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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire at a Railway Station

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

A fire was discovered carly this morning in the ticket office at Banksia railway station. The flames were soon extinguished, and very little damage was done…

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Huge Bush Fires Extensive Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 7

The most disastrous fire which has occurred in the Deniliquin district for many years, commenced on 22nd inst., on T. G. Wragge's Nariga estate, about 17 miles…

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Topics of the Day, [?] Forest Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 6

Australia has some drawbacks at times—droughts and bush fires. But what of a forest fire in America? Here is a quotation from an oversea exchange, date October 1, 1910:—"This…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 2

A terrible fire broke but in Morris and Company's packing warehouse, Chicago, yesterday. At one time the whole of the stockyards were threatened…

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Disastrous Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 6

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 2

In the fire in a factory at Philadelp[?] the walls collapsed, without giving [?] warning. A number of firemen [?] buried. Four were killed, and ten oth[?]…

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