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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

340 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 17

Fires Rage All Night in Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 3

LONDON Nov. 23.— Observation by reconnaissance planes this morning showed that many big industrial plants, including…

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£3424 for Fire District

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners advised West Mait[?] Municipal Council last night [?] estimated expenditure of [?]…

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Another Heavy Attack on Gasmata Area Heavy Damage and Many Fires Started

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 3

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Wednesday—Another other heavy attack on the Gasmete area in New Britain was reported in to-day’s communiqué, while at 7000-ton freighter-transport was left settling in the water after being…

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Great Ring of Fires in Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 1

LONDON Nov. 24.—A Mosquito reconnoltred Berlin two hours after the last heavy bomber, and reported that a glow on the…

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Berlin Swept by Uncontrollable Fires Tens of Thousands Leave City

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 1

Tens of thousands of people are leaving Berlin following Tuesday night's terrific R.A.F. raid en the German capital, when 2500 tons of bombs were dropped in 20 minutes, bringing the total bomb-lead dropped on the city within a week to well over…

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Opening of Bushfire Campaign

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat. — The official opening of the Bush Fire Campaign will take place on Wednesday. December 1. It is planned…

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Bush Fire Campaign

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1943 · page 1

The official opening of the bush fire campaign will take place to-morrow (Wednesday). It is planned to make it the biggest in the…

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Bush Fire Campaign. Official Opening To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 November 1943 · page 3

The official opening of the bush fire campaign will take place on Wednesday, December 1. It is planned to make it the biggest in the…

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Mitchells Now Fire Cannon

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 6

WASHINGTON Nov. 30—Mitchell medium bombers in New Guinea are now equipped with 75-m.m. cannon…

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Opening of Bush Fire Campaign

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday—The annual campaign to prevent bush fires, organised each year by the Bush Fires Advisor Committee,…

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[?]Uble-decker [?]S on Fire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 1

[?]DNEY Thursday.—A double bus, in which were 60 [?] children, caught fire out [?] Strathfield railway station…

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Double-decker Bus on Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 1

A double-decker bus, carrying school children from Strathfield yesterday morning, caught fire. The 60 passengers escaped injury, but the…

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Opening Of Bush Fire Campaign

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 2

The annual campaign tc Prevent Bush Fires, organised each year by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, was offlcially opened by the Acting…

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Opening of Bush Fire Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 1

The annual campaign to prevent bush fires, organised each year by the Bush Fires' Advisory Committee, was officially opened on December 1 over…

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Grass Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 4

The fire bell rang in Muswellbrook on Friday evening for the first time for several years. The alarm was raised when a grass fire broke out in the…

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Outbreak of Fire At Gasworks

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 3

A fire occurred at the premises the Maitland Gas Co. Ltd., in High-street, this afternoon, when leak of gas became ignited from…

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£150 Lost In Cottage Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday.— Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed a weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. John Duffy, in Waratah…

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To-day’s Leader: The Burma Front Many Fires And Explosions Observed Allied Air Offensive In South-West Pacific (From Our Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 1

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Thursday—The Allied air offensive in the South-west Pacific yesterday had its main targets on the plantation end island group in the Arawe area of New Britain, where fighter-escorted heavy,…

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[?]eep Lost In [?] Fire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 3

[?]RRANBANDI Saturday. — [?]ning from a dry storm [?]sed one of the worst bush[?] in the history of the…

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Threw Winning Ticket Into Fire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 4

PERTH Sat.—A Chinese Wa[?] Sang, who won £2000 [?] lottery, threw his winning ticket into the fire…

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