Early Morning Blaze. Bridge Street Premises Destroyed
Two sheds used by F. M. Newman, wool arid skin dealer and cycle distributor, und situated at the rear of Mr. Mitchell's shop in Bridge street, were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
437 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 22
Destructive Fire at Muswellbrook
In the early hours of this morning a disastrous fire at Muswellbrook completely gutted the rear portion of the business premises…
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LARGS: To express practical sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Morrow and small daughter Lorraine, who lost all their belongings in a…
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CESSNOCK, Saturday—The position did not appear to have improved in the late afternoon. The large columns of black…
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SYDNEY Monday.—The Deputy Director Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. J. Malone, stated that minor fires hare broken out…
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CESSNOCK Monday.—The urgent appeal made by the manager of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, Mr. Wilson Barrett, to the Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, last night to arrange for the bombing from the air of that portion of the mine which is on fire, has met…
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KALGOORLIE. Tuesday.—The remains of a body found after a fire had destroyed a camp in the bush are believed to be those…
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CESSNOCK Tuesday —So much opposition was shown by all sections of the community to the proposal to bomb the fire area at Cessnock No, 2 colliery that it is safe to say that the idea will be abandoned…
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CESSNOCK Wednesday. — Additional manpower has been summoned to blast in the edges of the burning craters caused by the subterranean fire in Cessnock No. 2 colliery, where the blaze now extends over five acres…
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The fire in Cessnock mine which it is thought started from spontaneous combustion has spread until it now covers five acres. It has been suggested that…
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CESSNOCK Thurs.—In face of the potential danger of an explosion which would do untold damage to No. 1 tunnel, and in…
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We have all been thrilled, annoyed, and somewhat scared by possibilities because of the unfortunate fire at the old Cessnock No. 2. Fires always were…
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The skill and energy of fire fighters at Cessnock No. 2 colliery have begun to show results. Craters that were cauldrons of…
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CESSNOCK Friday.—At midnight last night, th[?] work of blowing in the earth over the airway, which connects the two tunnels of the burning mine at Cessnock No. 2 was completed…
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The publicity riven to the subsidences at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery by the Sydney Press is the equivalent of the publicity riven to a major disaster. About 74 men are employed at this coliery-the…
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LONDON. April 27.—A fire broke out in the headquarters of the military Government at Hanover (Germany) Iast night. Three…
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Two persons were killed and three wounded when police fired on a group of workers en route to Teheran airfield, before the arrival…
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CESSNOCK. Monday. — Good progress has been made over the week-end in dealing with the blazing craters in the old…
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TEHERAN April 29.—Two persons were killed and three wounded when the police fired on a group of workers en route to the Teheran airfield before the arrival of the political commission from Azerbaijan, headed by the Premier, Pishevari. The workers were going to…
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A convivial evening was spent at the West Maitland Fire Station on Saturday, when volunteer firemen and their lady folk…
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