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Fires & bushfires, 1906

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West Maitland Fire Brigade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 4

An another column we give an account from the records of early Maitland, which will be of interest to our renders generally, and especially to the members and friends of the…

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Windsor Castle "Ghost." Sentry Fires Five Shots at Imaginary Intruder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

A CURIOUS incident which occurred on the Bast Terrace of Windsor Castle has famished Windsor people with material for a first-class ghost story…

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Maitland Fire Brigade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 14

The Maitland public in general, and the members of the fire brigade in particular, will be interested in knowing that 50 years ago this month the initiatory steps were…

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West Maitland Fire Brigade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

In another column we give an account from the records of early Maitland, which will be of interest to out readers generally, and especially to the members and friends of the…

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The Fire Losses. LONDON, Saturday Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

The Commercial Union Assurance Co., Limited, of London, estimates that the losses that British offices have suffered by the San Francisco…

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Bush Memories. the Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3

"R. L. O." writes in the Westminster Gazette:— "Districts in Victoria are being swept by bush fires. Many livers have…

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Big Fire in Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

[?] market in Paris has been [?] The damage is estimated at [?]…

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Barque on Fire. In Mid-Ocean

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

When the ocean training ship Illawarra was about 500 miles off the island of Tristan d'Acunha, on her way from London to Port Adelaide, at 4…

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Fire at Hinton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

Shortly after ono o'clock this afternoon a fire broke out in a wooden cottage occupied by the coach-man at the residence of Mr. Christian, Moun[?] Pleasant. Hinton. The fire had a considerable [?]…

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Soldier,s Baptism of Fire

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

A commanding officer [?]s taking his forces into action. He sent forward a small party of [?] to make gaps in a rail fence, to avoid the…

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Fatal Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

[?] tenement in Straford, Essex, was de[?] by fire, A family of six persons [?] included three generations, where kalied the members of the family displayed great…

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Looking Back. Reminiscences of Singleton and District. No. 33. Local Fire Brigade

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 7

A public meeting was held at the Mechanics's Institute on Friday night, April 5th, 1878, for the purpose of inaugurating a fire brigade in Singleton…

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Progress of the Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 8

Mr. Atack, manager of the New Zealand Press Association was spending a few days in California at the time of the earthquake He had left San Francisco on April 17,…

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The Fire Brigade Chief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 8

Questioned as to the progress of tho fire, Mr. Roberts said that the rapid and wide-spread devastation by the flames was generally considered to be largely due to the fate…

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The Very Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. Forest Fires in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 7

[?] town in Northern Wisconsin have been devastated by forest Thirty people have been killed and [?] of dollars' worth of damage has…

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The Fire Brigade Chief

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 12

Questioned as to the progress of the fire, Mr. Roberts said that the rapid and widespread devastation by the flames was generally considered to be largely due to the fate…

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Progress of the Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 12

Mr. Atack, manager of the New Zealand Press Association, was spending a few cloys in California at the time of the earthquake. He had left San Francisco on April 17…

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City Mutual Fire Insurance Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

We have received from the local agent, Mr. J. W. Pender, a copy of the minimi report and balance shoot of the City Mutual Fire insurance Co., Ltd., for the year ending Dec…

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Fire Brigade Jubilee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 5

Learning from an article which appeared in the "Mercury" about three weeks ago of the starting in 1856, of the Maitland Fire Brigade, the members of the brigade met in…

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Branding Sheep.—Necessity for a Fire Brand

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

An interesting droving case was tried at Moree before the police magistrate. A drover named Nelson Rose, travelling with 12,700 sheep from Bangheet station to the…

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