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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Office of King's Fire Screen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 7

Preville, the actor at Paris, and some others often amused themselves with practising on the credulity of Poinsinct, the poet. One day Preville came to him in…

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Panic at a Fire Santa Barbara (Cal.), Dec, 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

A fire in as annexe of the Hotel Potter yesterday resulted in five persons being injured. There was a panic among the girls working in the laundry, ans many were…

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Fire in a Colliery. Five Miners Entombed. London, Dec, 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

Cannock Chase mine, in Staffordshire, is on fire, and five miners are entombed. Heroic efforts are being made to rescue them…

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Bush Fires Around Sydney. Several Square Miles Swept

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

The extremely unpleasant weather conditions of Saturday were aggravated In all pants of Sydney and suburbs by a phenomenal number of outbreaks of fire…

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Fire and Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 5

A big fire occurred at Guildford early this morning the post office and stores being totally destroyed. The postmistress Miss O'Connor, had a miraculous escape being fast asleep in…

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Fire in Chicago. Incendiarism Suspected. Chicago, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 5

A fire destroyed the Board of Trade building and a number of records in the premises of the Chicago Federation of Labour. A thousand guests in the Kaiserhof, Victoria…

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Picture Palace Blaze

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 6

There was some excitement at the Miners' picture Palace, Kurri Kurri, last evening, owing to a film catching fire. At about 10 p.m., and just as the last picture was being shown…

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Office of King's Fire Screen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 11

Preville, the actor at Paris, and Home tilers often amused themselves with practising on the credulity of Poinsinet, the Poet. One day Preville came to him in…

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Fire in a Colliery. Five Miners Entombed. London. Doc. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3

Caunock Chase mine in Staffordshire, is on fre, and five miners are entombed. Heroic efforts are being made to rescue them…

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Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 4

Travellers by train to Sydney yesterday saw much evidence of widespread bush fires between the Hawkesbury River and Hornsby…

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Fire Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 5

During a fire at Bethnal Green a woman jumped from a height of 60 feet with her child and was killed. The child was unhurt…

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A Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 4

About 4.80 on Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in a four roomed weather board cottage in Abbot-street, occupied by Mr. M . Pureeli. A few minutes after receiving the alarm the…

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In the Path of Forest Fires. Thrilling Experiences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 2

The great forest fires that raged in parts of the United States and Canada during the past summer were the clause not only of the loss of millions of dollars worth of…

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Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

Bush fires have been burning for many days on the outskirts of the town, and on the hills in the direction of Mr. Vincent. On Saturday the wind swept the fire…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

A fire broke out this afternoon in the upper story of Felheim, Gottleif's establishment, threatening serious results, but timely aid rendered by the employees and sprinklers, and…

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Disastrous Fires. Business Premisses Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

A fire of a disastrous nature occurred at Milthorpe in the early hours of , Wednesday morning, when the promises occupied by Messrs. Edwin James & Co., general store…

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Fire on Mail Steamer. Caused by Short Circuit. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

A fire, caused by a short circuit, was discovered among the mails on the P. and O. steamer Iris whon the vessel was two hours out from Brindisl. A return was made to…

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Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 6

Bush fires have been raging at Bell's Mountain and its vicinity, about eight miles from Muswellbrook, since Monday last, and it was reported that some farmers…

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Contest with Bush Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 4

Some excitement was caused at Cessnock on Wednesday afternoon owing to a bush fire approaching close to some of the houses at South Cessnock. The fire had been burning for…

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A Record in Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

A statement Just issued shows that during the present month 240 fires broke out in the city and suburbs, the total for the year being '1100, beating all previous years'…

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