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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1857

5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Fire at the Bank of Ireland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 2

The Times' correspondent, writing on the 19th of January, sends the following particulars:- At five o'clock this morning Dublin was thrown into…

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Maitland Fire Brigade

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1857 · page 2

The Maitland fire-engine has been this week installed in its proper building, the house erected on the ground of the Messrs. Dickson and Co, High-street, adjoining Mr. Melville's. This is a central site, and can…

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Destruction by Fire, and Great Loss of Life

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1857 · page 2

A fire, involving a serious amount of property, and unfortunately, the lives of five persons—a mother and four children—happened at a late hour on Tuesday night, March 17th. and was not extinguished until an…

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Colonial News. Viotoria. Disastrous Fire in Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1857 · page 4

A disastrous fire took place in Collins-street, on Sunday morning last, particulars of which wq extract from the Argus of Monday. "About the hour of 3…

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Fire in West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1857 · page 2

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