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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Fire Tn Canada. Ontario

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 5

A fire has destroyed a large portion of the business section of the town of London, Ontario, and damage is estimated at £150.000. Five hundred men have thrown out of…

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Big Fire at Manila. (By Cable)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

London, Friday.-A destructive fire at Manila, capital of the Phillipes, gained a rapid hold,and swept the Chinese quarters.Which burned like matchwood…

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The Hankow Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 5

The damage done by the fires at Hankow on Monday amounted to £5,000,000. There were further fires on Thursday, when an area two miles by half a mile was…

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Fire at Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 4

A fire occurred in an unoccupied two roomed hut and kitchen on Sawyer's' Gully Road. near Weston, yesterday, the property of Mr. Joseph White, of Weston. An…

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Chinese Civil War Imperialists Fire Towns. Bombardment of Hankow

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

Pekin, Saturday.—It is reported that half the native city of Hankow is in flames, and that a massacre of innocents has begun. The fires were started by…

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Destructive Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 5

The largo residence. of Mr. David Cohen, at Elizabeth Bay, was totally destroyed by fire at noon to-day. Nothing whatever was saved…

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The Crookwell Tragedy. Son Fires in Self-defence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 5

Tho inquiry Into tho Crookwell tragedy, which resulted in the death on Thursday from gunshot wounds of John Edward Broderick, a farmer at Cotta Walla, was…

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Rush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 4

Thus early in the summer season bush fires are in evidence in the mines district. Yesterday what appeared to be a large fire was burning n little south of the main road…

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Disastrous Fire at Bourke. Several Shops Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 5

One of Win biggest fires, in the history of Bourke took place in the main street at six o'clock on Friday morning, causing great excitement and doing considerable damage before…

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Fire in a Colliery. Outbreak in Wallsend C Pit Newcastle, Friday afternoon. [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 12

The Wallsend Coal Company's C [?] end was thrown idle to-day by the occurred of a fire in the workings. As soon as the break was discovered all the employees…

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A Teamster's Peril. Caught in Bush Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

Mr John Murdoch an old resident of the Yerranderie district, was caught in a bush fire last week. He was driving a team of 16 bullocks into Yerranderie…

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A Blaze in Sidney. a Quick Save

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 6

A fire occurred lust night at the warehouse of Messrs. F. A. Partridge and Hodgson, engeneors and machinery merchants, 49 York-street, Sydney, a portion of which consists of a ground…

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Fire at Tamworth. Damages £3000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 6

A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Tamworth last night, when the premises occupied by Wing Lee and Co., Chinese fruiterers, was completely gutted, and the…

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Cottage and Contents Destroyed. Fire at Aberdare. Kurri Kurri, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 5

A four-reomed weatherboard cottage at Abordare, owned and occupied by Mr. James Caban, was destroyed by the about 2.30 this morning,none of the contents being saved…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 3

About half-past 6 on Monday evening a fire broke out in a boundary rider's residence at Itchowra (Queensland). It set fire to the grass, and fanned by a…

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Destructive Fires. Sweepers' Strike Settled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 5

Bush fires are raging in the Hawkesbury district, and much valuable timber has been destroyed. The municipal block boys who struck yesterday, resumed work this morning…

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A Great Fire. Detroit, Nov. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 5

A fire destroyed several business houses hero. A blizzard was raging at the time, and for hours the firemen were unable to check the flames. The loss is estimated at…

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Hot Weather and Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 4

The maximum shade temperature recorded at Kurri yesterday up to 2.30 p.m. was 106 degrees. At 9.30 a.m. the registration was 98 degrees, and by 11.30 it had…

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Will Water Yield Fire ?

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

Flame is about the last fountain from which we should expect water, yet it yields it abundantly. The product is no more wonderful than sugar, drugs, and…

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Tremendous Loss by Fire. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

A [?] are occurred at Auckland this morning it originated in the premises of Mackys, Logan, & Caldwell, warehousemen, whose loss in £150,000, while adjoining premises were…

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