Fire Near Home
A fire, which started at the rear of a dwelling owned by Mrs. [?] Wale, of [?] was quickly extinguished at midday to-day before…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 28
Fire, Hot and Sultry
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Five hundred and thirty-nine passengers from the Italian liner Orazio (11.669 tons), which caught on fire 100 miles from Barcelona, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Probes Wickham Oil Fire Tank Tragedy Electricity Accidental Finding New Castle
The fire in the oil tank at the Commonwealth Oil Refiners’ Wickham depot on December 16, 1939 was the subject of an inquest by the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Bavaria Steel Works Destroyed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS
An official radio announces that a 36-hours fire at Maxhette steel works in Bavaria destroyed the rolling mills and furnaces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Fires Brigade’s Bury Afternoon
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“Brighton” boarding house, in Cuff road Wollongong, was destroyed by The whole of the contents was also lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preventing Bushfires
THE prevailing drought and continued best have increased to a marked estate the [?] of bush fines, with their trill of rule and disaster, sweeping though the countryside. Nor is the lose of pastures and crops the chief daubes to be [?] for a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Organising Bush Fire Brigades
Steps were taken at a meeting of Shire wardens last night to organise bush fire brigades within the Shire area. The Chief Warden,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire at Colliery AYRFIELD No. 2 Buildings Razed
A bush fire which burned through from the direction of Weston on Tuesday afternoon, set alight to a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detectives' Fire Hunt. Bushfire Firebugs Suspected
Fire Brigade Officers, who have been called to innumerable bush fires, are of the opinion that a good many of them…
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West Maitland firemen did not get their well-deserved rest after a busy afternoon fight[?] fire at Homerville yesterday, Shortly after 8 o’clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Vacant Allotment
On Wednesday the Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire on a vacant allotment near the Cessnock railway…
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Mrs. Turner, who is holidaying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Williams, in Dungog, had the experience on Wednesday of reading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NOMINATIONS Fire Commissioners SYDNEY
Nominations tor the [?] of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners which closed at noon yesterday, were announced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Near Ammunition Dump Sydney, Friday
A bushfire threatened an [?] damp at Liverpool. Hundreds of soldiers helped the Liverpool brigade to fight the outbreak with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire At Bowrawille SYDNEY
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Outbuildings were destroyed and 10 weatherboard cottages and a public school were threatened by a gr[?] fire which start…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Fire. Fought by 50 Firemen. SYDNEY
The premises of Brown's tyre service, Granville, were totally destroyed by fire early this morning, and the damage is estimated at £8000. Fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£8000 DAMAGE Fire at Granville Dog Incinerated Sydney
When a [?] which practically [?] the promises of [?] service at [?] occurred this morning an A[?] dog was burned…
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