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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
642 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 33
Seven aeroplanes, worth £40,000, were destroyed and a hangar valued at £8000 was gutted in a spectacular blaze at Essendon Aerodrome this morning. Of the machines destroyed five were owned by An sett Airways, one by the Shell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Cessnock Courthouse to-day, the adjourned inquest into a fire which completely destroyed a four-roomed dwelling, owned and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The adjourned inquiry into the cause of a fire which, on February 3, destroyed a four-roomed dwelling, situated in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage night nave been caused last night if a bush fire, which came down from Mount Monal to within 300 yards of Gosford's main street, had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Representations by Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia for increases in the amounts of their approved loan programmes for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New South Wales Fire Brigade volunteers' annual demonstration began at Katoomba with a march past of 500 firemen in uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday night fire completely destroyed the old "Advertiser" building at Parramatta, used by the "Cumberland Argus" as a store…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under authority given by the New Zealand Minister for Health, the remains interred as those of Gordon Robert McKay, of Sydney, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred on the oil tanker Voreda, but was quickly got under control. The damage, however, is estimated at several thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated to total £11,000 was caused at Ballina when a fire destroyed the Centennial Theatre, which had been used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, fanned by a 26 mile wind, destroyed an old landmark, the Queen's Hotel, and two other buildings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire, coupled with a 26-miles per hour wind, destroyed an old landmark, the Queen's Hotel, two other buildings, and, damaged a fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →flames and smoke leapt nearly 200 feet in the air when more than, sixty 44 gallon drums of colas (emulsified bitumen) caught lire at the factory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pathologists have established that human, bones were recovered from the Piha (N. Z.) fire, but they cannot say that the remains are those of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Stewart, 73, was incinerated when the weatherboard cottage which he occupied in Forster-street, Parkes, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOR the second time in as many weeks a Federal Minister has had occasion to criticise the conduct of a section of the Press,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returning an open verdict at the conclusion of his inquest on the 12 victims of, the bushfire in the "Rubicon Forest, the Coroner. Mr. Tingate, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following the receipt of two false alarm calls within 12 hours, one of which it is known that children were responsible for,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Parents and Citizens' As-sociation fears that the stairs at the High School may constitute a danger in the event of a fire. They arc very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New South Wales police are making efforts to trace the where abouts of "Mr X" in connection with the Piha (N.Z.) bones mystery…
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