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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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Under Fire off Port Arthur. a Startling Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3

A. Victorian gentleman has received the following letter from a relative at present travelling in Japan and China. The letter was despatched from Wei-hai-wei, at the end of…

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Hospital Destroyed by Fire

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

St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, United States, has been destroyed by fire. One hundred and twenty-one patients were safely removed. Two surgeons, operating…

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Hospital Destroyed by Fire. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 3

ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL at Indianopolis (U S.A.) has been destroyed by fire. The patients, numbering 121, were safely removed. At the time of…

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This Fire at Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 3

One hundred and thirty buildings were destroyed in the fire at Toronto, and 6000 people have been rendered idle. The damage done is estimated at 13,000,000 dollars. The insurances…

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Fire in Toronto. Enormous Damages. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

A GREAT fire has occured at Toroute many acres in the wholesale business district being destroyed. One hundred and thirty buildings…

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Great Fire in London. 300 Firemen Engaged. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

A GREAT fire occurred last night at the Government Depot of the London and North Western Railway Company at Aldgate…

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Fires at Corowa. Narrow Escape of Racehorses An Hotel Burned at Hay

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 3

ON Friday last two stacks of hay, about 40 tons, and a large stack of straw, the property of Mr J. Clifford Wahgunyah were destroyed by fire…

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Great Fire in Auckland £82,000 Damages. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

Messrs. Morrins' wholesale, wholesale hardware house, which was in the heart of Auckland, was totally destroyed by fire last night, the damage amounting to about £82,000. The…

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Big Blaze at Auckland. Firemen Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 1

A fire, involving the destruction of Motrin's wholesale hardware warehouse, which is in the heart of Auckland, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Big Fire in Au[?]and. £82,000 Damag[?]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Thursday. [?] wholesale hardware warehouse, is in the heart of Auckland, was [?] destroyed by fire list night, be…

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Great Fire in Auckland. £82,000 Damages. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 6

Messrs. Morrins' wholesale hardware ware-house, which was in the heart of Auckland, was totally destroyed by fire last night, the damage amounting to about £82,000. The…

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The Latest. Advance of Japanese Troops. Fire Ships Utilised. The Petropavalosk Disaster. More Jewish Outrages. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 5

The Japanese troops at Kiu Lien Cheng have begun their northward advance. It is reported that the capture of…

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Auckland. Very Destructive Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 3

The Moturea freezing works, New Plymouth, New Zealand, were totally destroyed by fire this morning. The total damage is estimated at £15,000…

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Fire at Quirindi. Hotel and Contents Destroyed. Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 3

This morning, shortly after 4 o'clock Dodds' Club Hotel, Whittaker-street, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Alexander Dodds, the landlord, was awakened by a child…

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Fire at Quirindi

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 3

ON Tuesday morning shortly after 1 o'clook Dodd's Club Hotel, Whittakerstreet, Qurindi, was destroyed by fire. It appears that Mr Dodds, the landlord,…

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Fire at Woodton

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

About 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon last a fire was discovered at Woodton, the property of Mr. JL. Suckling. It appears that at the time stated Mr. Suckling…

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Disastrous Fire at Quirindi

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning last the Club Hotel, Whittaker Street, Quirindi, was discovered by the licensee, Mr. Alexander Dodds, to be on…

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Fire at Quirindi. Hotel and Contents Destroyed. Quirindi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 7

This morning, shortly after 4 o'clock, Dodds' Club Hotel, Whittaker-street, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Alexander Dodds. the landlord, was awakened by a child…

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A Fatal Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 3

A distressing fatality has occurred in a restaurant at Weston-Super-Mare, in Somersetshire, which was destroyed by fire. The establishment was structurally a…

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Fire-walking

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 3

It may Interest students or folk-lore to learn that there was a fire-walking ceremony at Benares the other day which has given rise to a good deal of discuss on in…

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