Fire In Bowling Club Rooms
A fire which started in the members' [?] at the Cessnock Bowling Club [?] morning was extinguished by [?] of Cessnock Fire Brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
384 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 20
Fire at Bowling Club House
CESSNOCK, Friday,—The south side of the Cessnock Bowling Club’s house and the interior of the building were slightly damaged this…
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Six people died and'many were injured when the Covent Gardens Restaurant in Adelaide, was gutted by a fire on Wednesday night…
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A fire broke out in the motor garages at the rear of the Willow Tree Hotel just before 6 a.m. yesterday morning and caused considerable damage…
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A fire at the back of the Calooda Cafe in Church-street. West Maitland, burnt a quantity of rubbish and damaged the fencing early…
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BARMEDMAN, Monday—Police Investigating two fires in two separate grocery stores at Barmedman during the past week…
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Pa[?]k Plains Shire Council last week received a complaint regarding the Singleton M[?]ipal Council garbage…
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Regulations governing the lighting of fires in the open air have been announced by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a fire broke out in a factory in Brighton Avenue, Croydon Park, last night, £3000 damage was…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A float carrying five racehorses and their attendants caught fire whiles on the way to Gosford races to-day…
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Barry Chelman, two-months-old baby, who was dropped into a gutter of blazing petrol yesterday, is still in a critical condition in…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A fire in G. E. Jeans motor repair garage, at the rear of the Royal Theatre early this morning,…
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A 17-year-old nurse was burned to death and another Injured, when a fire destroyed their quarters at Manilla Hospital early this morning. Another girl escaped by diving through a window. The…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Fort Vercheres, 7000 tons, carrying a cargo of coal for Victoria, is on fire in the Australian Bight…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The destruction of the Standard Oil and Paint Company plant and factory at Mascot last night may…
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A spectacular fire destroyed most of the works of the Standard Paint and Oil Company Mascot, last night…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — A second fire has broken out in the hold of the Fort Vercheres, now on its way across the Australian…
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A nurse was burned to death in a fire which destroyed temporary nurses' quarters at Manilla District Hospital early on Wednesday morning…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.—Two small grass fires, one in Francis-street, West End, and the other in Railway-street, were extinguished by…
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Cessnock Fire Brigade received three calls yesterday to grass and scrub fires in the district. The first was to Railway Street,…
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