Fire Robs Cassilis of Light
CASSILIS: The motor garage at Cassills, owned by Mr. Keith Lennon, was completely destroyed by fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
309 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 16
The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY, 1949. Foreign Policy Under Fire All Party Parliamentary Committee Urged. (From a Political Correspondent in Canberra)
Crowded public, diplomatic and Press galleries listened in rapt attention to a lucidly forceful exposition of foreign aftairs, with particular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Fire Station at Be[?]bird
A new [?] framed fibro structure is to be erected by thr Board of Fire Commissioners on its land at the inter section of Ruby and Hetton Street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at East Maitland
Firemen from East Maitland and Maitland fire brigades to-day extinguished ah outbreak of fire on the eastern wall of Greedy…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—Forty cars were damaged, many seriously, when a fire broke out in the body repair division of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Leader : Another Government Shipping Line “Bluebeard” Murders in Britain Detectives Re-Open Inquiries Into Recent Fire
LONDON, March 5.—Defectives investigating the “Bluebeard” acid both murders have re-opened investigations into a fire which broke out in a laundry in a town a few miles from Horsham on April 8, 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners in Dramatic Race Against Time Fire Danger At Aberdare Central
CESSNOCK, Monday.—In a dramatic attempt to prevent a fire in Aberdare Central colliery, miners worked continuously at the week-end under the worst possible conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hopes That Gases and Smoke Will Smother Flames. Fire at Ayrfield No. 3
Officials of Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery are hoping that smoke and gases from the fire which started in No. 2 Section of the mine yesterday morning will smother the flames. It was stated this morning that the position was much the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight Against Fire at Ayrfield No. 3 Possible Loss of a Million Tons of Coal
Miners at Ayrfield He. 3 colliery, on the Rothbury Estate, a few miles from Branxton, have been fighting a fire since 7 a.m. yesterday. When the men were preparing to go below smoke was…
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The Shire Council informed the Chamber of Commerce at his meeting on Monday night last that they would ask the Board of Fire Commissioner to expedite the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ayrfield Fire Still Burning
CESSNOCK, Thursday.—There were no developments at Ayrfield No. 2 Colliery, where a Are broke out four days ago. No. 3 tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firemen Control Fire for Police
In the initial stages of a fire in the police station grounds on Wednesday evening, flames leapt 30 and 40 feet into the air…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter To The Editor Ayrfield Fire
Sir.—May I have a little space to express, in the first place, my regret at the serious occurrence of fire at the Ayrfield No. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Truman in DANGERl in White House Old Building Was Fire Trap
WASHINGTON: President Truman never steps out of doors without an escort of secret service men. He is never out of their sight and of feast one is always within a few [?] yards of him to protect his life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →32 Lives Lost in Mystery Fires Explosion In Turkey
LONDON, March 22, — Five unexplained explosions and fire involving military installations have taken place in Turkey this month. Total casualties have not been revealed, but it is known that 32 people were killed in one disaster…
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Maitland City Council decided to give first preference In ballot for election of representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fled From Fire in Night Attire
KATOOMBA, Monday. — Hearing a nine months old baby screaming at their home in Sublime Pt. Road, Leura, early today,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires In Church And Tennis Club
Two separate fires last night gutted the Maitland Lawn Tennis and Croquet [?] houses on the park and damaged the Seventh…
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A feature of the Bush Fire Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be an exhibit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Allandale
A storeroom and laundry at Allandale, containing plant, clothing and other articles, were totally destroyed by fire last…
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