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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
384 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 20
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fires in three holds of the freighter Fort Yerchres, now in port, have been brought under control. Wearing gas masks, the firemen working on the ship hope to extinguish the fires today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. A. Dennis, of Dunn’s Cr[?] near Paterson, suffered a [?] loss last week when a [?] out in an orchid, destroying [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Friday.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused when a fire destroyed portion of Australia's second largest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fears that a woman and two children had been burned to death in a bush fire that is raging near Brewarrina were allayed to-day when a report was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following gentlemen were elected at the Bush Fire. Brigade meeting last week: Captain, Mr. A. W. Riddle; vice-Captains,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paints which will resist temperatures of more than 1000 degrees farenheit have been developed as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paints which will resist temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit have been developed as a result of research by C.S.I.R.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Fears that a woman and two children had been burned to death in e bush fire, which is raging along a wide front near Brewarrina, were allayed today when a report was received that they had reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires have destroyed about 80,000 acres of heavilygrassed land in the Brewarrina and Goodooga districts,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.— An uncontrollable fire, which is sweeping through Mooball State forest, about, 12 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question whether insurance companies were liable to meet claims for damage caused when bush fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What may perhaps be considered an historic landmark in Singleton, the old "Bushmen's Home" on the Dunolly side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE: The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners, writing to the Chamber of Commerce, stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE BUSH FIRE season IS approaching and everything points to an unusually dry summer— a red hot one with bush…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the annual meeting of the Tooloogan Bush Fire Brigade, held at Thornthwaite, the following were present: The captain, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A public meeting was held at Camberwell Hall on Wednesday to discuss the formation of a bush fire brigade in the area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An eight-year-old boy saved three brothers and a younger sister from being burned [?] death on thursday when a four roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Shire Councils strongly support the protest voiced in Parliament by Mr. F. J. Cahill at the delay in introducing the new Bush Fire Bill,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CESSNOCK, Monday.—Cessnock fire brigade was called out to attend two small fires this morning. The main electric switch box was burnt…
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