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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Sensational Fire at Albury. Man in Burning Building

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 3

Mr. Albe Nathan's furniture emporium, at the corner of Dean and Townsend, streets, Albury, was completely gutted, by fire on Monday night. Window-dressing was in…

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Westerlies and Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 5

The scorching westerly wind on Tuesday had a withering effect on grass and herb. age, and somewhat counteracted the good effect of the recent rain. A bush fire broke…

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A Board's Perquisites. Fire Brigades and the Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 5

A long series of questions having relation to the Fire Brigades Board and Parliamentary election day was asked by Mr. Morrish in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening…

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Huge Bush Fire. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 5

The most disastrous fire which has occured in the Deniliquin district for many years commenced yesterday on T. G. Wragge's Narlga estate, about 17 miles…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 5

I Wilson's ironmongery store at Ashlield was found to be on. fire at 4 o'clock this morning. All the available brigades turned out, but it soon became evident that they…

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Fatal Factory Fire. Firemen and Police Killed. Vancouver. Dec. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 5

In the fire in a factory at Philadelphia, the walls collapsed, without giving any warning. A number of firemen were buried. Four were killed, and ten others…

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Extensive Bush Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 5

An extensive and serious bust fire is reported from Donillquin as having occurred at Mr T. G. Wragge's Narriga estate, about 17 miles to the west of the…

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Another Great Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 4

The Nelson Packing Co.'s promises at Chicago, a four-storey building, covering an entire block, and supposed to be fire proof, has been destroyed. The firemen…

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The Philadelphia Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 4

Forty police and firemen have been conveyed to hospital through the factory fire Hydrants were wrapped with blankets to prevent freezing. Disregading a…

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Fire in Cincinnati

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 6

New York, Wednesday.-A great fire is raging in Cincinnati, the metropolis of the State of Ohio The outbreak occurred in a manufacturing district of the…

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Fatal Philadelphia Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 5

Vancouver, Thursday—During a fire, at a factory in philadelphia yesterday, the walls collapsed, suddenly and without warning, with the result that many…

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Big Fire in Dunedin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 4

A fire destroyed a large block of buildings in Dunedin (N.Z.) on Thursday. The premises, which were owned by the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society,…

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Disastrous Fires. Chicago Slaughter Yards in Danger. Vancouver, Dec 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 5

A Lerrible fire broke out in Morris and Company's packing warehouse, Chicago, yesterday. At one time the whole of the stock-yards were threatened…

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Philadelphla Factory Fire. Death Roll of Fifteen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 5

The death-roll in the factory fire at Philadelphia on Wednesday was 15. Several of the victims, before being extricated from the debris, were able to converse with their…

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A Board's Perquisites. Fire Brigades and the Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 7

A long series of questions having relation to the Fire Brigades Board and Parliamentary election day was asked by Mr. Morrish in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening…

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Disastrous Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 4

'A' weatherboard cottage of five rooms. owned and occupied by Mr. Arthur Mitchell, in Doyle-street, Cessnock, was with all its contents destroyed by fire on…

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Disastrous Fire at Quirindi. a Swagman Missing. Quir[?]ndi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

On Christmas morning. about 1.30 o'clock a big fire occurred at Whittaker's old' saw mill buildings, between Carr's grocery establishment and Tanner's livery stables, the…

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£200,000 Country House Fire. Fate of Earl Sondes's Historic Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

Lees Court, near Faversham, Kent, the ancestral home of Earl Sondes, and a splendid specimen of the genius of Inigo Jones, was completely destroyed by fire during the…

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Serious Fire at Quirindi

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

A serious fire occurred at Quirindi about 1.30 on Christmas morning in old sawmill buildings, situated between a grocery store and livery stables. The…

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Fire at a Barracks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 5

The barracks of Compiegne, in the department of Olse, were burned, will 12,000 rifles, a great quantity of stores, and many uniforms. The damage done amounts to £8000…

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