St. George's Church Destroyed by Fire
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 3
A fire occurred at Hanover Square, London, last night, in St. George's Church. The flames obtained a firm hold of the building before the brigades got to work, and the edifice was completely destroyed…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2
A fire occurred in Hanover Square London, last night, when St. George's Church was completely destroyed…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2
A most destructive fire broke oat in Higgins' Farmers' Hotel, Vacy, about 2 a.m. on Saturday. It was first discovered by James McDermot, an employe, smelling the smoke. He roused…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1896 · page 5
A great fire took place at Antwerp last night The city market was burned down. The damage is estimated at [?]80,000…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 16
On Saturday evening a fire broke out in the clothing factory of Messrs. Beath, Schiess, and Co., Flinders-lane, Melbourne, and rapidly spread to the oil and colour stores of Messrs. William…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 3
A great fire occurred at Bradford last night, the premises of 40 business firms being completely gutted. The damage ia estimated at £300,000…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 December 1896 · page 3
It is believed the fire which destroyed tho residence of Cecil Rhodes at Capetown was the work of an incendiary. Many valuable Zimbabye relics were destroyed…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 13
A most disastrous fire broke out at Gormanston, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, at about six o'clock on Saturday morning. The fire started near the smelters, and spread to the township of Penghana,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 December 1896 · page 5
Some sensation was occasioned in Pitt-street at one o'clock to-day by the sudden outburst of a fire at the back of the Edison Electric Parlour opposite the Strand. There was an immense cloud of smoke…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1896 · page 5
A fire which, assumed serious dimensions broke out yesterday afternoon at the grounds of River-view College, Hunter's Hill. While the wind continued to blow from the N.E. there was very…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 December 1896 · page 2
THE Post-office Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle west, was completely demolished by fire this morning. The building was the of property of Messrs…
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