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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
359 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 18
BRUSSELS, June 25.—Thirteen persons are so far known to have been killed and 40 injured when a disastrous fire in the Ministry of Education building in Brussels trapped many of the 500 occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although there is little danger of bush fires at this time of the year, the Bush Fires' Advisory Committee is urging all lanholders to plan to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WASHINGTON (Associated Press).—The United States, in a continued effort to reduce the great loss it suffers each year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JERUSALEM, June 30—Jewish serrorists attacked and wounded three British soldiers and one officer on the beach near Herzlia, north of Tel Aviv says Reuter's Correspondent. The wounded men crawled to their weapons and retur[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MILLER’S FOREST: When the original plan was altered for the inonision of Miller’s Forest in the fire district of Raymond Terrace it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, July 8.— A fire destroyed the whole of the top floor of the GPO Central Telegraph Office in London. The floor was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sat.—A woman’s hair and eyebrows were singed to-day when she ran through a blazing house in a futile attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STRATFORD-ON-AVON—(Associated Press)—Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” has Been de-Victorianised. A 21-year-oId director has dared to scrape the crust off tradition to portray the characters as he and has colleagues of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After a man whose clothing was alight had dashed from a building at Hamilton yesterday and given warning of a fire, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the original plan was altered for the inclusion of Millers' Forest in the Fire District of Raymond Terrace, it was decided to call another meeting at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bats are believed to have caused a short circuit in an electric refrigerator and set fire to the kitchen of Mrs. Helen Walker’s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CESSNOCK, Sat.—A small two-roomed weatherboard dwelling occupied by Mr. R. Jackson, near Caledonia station, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sat.—The top floor of a two storied building in Mary-street, Surry Hills, was severely damaged by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The loud, urgent walling of a siren about mid-day to-day caused people to look along High-street, West Maitland, expecting to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The walls of the signal box at Wallarobba railway station caught on fire on Saturday night. Buckets of water and a fire extinguisher were used with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a 44-gallon drum of methylated spirit exploded and set fire to a workshop last night two young men narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene when a call come to a fire in the kitchen of the house occupied by Mr. P. Jupp, Mackay Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire engine, which recently came from a metropolitan station to Singleton to replace the engine which had been here for many years,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MUSWELLBROOK: The Bush Fires Advisory Committee wrote stating that it had adviced Mr. J. McClvmont, Denman, that it would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Saturday,—When a fire broke out at the rear of a sportland gonny arcade in George-st., last night, a women…
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