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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Great Fire in America. Buildings Burned. Thousands of Homeless People. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 3

There has bean a great fire at Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, and IS blocks of buildings, including three churches, have been burned. A number of…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 6

The amount of Icsses reported to the Bush Fires Relief Furd Committee in Sydney on Thursday was 270,064. The amount received by the local…

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A Large Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 3

At Campbell town lost night the dairy and homestead of Misses Fitzgibbon, on Appinroad, were completely destroyed by fire. The outbreak occurred when the family were…

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A Fire Among Boats

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 3

A fleet of Chinese trading boats took fire at Winchow, and 300 men were killed…

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Fire on a Steamer. All Hands Behave Splendidly. Flames Extinguished. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 3

At [?] o clock this morning a message from Queenseliff stated that a large steamer was letting off rockets and burning blue lights near the Heads. Later it was ascertained…

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Fire on a Steamer. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 6

At 2 o'clock this morning a message from Queenscliff stated that a large steamer was letting off rockets and burning blue lights near the Heads. Later it was ascertained…

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The Cause of Bush Fires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

Mr. Fred Trollope, Chairman of Hay Land Board, summarises his report to the Premier on the above subject, as follows:—…

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Fatal Fire in New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

Twenty persons perished and 12 were injured in a fire in a five-story tenement in New York, mostly Polish Jews…

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Cause of Bush Fires

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

MR. F. TROLLOPE, Chairman of Hay Land Board, summarises his report to the Premier on the above subject, as fallows:—…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund. Funds Exhausted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 6

A meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund was held in Sydney Town Hall on Thursday…

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Terrible Factory Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 5

A terrible fire has occurred at Brockton, Massuchusetts. Old boilers, which were used while new boiled were being repaired, exploded, and set fire to the shoe factory of R…

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Fire at South Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 3

Fire brigade received a call just before hour on Wednesday to an outbreak at paged Brothers bakery establishment south [?] The alarm was given…

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Fire at South Singleton. Paget Bros.' Bakery

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 2

The riniging of the fire-bell shortly after neon yesterday a'armed residents in the vicinity, and news was quicily spread that the bakery establishment of Messrs…

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Putting Out a Big Fire. An Evening Trip With the Brigade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 3

Imagine yourself in a barrack-like building with many rooms and a great courtyard in the rear. Engines with funnels of polished brass. their woodwork…

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Terrible Factory Fire. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

A terrible fire has occurred at Brockton, Massachusetts. Old boilers, which were used while new boilers were being repaired, exploded, and see fire to the shoe factory of R…

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Fire in Melbourne. Narrow Escape of Girls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 3

On Monday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and flerce outbreak of fire, occurred at Flinders-lane, Melbourne, in a three-story building occupied on the ground…

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The Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 3

At a meeting of the executives of the Bush Fires Relief Fund to-day, it was agreed to allot £10 towards help of a photographer named R. Hall Taylor in the Dungog district,…

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Sweet Love's Atonement. Chapter Xxvii. a Heart of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 4

"The cold in [?] are cold in [?] Their love can scarce deserve the name But mine was like the lava flood…

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Fire in Melbourne. Narrow Escape of Girls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 12

On Monday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and fierce outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders—lane. Melbourne in a three-story building occupied on the ground…

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Rescued From a Fire. Some Narrow Escapes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 3

The bakery establishment of Mrs Margaret Styles, a two-storey brick building in nth.Fitzroy, Melbourne, caught fire on Saturday morning. The servant,…

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