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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Iran Police Fire On Rioters

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

[?] Police fired into a crowed of rioting Communists in the north-eastern town of…

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Fire at Weston

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 3

A fire caused damage to fences and outhouses in Swanson St., Weston, on Saturday afternoon…

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Scenes At Hostel Fire Pitiful

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Pitiful cases were witnessed during the height of the fire In the Somers migrant camp, 40 miles…

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Migrant Children Die in Hospital Blaze Five Known Deaths; Search Continues For Others

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Five young migrant children, and possibly nine, were burned to death in a fire which swept through the hospital of Somers migrant camp, 40 miles form Melbourne, early to-day…

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Cessnock Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 5

Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to deal with a fire at the rear of the Elite Framing works in Vincent Street,…

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Fire Stink at Bellbird

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 5

Bellbird residents are again suffering from the effects of fire stink from a Colliery in the area…

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Racehorses Die In Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

BELMONT (New York): Twenty two thoroughbred race horses were burned to death when fire destroyed a barn at…

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23 Horses Lost In Stable Fire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 1

BELMONT (New York): The death toll in Sunday night’s fire that destroyed a racing barn at the Belmont…

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Land Rover Fire Engine On Show

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 5

A land-rover equipped as a self-contained fire fighting unit and more versatile than the standard fire engine will…

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Fire in Shed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 3

Little damage was caused by fire In a packing shed at the back of the Drill Hall East Maitland, early last…

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Two Fires on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 3

Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to attend two bush fires on Sunday morning. The first was in Yilgarn…

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Tar Catches Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 3

Tar, which was being prepared for use on roads, overheated and caught alight at the Cessnock Municipal…

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Fire In Liddell Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 1

RAVENSWORTH: Mining officials have sealed off than a Quarter of an acre of the Liddell colliery, following…

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Fire Breaks Out At Liddell Colliery

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 1

Liddell miners and Proto Squad men from Abermain Rescue Station worked throughout the week-end to seal off a fire which broke out at Liddell Colliery last Friday afternoon…

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Minister's Warning On Bush Fires

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: The bushfire danger period will begin officially in most parts of New South Wales…

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Fire In Rubbish

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 3

A fire in the municipal rubbish tip off Gallagher Street, Cessnock, swept dangerously close to houses and property…

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Five Lives Lost. In Fire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 4

Mrs. Imagine Bays, 25, and four of her five children red died in a fire that destroyed their wooden home…

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Fire In Hotel Made Beer Boil

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The entire population of the little town of Brocklesby, near Corowa, turned out late last night to help…

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Fire at Liddell Colliery Story of Proto Men's Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 4

Northern District Check Inspector (Mr. Dave Brown), who accompanied the men from the South Maitland…

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Self-propelled Gun To Fire Atomic Shells

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON: A new self-propelled 85-ton artillery piece designed to bring atomic warfare down to the battlefield level has a firing range of at least 20 miles and is able to move at 35 m.p.h…

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