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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Seven Women and Children Perish in a Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 4

In a telegram from San Angelo (Tex), on August 10, published in the San Francisco "Chronicle." it is stated that a fire, discovered in the Landon…

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Fearful Forest Fires. [?]S Per[?]s Reasted. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 3

THIRTY-eight [?] of the victims of the great forest fires in the States of Oreion and Washington, North America, have been discovred. Many…

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The Fire at Annandale. S[?]w Committed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 3

[?] concerning the fire in the [?] shop at Annandate, [?] on Friday morning [?] in creupant, Harold Jesse…

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Forest Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 3

Extensive forest fires have occurred in Western Washington, and the destruction caused has involved several hundreds of farmers in ruin. The loss is estimated at £500,000…

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A Big Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

A fire in Victoria Docks has destroyed three million jarrah blocks imported for street laying…

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Wollongong. a Mine on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

A serious fire broke out in Corrimal mine at three o'clock this morning, and is believed to be burning fiercely at a point between 400 and 500 yards from the tunnel month. Inspector Watson and…

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The Fire at Plattsburg. Child Succumbs to Injuries

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 5

It was reported in our last issue that a fire occurred in the house occupied by Mr Samuol Bennett, at Plattsburg, on Tuesday night, whereby two…

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A Coal Pit on Fire. Wollongong

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

A SERIOUS outbreak of fire was discovered at the Corrimal Colliery, about four miles to the north of Wollongong, early this morning and…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Kayuga Colliery on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 6

It was reported in town yesterday that the small colliery at Knyuga, about four miles from Muswellbrook, was on fire. The mine was first opened about ton years ago, and has…

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The Kayuga Colliery on Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 4

IT was reported in Muswellbrook on Tuesday that the small colliery at Kayuga, about four miles from Muswellbrook, was on fire. The mine was…

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A Motor Fire Engine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

A motor fire engine has been experimentally tried in London…

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Fire at the Kayuga Colliery

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 2

It was reported on tuesday that the Kayuga Colliery, situated about five miles from [?], was on fire. The colliery which is small one, is [?]…

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Fire in the Garrimal Mine

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning a fire was discovered in the Corrimal coal mine, about four miles north of Wollongung, and the news following…

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Fire Alarms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 4

ALLUSION to the position of the fire bells, in case of an alarm of fire, was made in the Singleton Borough Counall the other night, and, in referring…

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Mining Matters. Greta Colliery Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 4

Satisfactory progress is being made with the work of extinguishing the fire in the Greta Colliery. Most of the large masses of stone lying on the goaps have been broken up by blasting. This allowed the…

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A House Destroyed by Fire. Narrow Escapa of Occupants

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 6

AT Cowra on Thursday morning, a wooden dwelling occupied by an aged woman named Nash, with two married daughters, and four grandchildren,…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Tar on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 3

A two-hundred gallon tank of liquid tar caught fire near Pyrmont Bridge this morning, but the blaze was soon extinguished…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Much Destruction of Property. Heavy Insurances. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 3

A big fire oocurred in Kent-street this morning at half-past nine o'clock, the scene being the large premises occupied by the Deering Harvester Co. The whole of the brigades speedily arrived, but for a…

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Great Fire in Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2

A BIG fire occurred in Kent-street, Sydney, yesterday morning at half-past nine o'clock, the scene being the large premises occupied by the…

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Another Fire in the City. Great Destruction. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2

ABOUT 10 o'clock this morning a [?] was discovered on the top storey of the Deering Harvester Company, a fivestorey building in Kent-street. The…

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