Fire Brigade Praised
Speaking at Monday night's Council meeting, Ald, Robinson referred to letters in the Press concerning the local Fire Brigade. He said the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
359 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 18
Fire Large Maitland Mines Idle
CESSNOCK, Friday.—The loss in production on the Maitland field to-day is again extremely heavy. There ate five large…
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MELBOURNE, Friday,—A building and contents valued at £100,000 were destroyed by fire in William-street. The building was occupied…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—It is disclosed that a fire, which occurred on the third floor of the GPO early to-day destroyed 1000…
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A fouled bath-heater flue is believed to have caused a fire-which damaged the bathroom celling and timber at the Regent-street…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—It is believed that a firebug set Are-to a house at Flemington on Saturday night and those tried to [?]…
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SYDNEY, Wed.— Two persons are reported to have been Injured, one seriously, in a are which broke out in a bitumen factory at…
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SINGLETON, Thurs.—Singleton Fire Brigade, was summoned to the comer, of Kelso and Church-streets, Singleton, yesterday)…
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NEW YORK—(Associated Press)—It would appear now that Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion of the world, may go down in history as the oldest fighter to possess the prized crown of his sport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News a Wrong Fire in the Tar Kettle
Shortly before 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, the local fire brigade received a call to proceed to the South Singleton School. As the…
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NEW DELHI, March 17.— Most of the Punjab’s trouble are now peaceful, but communal rioting continues in the hill district of North-west Punjab. It was officially revealed that troops opened fire to…
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SYDNEY, . Fri.—While flames licked the woodwork and smoke poured through halls, 60 girl boarders of the Methodist…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Concern at the failure of N.S.W. country hotel accommodation service to Improve is expressed by the…
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Maitland Fire Brigade exiting[?] as fire whilbroug[?] out in a small area of [?] in Maitland City Council’s yard in Bent-st…
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LE HAVRE March 23.—Fire destroyed 9000 bales of cotton valued at £600,000, in a port warehouse Troops subdued the flames, reports…
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Answering a malicious false alarm caused injury to a Sydney fireman. A blow out of the front…
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A coffin was charred and the body of a woman awaiting burial was scorched in a house in Short Sreet…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee’s information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. —Eight fire brigades were rushed to Glebe Island to-day when a fire broke out on board a 9000 tons…
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A feature fo the Bush Fries Advisory Committee Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural show this year wil be the use of short w[?] radio in bush…
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