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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

510 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 26

Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred on Saturday afternoon last in a cottage in Windeyer Street, occupied by Mr. Perce Jupp, who was away at the…

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Early Morning Blaze Cottage Severely Damaged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 3

During the early hours of Sunday morning Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage in…

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Cessnock Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 4

A five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Harris-st., Cessnock, owned and occupied by J. M. McGarvie, was, with its contents, severely damaged by…

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Merriwa Fire at Police Quarters

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 3

The police station quarters, occupied by Sergt. H. McRae, with most of the contents, were destroyed by fire about 8 o'clock on Friday night. There was…

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Factory Fire £5750 Damage Caused BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 4

Damage amounting to £5750 was caused by a fire which destroyed the factory of Queensland Cardboard Factory Pty., Ltd., Flemington-road,…

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Merriwa Fire. At Police Quarters. Little Saved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 2

The police station quarters, occupied by Sergeant H. H. McRae, with most of the contents, were destroyed by fire about 8 o 'clock on Friday night…

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Bush Fires in Queensland Anxious Time for Graziers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1935 · page 1

The bush fires in the Western country of Queensland are now practically undor control. At Tairo two dairy farms were burnt out and a five-roomed house…

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Fire in Laboratory Two Trapped in Room

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1935 · page 2

Damage was caused and two persons were badly burned when a fire, preceded by an explosion, broke out in the laboratory of O. A. Mendelsohn and…

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Bush Fires Ten-mile Front Settlers Alarmed Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1935 · page 9

The whole of the shire of Erina, embracing over 600 square miles, is under a pale of dense smoke from bush fires that are causing anxiety in…

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Bush Fires

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 2

Dungog during the last few days has been enveloped in a cloud of smoke. It is reported that there have been bush fires in parts of the district…

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Bush Fire Raging on the Blue Mountains DANGER! Firemen Called Stiff Fight Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 1

A desperate fight is being made at Woodford, on the Blue Mountains, in an effort to save the town from…

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Fire Brigade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 5

On the motion of Ald. McLeod and Olson it was decided to compliment the local fire brigade on the prompt manner in which they turned out to…

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Merriwa Fire. Sergeant McRae's Quarters Completely Destroyed. Practically All Contents Lost

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 3

The glare of fire brought the residents of Merriwa out of their homes about 8 o'clock on Friday night last in wonderment as to what was amiss in…

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Bush Fire Sawyer's Gully Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 11

The Weston Fire Brigado was called out early last night to a scrub fire near the Sawyer's Gully-road, Weston. The fire was an extensive one, and…

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Kurri Blaze Shop Windows Gutted Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 2

Just before seven o'clock last night a fire was noticed in the morcery windows of P. G. Weston's drapery business, Barton-st., Kurri Kurri. A…

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Fire Brigades Tamworth's Jubilee TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 8

Information was conveyed from Katoomba, where this year's demonstration was held, by Sub-station officer F. White, to Senior Fireman, W…

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Firemen Hurt Blaze Near Brisbane BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 4

Three firemen were hurt at a fire on Saturday. A drying shed at the works of the Australian Plywood Company, at Tennyson, became alight…

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Forest Fires Hardwood Destroyed Loss of £10,000 BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 3

Fires, which have been raging for a week in the State Forest, about seven miles south-west of Inglewood, have destroyed hardwood timber valued at…

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EXPLOSION! Man Seriously Hurt Fire Follows Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 3

When he was hurled against a brick wall by the force of an explosion in a city building, Joseph Sandrin, 30, of Surry Hills, had a narrow escape…

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Home Destroyed by Fire

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Cone, of "Trevallyn," Woolooma, old and respected resident, had a stroke of bad luck early yesterday morning when his fine home…

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