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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
601 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 31
Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N. S. Wales visited the Singleton Volunteer Fire Brigade Station yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A notable ceremony at the Fire Station yesterday was the presentation of a long service medal to Fireman Allan Peachey and a bar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three members of the Singleton Volunteer Fire Brigade were honoured when at a gathering of members of the New South Wales Fire Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Whillans, a grazier, was taken to hospital in a critical condition suffering from burns which he sustained while pouring petrol into a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gratifying references were made regarding the happy relations existing between the Fire Brigades Board and the local brigade, during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three petrol pumps at a garage at the corner of Junction-road and Old Canterbury-road, Summer Hill, caught alight on Sunday, when a lorry hit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt to burn an auctioneering business in Blayney failed early on Saturday morning when two men sleeping on the premises were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When an attempt was made to burn down a building in which they were sleeping, two men were awakened by the flames and escaped. Detectives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The desire, which has been expressed from time to time, that Singleton should stage an event of gaiety, will be fully satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Hon. T. J. Smith,, who was accompanied by Messrs. Douglas, Beswick and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage estimated at nearly £5000 was caused when fire destroyed the contents of the Hygienic Feather Mills Ltd., Botany. Four brigades were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At an inquest into the death of Marie Fay Kenny, 3, at Doble's Bight, on August 30, the child's father, Michael Kenny, expressed the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a dramatic point in the screening of the film "Devil's Party" in a New York city theatre, the dialogue was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bert Nicholls, 65, of Croydon, was knocked down by a fire engine at Burwood and seriously injured. He was taken to Western Suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A scrub fire, fanned by a strong wind, swept through two miles of country before it was subdued in South Woy Woy yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A disastrous fire occurred at Mitchell's Flat this afternoon, when the residence of Messrs Jim and George Bourke caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A record crowd attended the band and fire bragade competitions held in the Singleton Show Ground last night, Acrobatic and vaudeville items were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the biggest night crowds ever seen on Singleton Showground assembled last night to witness a quickstep competition by bands and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. H. V. Thorby, Minister for Defence, stated that the fire which destroyed the Air Force Avro Anson at King Island recently was a mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A bushfire on the Mountains was driven along at a furious pace by a westerly gale in the Katoomba Falls-Echo Point area…
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