six railway…

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Pilot Locates Wrecked Aeroplane in Queensland Bush 3 DEAD Was Fire to Blame? Party Out Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 1

A Brisbane message states that Pilot Owen, Who has been searching for the missing Qantas air mail 'plane,…

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Sawmill on Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

Damage estimated at between £30,000 and £40,000 was caused by a fire at Brett and Company's sawmills, Newmarket-road, Windsor, Queensland,…

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Man Shot Dead After Desperate Struggle SUSPECT Policeman Fires Fatal Shot Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

During a desperate struggle in the bush two miles from Nowendoc, near Walcha, Alexander Harrast was…

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Bush Fire Danger Appeal to Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 10

"Now that the camping aud p[?]cking season is with us again, I think it is necessary that all motorists should be asked to take particular care when…

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Moree Police Fire Four Shots at Suspected Thief All Miss Exciting Chase Tracks Found Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 1

Four shots were fired by Sergeant Canning and Constable Jackson after a man in sandshoes, suspected of being…

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Properties Burnt Out Bush Fires in Central Queensland

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

The worst bush fires the Yeppoon district, north of Rockhampton, has experienced for many years occurrod last week. They are still raging an many…

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Bush Fires Damage in Queensland Heavy Losses Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

The most disastrons bush fires that the Yeppoon district north of Rockhampton has experienced for many years occurred this weed They are…

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Oil Factory Blaze Careless Smoker Causes 20 Deaths

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

New York, Sunday— A cigarette lighted by a careless smoker in the plant of the National Oil Company at Campana, Argentina, led to a series of…

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Fire Causes £100,000 Damage

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

Damage estimated by the management at £100,000 was caused by a fire at the flourmills at Bridgewater, 26 miles from Bendigo, yesterday…

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Fire at Ballarat Tile Works

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out at the Eureka Tile and Terracotta Company's Works, at Ballarat, and caused £30,000 worth of damage…

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Victorian Fires Heavy Damage Caused Two Big Works Bendigo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 3

Damage wan caused, estimated at £100,000 to flour mills at Bridgewater by a fire which broke out yesterday morning…

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Turks Fire on French Destroyers Incident at Smyrna

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

Istanbul, Sunday.— Turkish coastal batteries oponed fire on French destroyers. which were steaming in the Gulf of Smyrna. The destroyers…

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Fell Into Fire. Man Extensively Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1934 · page 7

While working at Gresford to-day, Stanley Muxlow, aged 31, a resident of Cessnock, was taken suddenly ill and, it is understood, fell into an open…

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Fatal Burns Disastrous Fire. BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 4

Rushing like a human torch from a fire which destroyed a garage and dix motor ve[?]les in Fort[?] Valley Francis Sargent 30, single…

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Fell Into Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 8

While working at "Glenrhorne." Gresford, which is leased by Mr J. H. Threadgate, Stanley Muxlow, aged 31, a resident of Cessnock, was taken…

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Fell Into Fire Agonising Injuries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 5

While engaged at work near Gre[?]ford on Wednesday, Stanley G. Muxlow, 31, of Stephen Street, Cessnock, became suddenly ill and fell into an…

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Sequel to Fire Man Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 October 1934 · page 1

Martin Howard Mellor, proprietor of the Style Craft Furnishing Company, was committed for trial by the Parrumatta District Coroner on a charge of…

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Warehouse Fire £20,000 Damage MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1934 · page 2

A fire which broke out in the upper floor of the five-story warehouse of J.S. Kidd and Co. Pty., Ltd., caused damage to the building and contents…

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Cease Fire! (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 5

Sir: "Reduction of our own tariff would merely reduce the essential source of Federal revenue from which, in one direction of…

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