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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

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Spectacular Blaze Does £100,000 Damage

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire in the stores and fellmongery of William Angliss and Co. (Aust) Pty. Ltd. at Footreray to-day. The spectaouair blose, which…

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Spectacular Blaze Reignites Early Morning Conflagration in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 4

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire in the stores and felmongery of William Anglis and Coy. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., in Footscray (Melbourne) to-day. The spectacular blaze, which was extinguished at 3 a.m.,…

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£100,000 Damage Melbourne Fire. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 2

Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire in the stores and fellmongery of William Angliss and Co. (Anst.) Pty. Ltd., Footscray, to-day…

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Trouble Between Jews and Arabs May Spread £100,000 Damage in Set Fire in Jerusalem

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 5

Fifteen have been killed and 70 injured in five days of clashes "between Arabs and Jews, which the Jewish National Council has…

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Fire in Steamer’s Hold

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—With fires blazing is the hold, the freighter Pioneer early to-day steamed at full pressure for port Phillip and…

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Fire Brigade Does Good Job

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

Members of Scone Fire Brigade were responsible for putting an end to what might have been a serious outbreak in No. 3 Military…

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Fire Destroys Clothes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.— A large quantity clothing was destroyed on Sunday morning when a Eris broke out in the sorting…

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House Destroyed By Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 4

GOSFORD. Fire destroyed a Weatherboard cottage and con tents in Albany-street, Gosford, last bight. It was owned and…

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26 Persons Perish In Train Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

HAMBURG, Aug. 25—Police arrested a passenger who had a benzine tin which Is believed to have started the fire on a…

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Disastrous Dock Fire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 3

FORT AL[?]ERNI (British Columbia) August 26.—Fire swept the waterfront last night, destroying the 1,500,000 dollar Government…

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To-day’s Leader A Matter of Transport. Dutch-indonesians Called on to “Cease Fire” Ten Nations Support Security Council’s Demand

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, August 27.—Although the United States, United Kingdom and France voted with the sponsor—Belgium—the Security Council yesterday rejected a proposal that the International Court of Justice be asked to rule on the competence of the United Nations to act in the Indonesian conflict…

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Barn and Contents Destroyed by Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

When he noticed smoke and flames in his barn, a few hundred yards from his home, Mr. Leo Maher, of Alison, ran to save what he could. By the…

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Fire Threat to School. Boys Blamed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

Schoolboys are believed to have started a fire which burned a hole in the floor of East Mayfield Public…

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Cease Fire Again New Call on Indonesia

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 7

U.N.O.'s Security Council yesterday called on the Dutch and Indonesians, for the second time, to cease fighting in Indonesia…

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Peeps Into The Past SINGLETON 50, 25, 15 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (From issues of the "Argus" for period ended, August 28, 1897) Blaze at Singleton

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

A seven-roomed wooden house on the Abbey Green Road, the property of Mr. J. Carson, formerly of Newcastle, was burnt to the ground. Mr…

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To-day’s Leader Danger Ahead Spectacular Morning Fire at Newcastle ,Firemen Endangered By Explosions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. One the largest fires seen in Newcastle for some time completely demolished . two storey budling m Gibson-avenue this morning, spectacular incidents including several explosions of petrol and argon gas cylinders. The budding, which was near Newcastle Stadium, was occupied by D. Mitchell…

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92 Dead in Cinema Blaze

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Sept. 1—The police have arrested Anto[?] Mo[?]ade, 52 year-old director of the burned out [?]il Cinema, and charged him with…

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Fire Alarm at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday.—No damage was [?] when a fire broke out at the [?]ar of the Agricultural Hotel premises on…

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Newcastle Fire Damage May Reach £130,000

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 4

Enough furniture fully to equip about 150 homes was lost in the fire that gutted W. E. Bramble & Sons Pty. Ltd.'s warehouse, at…

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Local and General News Newcastle Fire Likely to Mean Singleton Shortages

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

Though to what extent will not be known for some days, Singletonians will suffer slightly as a result of the big fire which broke out early on…

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