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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

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Big Blaze Factory Destroyed £50,000 Damage Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

A terrific fire destroyed the factory of Pated Products, Ltd., in Wentworth Park, Glebe, to-day. Employees had to jump for their…

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Stop Press Sydney Fire Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 7

Six of the 100 firemen were hurt fighting the outbreak of fire at Globe at close quarters, Patce Products, Limited, were makers…

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Locked in City Building Rescued by Fire Brigade

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 8

Police and firemen on Wednesday night rescued a young man who had become locked in a Sydney building shortly before he was due to sit for…

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Big Fire in Sydney Factory of Pabco Products Ltd. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 6

In the most disastrous fire in Sydney, for many months, the factory of Pabco Products Ltd., Wentworth. Park-road, Glebe, was…

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Factory Blaze Annandale Outbreak SYDNEY, Saturday,[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1937 · page 1

Damage esumated at £2000 was caused by a fire which partly destroyed the Annandale Box Factory at Annandale, early this morning…

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Sydney Blaze Extensive Damage SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1937 · page 7

Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was a used by a fire which destroyed the[?]reroom in a fur and dress shop in [?]zabeth-street…

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Broadmeadow Fire Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 5

A fire which broke out in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Heddon-road, Broadmeadow, on Saturday night, destroyed tow front rooms and…

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Spanish Liner Shelled Runs Ashore on Fire. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ALGIERS

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 2

The Spanish liner Cabisantotome ran ashore on fire off the Algerian coast, after two hours shelling by two insurgent destroyers…

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"Playing with Fire."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 1

The vice-president of the Constitutional Association (Dr. Frank Louat), in a broadcast address said that those who were trying to stir up the people…

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Acquitted on Fire Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 6

Vincent James O'Neill, who stood his trial on a charge of having set fire to the Theatre Blayney, at Blayney, on September 11, was found not…

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Fire, Marine, and Accident Insurance New South Wales Figures

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 6

The Government Statistician, Mr Waites, issued a preliminary summary of transactions in New South Wales during the year ended June 30, of the…

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Blayney Fire Court Charge Fails O'neill Acquitted Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 5

Vincent James O'Neill, who stood his trial on a charge of having set fire to the Theatre Blayney, at Blayney, on September 11, was found…

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Vicious Attack Constable Fires Shot Punched and Kicked Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 6

Constable Blake, who was attacked by six men after he had arrested a man, drew his revolver and fired into the air…

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Letter Sent Before Fire. Evidence at Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 2

Evidence that three months before the fire which destroyed the Eastwood Town Hall, the council received a letter signed “The Blood Bandit,” was…

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Fatal Fire Old Man Incinerated LAUNCESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 6

An old man was incinerated and three small stores and four residences were destroyed by a fire at Queenstown, on the West Coast of Tasmania. An…

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Plucky Vicar Fought Fire Alone LONDON, October 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 2

When the Rev. H. E. Wilcox, the Vicar of St. Mary's Berwick, did not appear for morning service a messenger was sent out. He found the Vicar with a fire…

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Bellbird Fire Inquiry Early Morning Blaze at Picture Theatre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

At Cessnock Courthouse to-day the District Coroner Mr. W. S. Johnston, conducted an inquiry into the cause…

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Craft's Hall Destroyed by Fire Cessnock Inquiry Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 5

A. suggestion by Sgt, W. that it had been common gossip in Bellbird that Craft's Hall would go up in smoke was refuted by a…

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Open Finding Fire at Craft's Hall Further Evidence Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 2

A finding that the evidence did not permit him to any whether the ball had been destroyed by fire or not was returned by the Cessnock District…

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Malicious Act Fire at Cook's Hill NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 8

At an inquiry held at Newcastle Courthouse into the fire at the Lowlands Bowing Club's pavilion, Centennial Park, Cook's Hill, early on the…

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