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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Fire at Gundy. STABLES, &c., DESTROYED

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

Late on Monday evening last, word reached Scone (though not ourselves) that the stables at the residence of Mr. W. N. Campbell, of…

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Exciting Fire at Austinmer. Family's Narrow Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

A fire, which was accompanied by several exciting incidents, occurred at the residence of Miss Pierce, at Austinmer, on the South Coast railway line, on Wednesday…

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Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

Bush fires have broken out in the South Maitland district thus early in the season. Yesterday a fire was burning near Pelaw-Main, and the other day a fire started near…

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Burnt Out Narrow Escape of Inmates

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 3

A fire which was accompanied by several exciting, incidents, occurred at the residence, of Miss Pierce, at Austinmer, on the South Coast railway line, on…

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Blaze in Sydney. Heavy Loss

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 7

The premises in George-street, Sydney of H. H. Groth and Company, oil and colour merchants were practically destroyed by fire on Monday night…

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Disastrous Fire at Singleton. SINGLETON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 13

Shrill and piercing blasts from the throttles of railway locomotives, coupled with the olanging of Mis. disturbed townspuople from their slumbers about 8 o'clook this morning. The peremptory…

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Pelaw-main Collery Fire. Its Alleged Cause

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 3

Mr. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Mines, who has been inquiring into the cause of the fire at the Pelaw-Main mine, has returned to Sydney…

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The Fire at Groth's. Breaks Out Afresh

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 4

The fire in H. H. Groth's oil and paint store, 525 George-street, Sydney, which practically destroyed the building on Monday night, broke out afresh in the ruined…

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[?] Colliery on Fire. Mine Thrown Idle. Kurri, Kurrie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 7

In was discovered in portion of the [?] Cothery early this morning. The [?] the morning shift were not allowed to [?] the mine, and, in consequence of…

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Village on Fire. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 5

A village in the province of Majunga has sufferede from a serious fire, and 1500 persons are homeless…

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Disastrous Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

The Chamber of Commerce and a member of warehouses in Calals have been destroyed by fire. The damage exceeds [?]000 francs…

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Bandon Grave Fire. Serious Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 3

Further, particulars are to hand in connection with the recent fire at Bandon Grove, by which Mr. Robert Lee's saw-mill was…

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A Small Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 7

The alarm given of an outbreak of fire brought several persons out of their beds early yesterday morning, when it was found a small shed had been burned at the rear of a bakery establishment in…

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Losses by Fire. World's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 5

The superintendent of the fire brigade reports that the total loss caused by fire throughout New Zealand in the last 80 years amounts to £1,450,116, averaging…

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Fire in Brisbane. Man Burned to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 6

A house occupied and owned by Mrs. Andie Wholohan, a widow, in Elizabeth-street, Rosalie, a suburb of Brisbane, was totally destroyed by fire between three and…

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THE Muswellbrook Chronicle [?], sacred wea[?] [?] [?] Sole dread offolly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! out with honest zeal To rouse the [?]enchman of the public we[?] Wednesday Oct: 2, 1912 LOCAL & General News. Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 2

An alarm of fire was raised about 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The public school bell and later the fire bell, were set ringing vigorously, and…

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Fire on the Hanau. London, Oct. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 5

A fire due to spontaneous combustion of sulphur, broke out in the after-hold Hanau, which recently went ashore on the coast of Greece,…

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Turks Fire on Servian Town. Belgrade, Oct. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 5

The Ministry of War has just announced that a body of Turks fired on Raska, a town on the southern frontier of Servia, eleven and a half miles north-east of…

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Fires in the Open

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4

It has long been the practice of house-holders within town bounds and elsewhere when unecessary belongings or rubbish accumulate about their domicile to heap them…

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Man Burned to Death. Exciting Scenes at a Fire. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 3

A house occupied and owned by Mrs. Andie Wholohan, a widow, in Elizabeth-street, Rosalie, a suburb of Brisbane, was destroyed by fire…

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