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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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Wyalong. Great Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 5

Bush fires in this district have destroyed 9000 acres of grass…

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That Awful Theatre Fire. Full Details

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 2

Auckland, Monday.—Files by the R M.S. Srerra are full of details of the horrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. They show that…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

VERY extensive damage has been done by bush fires in the Wyalong district. Mr Donkin, of Lake Cowal, was a heavy loser, 7000 acres of grass…

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That Awful Theatre Fire Full Details. Hundreds of Dead

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.—Files by the R.M.S. Sierra are full of details of the horrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. They show that…

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Our Fire Brigade

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

Thoso persons who after turning out the gas, or blowing out their eandles, turn into hed under the calming impression that, if the hired girl had forgotten to make out…

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Great Fire in Norway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

A great fire is reported from Norway. The town of Aalesund, on the west coast, has been completely destroyed. When the fire broke out a hurricane was raging, and the flames were…

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Great Fire in Norway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

The German Emperor has despatched to Aalesund a Hamburg liner and the cruiser Prinz Heinrich, with doctors, medical stores, provisions, bedding, and clothing…

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Town Destroyed by Fire. Terrible Privations. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

A FIRE is reported to have destroyed Aalesund, a town in Norway, and an important centre of the cod-fishery trade. Whilst it was raging, a…

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The Aalesund Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

The great fire which destroyed Aalesund, Norway, was caused by two drunken sailors…

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The Chicago Theatre Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

The coroner's jury has committed the Mayor of Chicago. Mr. Davis, proprietor of the Iroquois Theatre, two building inspectors, the foreman of the Iroquois Theatre, two stage…

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Town Destroyed by Fire. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 2

A fire is reported to have destroyed Aalesund, a town in Norway, and an important centre of the [?]cod fishery trade. Whilst it was raging, a hurricane…

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New Zealand. Very Destructive Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 3

A fire occurred in the square at Palmerston North, early this morning, destroying a dozen business premises, and doing damage estimated at £14,000…

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An Alarm of Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

About i) o'clock yesterday morning, there was an alarm of fire at the residence of Mr and Mrs A. F. Saunders, Bathurststreet. It appears that about the hour…

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The Aalesund Fire. Caused by Drunken Labourers. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

THE disastrous fire at Anlesund, in Norway, which practically swept the whole town away, rendering 12,000 persona homeless, was, it transpires,…

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The Late Fire in Chicago. Committal of Prominent People. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

At the termination of the inquest on the late lire that destroyed the Iroqunis Theatre, in Chicago, the Coroner's Jury committed for trial…

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Great Fire in Norway. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

A great fire is reported from Norway. The town of Aalesund, on the west coast, has been completely destroyed. When the fire broke out a hurricane was raging, and the flames were…

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Thieves Set Fire to a Shop. An Arrest Made

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

AT about 8 o'clock on Wednesday night a lire was discovered in Jephson's tobacconist's shop, at Gosford. The local company of Australian Rifles…

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Suspicious Fire in a Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 8

Word reached Singleton on Monday that the tunnel door leading to the Oakvale Colliery at Nundah, which is worked by MR. John Sattler, had been forcibly removed from its…

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Our Singleton Letter. Fire in Hunter-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 8

On Monday morning, at about 10 o'clock, a fire broke out ut Windermere, Hunter-street, the residence of Mr, A. F. York. A five that hand been burning under the bricked-in copper…

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An Alarm of Fire. Prompt Action of Residents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock yesterday the clanging of the bell at the fire brigade station gave the alarm, and Johnstreet, as well as adjoining…

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