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Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Topics of the Day. Fires on Wool Ships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

Professor J. Park. F.G.S., Director of the Dtage (N.Z.) School of Mines, has devoted much attention to finding out the cause of [?] combustion on wool ships…

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Fire Brigade Festival. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

The second annual festival in connection with the Weston Fire Brigade was held in the fire station on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. A. Thomas, vice-president presided over a large…

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Attack on a Bank. Armed Thief Fires at Teller

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

The strongroom of the Albion branch of the Queensland National Bank, Brisbane, was entered by a man, apparently a hawker on Thursday. He fired point Hank at the toller…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Friday Afternoon. Fire at a Garage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

Witham's motor garage at Newtown was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Three valuable motor care were reduced to ruins, last two others were saved…

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Attack on a Bank. Thief Fires a Pistol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 3

A sensational incident occurred at the Albion, branch of the Queensland Na tional Bank on Thursday afternoon, when a man of shabby- appearance and…

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Another Cinematograph Fire. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 4

In Truxello, Peru, 50 lives were lost in a fire which broke out during a cinema tograph entertainment…

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Panic in a Public Hall. Films on Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 14

An audience of over 1000 assembled in the Adelphi Hall [?] day evening, to hear a sacred [?] arranged by Mr. Edmund Page,…

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Disastrous Fire at Morpeth. Store and Dwelling Destroyed. Damage £650

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 9

A disastrous fire,, which resulted in the total destruction of a shop and two-storied dwelling, occurred at Morpeth between 1 and 2 on Saturday morning. The premises…

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Attack on a Bank. Armed Thief Fires at Teller

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 7

The strongroom of the Albion branch of the Queensland National Bank, Brisbane, was entered by a man, apparently a hawker on Thursday. He fired point 1 lank at the…

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Fire at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 4

A fire broke out in a washhouse at the rear of the residence of Mr. Allen Simmons, George-street, East Maitland, yesterday afternoon, at about 2.20 p.m. A wood and iron shed, in which furniture,…

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Fire on German Battleship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

The new German battleship Posen has been seriously damaged by fire at Kiel. Repairs to the vessel will occupy several weeks…

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Lucania on Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

A fierce fire broke out on Saturday evening in the Cunard liner Lucania, lying in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, Sweeping along the interior woodwork, it…

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Lucania on Fire. Liner Ablaze fop 15 Hours. Sunk in Dock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

A fierce fire broke out on Saturday evening in the Conard liner Lucania, lying in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpoot, Sweeping along the interior woodwork, it…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 5

The North Coast Company's new steamer Minimbah arrived to-day. She reports that on February 25 a fire broke out in the hold owing to spontaneous combustion,…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

The recently-appointed Board of Fire Commissioners paid their first official visit to Maitland to-day, but the weather was altogether unfavourable, and prevented them from completing the…

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Life in Tierra Del Fuego. the Land of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 6

These sober, non-committal peoples, writes C. W. Furlong, in "Harper's Magazine," referring to the Tierra del Fuegians, reflect the sombre land in which they dwell, but,…

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Whiteley's London Stores. Outbreak of Fire. London, Monday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 5

An outbreak of fire has occurred at Whiteley's London stores. The customers and 4000 assistants were got out of the building without confusion. One department…

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Fire at Yokohama

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 5

A fire at Yokohama, Japan, has destroyed 500 houses, and rendered 30,000 people homeless…

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Big Fire at Yokohama

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred at Yokohama, in Japan. Five hundred houses were destroyed, and 300 people are houseless…

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Burglars Fire a House. a Melbourne Sensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

A fire, at present occupying the attention of the police, occurred on Friday afternoon at Melville-street, Hawthorn. The property is owned and occupied by…

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