Lighting Fires
A Singleton Police official said this morning that several local people have been lighting fires. He explained that…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
321 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 17
Fire Fighting Unit Trapped in Merriwa Blaze
MERRIWA: A fire-fighting unit from Merriwa—a jeep—was badly damaged by fire when volunteers were fighting a blaze on Bow Reserve, on Tuesday. Two Sydney girls holidaying in the area helped to…
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Thirteen locomotives were damaged in an engine shed fire at Auckland railway station. Five, badly damaged, are main…
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MURWILLUMBAH. Tuesday—A sixty-seven years - old man was shockingly burned from bead to foot last night when a fire broke out In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Australian News Disastrous Fire in Glycerine Distillery Sydney
Less than two minutes after the employees had run to safety from a fire in a glycerine distillery, in Alexandria, this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion and Fire in Glycerine Distillery Sheet of Flame Leapt From Vat To Roof
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Less Aon two minutes offer employees had run to safety from a fire in a glycerine distillery in Alexandria this morning, the roof of the building caved in. The fire followed an explosion, and within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Bushfire Destroys Cattle Valued at Many Thousands of Pounds Hundreds of Men Trying to Check the Blaze
Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in a huge bushfire which is roaring out of control across hundreds of acres of land, 16 miles north of Holbrook…
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Way back in 1846, the gay little village of Yerba Buena passed peacefully from Spanish to American hands. A year later it became known as San Francisco after the nearby mission founded by Father Junipero Serra, a monk of the order of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep and Cattle Lost. £5000 Damage in Bushfire. Holbrook
Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in a huge bushfire which is roaring out of control across hundreds of acres of land…
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HOLBROOK, Friday. —Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in a bags bushfire which is roaring…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Kills £5,000 Worth of Cattle
Sheep and cattle worth more than £5,000 have been destroyed in a huge bushfire which is roaring out of control across…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Damage cause by fire in a bus depot (reference to which appears on page 1) is now estimated at…
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Maitland Fire Brigade this afternoon extinguished a small crass fire on, the river bank behind the Carrington Hotel. No…
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MELBOURNE, Monday—Police are investigating a theory that a fire which caused heavy damage in the Heidelberg Bus Company’s…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The bushfire which broke out in Holbrook district last week was brought under control to-day- by firebreaks…
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Three calls to grass fires at East Maitland and one call at Maitland were attended by Maitland fire brigades yesterday and…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which gutted McQultty House, Regent-st pearly this…
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Two boys were burned and their sister suffered from shock when a Are broke out In a garage at Warner’s Bay lest night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Lighting Order Being Ignored Shire Council Flouted, Says President McCarthy
Since decision of Lower Hunter Shire Council a fortnight ago to co-operate with officialdom in relation to lighting of fires, more smoke stacks were to be seen in the district than ever before, the shire council president (Cr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holbrook Bushfires Under Control
ALBURY, Wed.—Bushfires in the Holbrook area, which- destroyed many acres of forest, are under control, thanks largely to…
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