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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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P.P. Board Under Fire Echo of Recent Rabbit Prosecutions. M.Z.D.C. Selects Team To Contest Election. (Reprinted from Wednesday's issue of the Singleton "Argus.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

Yesterday's meeting of the local branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council nominated four members to contest this year's…

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Fire In Butcher’s Shop

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

A small fire broke out in Butler’s butcher shop. High-street; West- Maitland, early this afternoon when an electric…

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Big Bush Fire Rages at Medowie

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE Monday—Panned by a strong choosing wind a large bushfire raged all day yesterday in the…

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Outbreak of Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON Monday —A fire broke out in some sleepers and grass on Singleton railway near the gates yesterday Little…

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Trapped by Fire at Paddington

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Awakened by the crackling of flames in a house at Kensington to-day, Clement McDonough, licensee of the…

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£20,0010 Damage by Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday—Fire destroyed part of the International Harvester Company's buildings in Bridge-road, Camperdown,…

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12 Dead ln Fire At Home For Aged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

CLEVELAND (U.S.) Feb. S.— Twelve people WERE killed and seven injured in a fire which swept a residence for aged men…

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Fires Menace Township

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Bush fires are threatening the township of Cottage Point, near Cowan Creek. Forty homes…

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Just for Excitement Started 22 Town Fires

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

A man who liked to see fire brigades and crowds had admitted "starting 22 first in Braidwood in a year, according to…

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Grass Fire at East Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

A small grass fire which broke out in Lawes-street, East Maitland, this afternoon slightly damaged some fencing before…

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Bushfires Endanger Township

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

Bushfires are threatening the township of Cottage Point near Cowan Creek. Forty homes are in danger. Already 15,000 acres of bushland have…

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Started Fatal Lift Blaze Described As Potential "Fire Bug"

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

Described as a potential "fire bug" and pyromaniac, a 15-year-old boy, who started a fire which led to the death of a porter in a blazing…

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Fires in Kuring Gai Chase Professional Fern Growers Blamed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

Professional fern growers have been blamed for starting fires that burned out hundreds of acres of bushland in Kuring Gai…

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P.p. Board Under Fire Again Repetition of Last Week's Allegations Director Moves for Amendment of Act

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

Allegations of last week against Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board were repeated at a meeting yesterday of the…

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Vic Fires Under Control

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Fires which flared up in several parts of the State yesterday, when temperatures soared above the…

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Fire at Branton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

BRANXTON: A fire, caused by a spark from the stove lighting some papers, broke out in a house owned and occupies by…

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Previous Night's Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

On Monday a fire started in a pit under the diesel, but was quelled by the prompt action of two employees, Vic. Mason and…

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20 Homes Saved From Fires Fighters Standing by

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 2

Bushfires at Terrey Hills, Kuring-gai Chase, are still raging, but the 20 homes, including some poultry farms, which were…

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Fire of Aberdare Fan Shaft

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

About 2 pm. yesterday, some concern was felt when Volumes of smoke were seen eminating from Aberdare…

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Fire Destroys Boggabri's Power House

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

Accompanied by a series of explosions, fire on Tuesday completely destroyed Boggabri's power house and generating…

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