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Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Glenorie Bush Fire. Twenty Miles of Flames. People and Animals Terrified

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 4

REPORTS of the disastrous fire at Glenorie stated that it covered twenty miles. Telegraph poles were burnt, as well as large wooden culverts,…

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New Year's Eve in Maitland. Fire Brigade Dinner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

It must ha admitted that there was a decided lack of that enthusiasm on the part of the populace last night which heretofore has characterised the advent of New Year's Eve in West Maitland. That…

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The Fire Fiend

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

THE terrible ravages caused by the bush fires that have been raging latterly in various parts of the colony are very harrowing to read, and we,…

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The Fire Fiend

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

THE terrible ravages caused by the bush fires that have been raging latterly in various parts of the colony are very harrowing to read, and we…

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Great loss by Bush Fires

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

Daring the hot spell at the end of last wipes bush and grass fires raged in various parts. On the Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)…

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Coolness Under Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 5

"Linesman" in his book, "Words by an Eye-witness," describes a stirring incident in the operations for the relief of Ladysmith. The feiut attack had been delivered against…

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Poetry. a Book. a Pipe. K Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

Let all the Northland breezes blow; I've all that I desire, Here, sheltered from the storm and snow, A book, a pipe, a fire…

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Disastrous Fire at Leichhardt. Total Destruction of a Boot and Clothing Factory. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

Leichhardt was the scene at an early hour this morning of a fire which resulted in the total destruction, of the factory owned by Wallaco and Co., clothing and boot manufacturers. the build…

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Another Fatal Fire a House Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

ANOTHER fatal Fire occurred early this morning at Prospect, in a house occupied by Thomas Craddock. Craddock went to bed the previous…

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Fire at Leicehardt. Boot and Clothing Factory complotely Gutted. [By Telegraph.]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

THERE was a large fire early this morning at the boot and clothing factory of Messrs "Wall and Co., Marion-street, Leichhardt. The whole…

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Our Fire Engine and Plant

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

AT the meeting of the Singleton Borough Council, on Thursday night, among other matters, the present condition of the fire engine and plant was…

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Disastrous Fire at Leichhardt. Total Destruction of a Boot and Clothing Factory

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3

Leichhardt was the scene at an early hour on Wednesday of a fire which resulted in the total destruction of tho factory owned by Wallace mid Co., clothing and boot manufacturers. The building…

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A First Taste of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 5

"Linesman," in his recently published book "Words by an Eye-witness" writes as follows: "Old time fighting, with its knee to knee and blade to blade, was natural enough. It…

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Fatal Fire in St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 3

By the destruction by fire of a wooden house in St. Petersburg, 12 persons were burned to death, and 20 others received severe injuries…

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The Fire Engine. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

SIR,-On reading the report of the Borough Council in your last issue, it has occurred to me that the sensational remaarks of Alderman Quian, with…

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The Fire Engine. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 3

SIR,-It appears from Mr G.B. Lloyd's explanation in your issue of Tuesday that I was mistaken, and that the fire engine is in good order. That…

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The Transvaal War. the Amersfoort Fight. Boers Supplied with Information From the Swazis. Major Vialls Distinguishes Himself. the Household Guards. Brand's Commando Unde Heavy Fire-commandant De Wet. London, Jan. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

The correspondent of the London Daily News given as accountof the egnagement between the Boers and a body of British troops, including Queenslanders, under Major VAlentine, in the Eastern…

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Muswellbrook Fire Brigade. Chief Secretary's Office, Sydney, 16th January, 1901

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I am directed by the Chief Secretary to inform you that the sum of £50 has been allotted to the Muswellbrook Fire Brigade out of the vote…

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More Buseh Fires. Weather Hot and Dry

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

A FIRE out this week at Big M[?] near Junee. A selector was burning a fire break when selector was beyound his control. The course of…

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The Transvaal War. the Continental Press. Boers Offer to Take the Oath of Allegiance. Great Fire at Cape Town. SURrounding De Wet. Captures in the Teansvaal. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The comments in the Continental press on Britain's policy in South Africa are moro moderate; now that it has been definitely clear that all iden of settling the war by negotiation instead of by…

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