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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Kyogle Blaze Three Shops Razed £ 4000 Damage Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 3

Three shops, owned .by . E. N. Larkin auctioneer, were razed in a disastrous fire at Kyogle early on Sunday' morning. :The damage…

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Bolwarra Fire Incubators Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 6

An Incubator room at the residence of Mr. Clive Vickery, Dolwarra, was damaged by fire early yesterday morning and its contents destroyed…

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£ 2000 LOST Kalgoorlie Fire Value of Antiques Perth Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 4

Anibale Poneinl, an Italian miner, has reported to the police at Ora Banda that he had lost £ 2000 in valuables in the fire which destroyed the Home…

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Bouse Destroyed by Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 2

While the body of the late Sidney Ralph was reposing in Mr. S. A. Bridge's funeral parlor, awaiting burial, deceased's late home, a couple of…

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Sheets of Flame Blaze at Euston LONDON, Sept, 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 5

Forty feet of flames through the roof of Euston Station were visible early this morning from the roofs of Fleet - street…

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Campers and Fires on River Bank Reserves (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 3

Dear Sir.—Ald. Chapman's remarks at the last Council meeting re picnicers lighting fires on the river hank reserves and danger to trees and conveniences by…

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Serious Blaze Rockhampton Damage Firemen Injured Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 5

Seven firemen were Injured, one being badly hurt when combating a serious, fife in the main business "block in East st., Rockhampton,…

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Bush Fires Danger Emphasised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 10

The N. R. M. A. issues a special warning to motorists to exercise care in the use of fire when picnicking or camping in the bush…

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Cane Fires Innisfail Trouble High Feeling Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 3

An Innisfall message states that several fires broke out in the cancfields, but were prevented from spreading before much damage had…

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Open Verdict Fire Inquiry WINDSOR

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 5

Mr. H. S. Johnston, •the. , District Coroner, held an inquiry into a fire which destroyed a watherboard cottage on windsor Farm, a well- known…

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Fire Walker Amazing Demonstration Was Unharmed London, September 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 1

Asserting' his ability to perform the fire-walking ceremony by the strength of his faith, Kuda Bux, a Kashmiri Mohammedan, weighting 8½…

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Fire Burns 134 Years Started in Days of Stage Coaches

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 7

A famous Yorkshire hostelry—the Saltersgate Inn, mid-way along the lonely moorland road between Pickering and Whitby—is to be sold…

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STANHOPE Outbreaks of Fire at Lamb 'S Valley Stanhope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 2

several outbreaks of fire at Lamb 's valley and Lamb 's Creek, caused much concern to landholders a few days ago…

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Car on Fire Occupants' Escape MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1935 · page 7

Messrs, Athol Jennison and Albert G. Curran had a remarkable escape from serious injury when returning from a picnic on Sunday afternoon…

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Car on Fire Occupants' Escape. Muswellbrook

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 3

Messrs. Athol Jennison and Albert G. Curran had a remarkable escape from serious injury when returning from a picnic on Sunday afternoon…

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Local and General News Local Wool in Fire

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 2

In connection with the big fire which destroyed the huge wool store of Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., at Pyrmont, to-day, as reported…

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Campbell Black Crashes in Africa Comet Destroyed by Fire Khartoum

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 2

Captain T. Campbell Black and his co-pilot, Mr McArthur, who left London last Saturday in an effort to break the record for a flight to the Cape,…

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Most Disastrous Fire in History of Sydney Big Wool Store Destroyed Damage Estimated at £750,000 Firemen Put Up Splendid Fight Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 1

The greatest fire in the history of Sydney occurred this morning, when Goldsbrough Mort & Company's Wool Store, comprising six floors, was destroyed. The building contained wool valued at £500,000, all of which was destroyed…

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Abyssinia Ready, But will Not Fire the First Shot DEFENCE Hasty Plans Troops Move London, Sept. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 1

Abyssinia is now convinced of the inevitability of war, though determined that she will not fire the first…

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London's Big Fire. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 2

Twenty-four hours after the outbreak of the fire at the central wharf, Wapplng, firemen are still at work, seeking to subdue the flames, which,…

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