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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

340 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 17

Destroyed by Fire Gundagai's Historic Court House

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 4

Built in the early '60's of last century, Gundagai's historic Court House, situated in a prominent position in Sheridan Street, was…

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Orphanage Destroyed by Fire 37 Children Missing

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 3

Thirty-seven of 100 girls are missing as a result of a fire which destroyed an orphanage attached to a convent of Poor Clare nuns in the…

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Disastrous Fire at Parkville Mr. W. F. Monie's Home Gutted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 1

Between six and seven o'clock last evening, a fire, which was first discovered by members of the Carter family, of the Middlebrook,…

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Fire Damage At Scone Garage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

SCONE Saturday.—The extensive premises used as a rage by Mr. H. Sinclair at the northern end of Kelly-street, Scone, was…

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Serious Fires. Garage and Home at Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

The extensive premises used as a garage by Mr. H. Sinclair, at the northern end of Kelly-street, Scone, were the scene of an outbreak of fire…

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QURlMBAH BLAZE

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD Wednesday.— Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a [?] which gutted the produce storek of F. D. Burns,…

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Woman Trapped by Fire Escape of Lodgers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 1

While lying across her bed, where she had apparently collapsed in the apartment house she conducted at Carlton, Melbourne Mrs Hannah…

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Equipment For Bush Fire Brigades

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee advised Holwarra Shire Council to-day that a quantity of equipment for Largs and…

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Fire in Garage

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 6

SINGLETON Friday.—A fire in a garage at the back of the old Courthouse Hotel in Bourke-st., was quickly extinguished by the…

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Fire Danger From Gas Producers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY - Friday.— The chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, to-day directed the attention of the public to the bush [?] danger…

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Recent Raid on Berlin Fires Burning 24 Hours Later

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

Fires were still burning in Berlin 24 hours after Monday night's raid, in which at least 10,000 people were rendered homeless, states the…

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Bombers Cause Fires At Lae

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

SOMEWHERE N AUSTRALIA Saturday.—A series of coordinated attacks by all [?] or our air forces were…

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Playing with Fire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 2

THE recurrence recently of shocking civilian accidents caused by the carless handing of live shells, flares, and…

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Burned to Death in Grass Fire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

[?] Sat. —Mrs. Mahel [?] 75, was hurned to death when she was trapped by a grass fire at her home Chevy…

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To - day’s Leaders: Playing With Fire A Dying Gladiator Expulsion of Mr. J. T. LANG

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat. — Mr J. T. Land declined to-day to comment upon his explosion last night from the ALP…

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Fire in Church Street

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Answering its second call in two days, singleton Fire Brigade did good work on Friday night at Mr. George Bennett's house in Church Street,…

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Boy Saves Building From Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 4

KA[?] Monday —A [?] story [?] was saved from des[?] fire by the [?]…

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Burned to Death in Grass Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

Trapped by a grass fire at her home, "Chevy Chase," Dangarsleigh, near Armldale, Mrs. Mabel Jane Perrott (75), was burned to death. Her…

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Fire Caused by Burning Tar Death of Father. Mother and Baby

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

A man and his wife and their infant daughter were burned to death as the result of a fire caused by burning tar at their…

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German Treatment of Russian War Prisoners Those Sick with Typhus Set on Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Russian war prisoners sick with typhus are shut up in barracks which the Germans then set alight…

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