Disastrous Kurri Fire Marble Bar Destroyed
On Saturday last the Marble Bar, owned by Charles Christianson, was destroyed by fire. Four brigades, from Kurri…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
642 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 33
Dungog Fire Brigade Visit of Inspector Parkes
Exhaustive tests of engine and equipment at Dungog Fire Station were carried out by Fire Inspector E. Parkes last Friday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Fire Kurri Business Men's Decision Water Pressure Kurri
The meeting of the Kurri Business Men's Club last night decided to send a letter to the Board of Fire Commissioners complaining of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Coal at Kembla Port Kembla
More than 100 men, working all day, quelled a fire in a 100,000-ton reserve of coal near the cokeworks of Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inadequate Fire Appliances. Protest by Businessmen
The Secretary of the Kurri Kurri Business Men's Club has been requested to write to the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scone Voluntary Fire Brigade Re-organised
At a representative meeting of citizens, held at the C.W.A. Room, Kelly-street, on Wednesday evening last, arrangements were made to re-organise…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Bridge Prank of Youngsters
The mischievous pranks of youngsters are countless, but none more foolish or dangerous than that of five on the railway footbridge in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slight Burns Fire in Laundry CESSNOCK
Slight damage to a laundry in David street, Cessnock, the property of Mrs. R. Rancland, was the result of a fire at Cessnock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Davidson Street. Laundry Damaged
Cessnock fire brigade was called out yesterday morning to a fire at the home of Mrs. R. Ranclaud, in Davidson-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snow Set on Fire and It Burned!
A five-inch snowfall was set on fire so that a motion picture company on location could start work. And the snow actually blazed, incredible…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gas Fire for Tramps. Surprise for Gasworks Manager
When an outbreak of fire was reported to have occurred under the old bridge spanning Muscle Creek little did our gasworks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramps Enjoy Gas Fire Surprise for Manager
When an outbreak of fire was reported to have occurred under the old bridge spanning Muscle Creek little did Muswellbrook gasworks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grazier Wins Long Legal Fight Privy Council Upholds Appeal.—echo of Fire
The Privy Council on May 5th uphold the appeal of Thelwell Thomas Maurice against Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., and restored the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fires As Result of Open Lights Dealt with Successfully. Sydney
When the Safety and Health Commission met to-day, Senior Inspector Jack, of the Mines Department, mentioned that during the last 10 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meat Works Fire Sequel to Explosion CASINO, Satuvday
An explosion preceded a fire which destroyed the partly constructed chilling section of the new meat works. The damage is estimated at £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion and Fire at Casino New Building Destroyed
Damage estimated at £6000 was caused by a fire, which, preceded by an explosion, destroyed a chilling and freezing room at the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Victim Fined at Maitland Court
A charge that the Maitland Pastures Protection Board was hampering a victim of the Victorian bushfires in earning an honest living was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Runaway Plane Causes Fire Crashed Through Hangar
A runaway plane caused a fire which destroyed a large hangar and a number of new planes in the Buecker Aircraft Works at Rangsdorf,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney Hotel Dramatic Rescue of Inmate
A fire occurred this morning in a room on the second floor of the hotel Belvedere, at the corner of Kent and Bathurst streets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dramatic Rescue Fire At Sydney Hotel Dash Through Flames Sydney
A fire occurred this morning in a room on the second floor of the Hotel Belvedere, at the corner of Kent and Bathurst-sts…
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