Early Morning Fire at Hexham Coal Conveyor Destroyed. Newcastle
Fire destroyed the Hetton Bcllbird Coal Company's coalloading conveyor at Hexham early this morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 28
£50,000 DAMAGE Big Fire In Sydney. at Nicholson’s Sydney
When Nicholson’s warehouse, between Market and George streets, was destroyed earl y on Sunday morning damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Infantry Fire Across The Rhine War on the Western Front (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON
Infantry fire across the Rhine, between Strasbourg and Lauterbeck, which was hitherto the quietest sector, marked the end of six months' war on the western front. Patrols were active along the slopes west from Vosges last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bellbird Cottage Destroyed
Late on Friday night a fourroomed weatherboard cottage, in Sparke-street, Bellbird, owned and occupied by Mrs. Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suffer Penalties False Fire Alarms SYDNEY
Discussions will take place between the Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking and the Board of Fire Commissioner regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hexham Large Coal Conveyor Destroyed
Hetton Bellbird Colliery's large coal conveyor, which crosses both the main northern railway line and the main northern highway at…
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At Wallerawang Police Court two men. John Agnew and Russell Lyne McKay, were each fined for the alleged careless use of tire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Careless Use of Fire. Two Men Fined. WALLERAWANG
At the Wallerawang Police Court two men, John Agnew and Russell Lyne McKay, were each fined for alleged careless use of fire. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in City £100,000 Damage. Three Firemen Hurt
Damage estimated at between £100,000 and £125,000 was done, and three firemen were injured in Sydney early on Sunday morning, in a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroyed by Fire Coal-loading Conveyor at Hexham. Hetton-bellbird Company's Loss
Early yesterday morning the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's coal-loading conveyor at Hex-ham was destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists’ Corner The Cases of Bush Fires Deeping of Framers
[?] of the R.A.C.A who is [?] as the of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grass Fire At East Maitland
Apparently commencing on the 9th partway of the first Maitland golf links to-day, a fires spread to vacant land to Little William-Street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Thrill Liner’s Engine On Fire Crash Landing Sydney
An air, liner, flying from Melbourne to Auslakde, made a crash landline at Dimboola, about 200 miles from Melbourne, to-day,…
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"During the holiday week-end, I did a leisurely tour of some two or three hundred miles through the bush fire zones. To suggest that they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists' Corner the Cause of Bush Fires. "Carbon" Stands by the Farmers
"Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry Damaged Fire at Kurri Karri
A motor lorry, owned by Mr. S. Casey, o£ Coronation-screet Kurri Kurri, was damaged by fire when it caught alight while the owner was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guest House Destroyed Gutted by Fire. SYDNEY
When a large guest house on Dangar Island in the Hawkesbury River was gutted by fire early this morning, 12 men and two women had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gutted by Fire Hawkesbury Guest House Two Outbreaks Sydney
When a large guest house on Dangar Island, in the Hawkesbury River, was gutted by two early today, 1? men end two women had…
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Mr. M. J. Griffin, one of the Fire Commissioners and President of the Local Government, is again a candidate for the position of country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Fires Grass and Fencing Burnt SYDNEY
Serious bush fires are raging 30 miles from Wagga and Tumbarumba on a 10 miles front, menacing many station properties…
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