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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

579 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 29

Bank Notes Recovered From Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 2

Friends in this district of Mr. Herb Kealy, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel at Byron Bay which was lately destroyed by fire, will be pleased to…

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Fire in Boarding House Five People Have Narrow Escape. Auckland

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 3

Five people had a narrow escape from death this morning when a fire broke out in a large boarding house at Waipu. They suffered severely from…

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House on Fire Several People Hurt Serious Losses Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 1

A number of persons who were in a large boarding house at Waipu, had narrow escapes when a fire broke out during a storm, They managed to…

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Serious Fire Bingara Damage BINGARA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

Three wooden shops in the main business area in Maitland-street. Bingara, were destroyed by fire. One of the shops was occupied by…

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Death From Burns and Shock Invalid's Bed Clothing Catches Fire

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

Mrs Elizabeth Bradford, aged about 70, died from burns and shock when the covering on the bed in which she had been lying an invalid for 14 months…

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Home Destroyed Blaze at Sedgefield Valuables Lost Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 7

About four o'clock yesterday afternoon, the fine old home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Martin, at Sedgefield, about six miles from Singleton, was totally…

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Disastrous Fire at Sedgefield

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 6

Mr and Mrs A. G. Martin and family, of Boon Hill, Sedgefield, sustained a serious loss on Wednesday afternoon, when their home, a weatherboard…

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Long Wait. Patient Fire Brigade GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 5

The Gosford Volunteer fire Brigade yesterday answered its first call for nearly 12 months. The fire was extinguished before its arrival and so…

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Shocking Burns Man Falls into Fire Critical State Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 7

Shocking burns were sustained by David McArthur (68), described by the police as a swagman, when he fell into a log fire at…

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Fire at Largs Good Save Effected Bucket Bridge Largs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 6

The fact that there were visitors and the family had not retired for the night, probably saved a house at Goulburn Grove, owned by…

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"DELIBERATE" Fire in Salon Inquest Verdict Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 11

"The evidence before me leaves no doubt whatever in my mind that the fires at those promises on June 8 were lit dollborately with the desire and in…

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Police Fire Ten Killed in Poland WARSAW, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 2

A crowd of 10,000 unemployed land-workers marched to Lemberg police station and demanded the release of leaders arrested after previous rioting…

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Fire at Swansea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 3

Early this morning a weatherboard billiard saloon at Swansea was destroyed by fire. The fire brigade prevented the fire from damaging nearby…

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Fierce Blaze at Southport Destroys Popular Hotel £25,000 DAMAGE Guests' Hurried Escape Zoo Saved Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 7

Within an hour the popular "Surfer's Paradise" Hotel, near Southport, was gutted by fire this morning, the damage being…

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Fire at Southport Well-known Tourist Resort Destroyed. Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 2

A well-known tourist resort, the Surfers' Paradise Hotel at Southport, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated at £30,000…

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Fire Brigades Tamworth Display

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 6

For the purpose of explaining the coming demonstration to be held at Tamworth next March, to members of the West Maitland, East Maitland,…

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£3000 DAMAGE Fire at Marrickville SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 3

A fire which broke out in a single storey building occupied by Turnocks, drapers and mercers, in Marrickville-road, Marrickville, last night, did…

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Fires in School Maliciously Caused SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

"Someone with an axe to grind," is believed by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) to have caused six fires at the…

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Victorian Woollen Mills Fire Extensive Damage

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

Machinery and woollen goods valued at many thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire which broke out in the mills of Eastaugh Ltd., Stewart-street,…

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Big Fire Woollen Mills Ablaze MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

Machinery and goods valued at many thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire which broke out in the mills of Eastaugh Ltd.,…

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