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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Exhibition Fire. Blaze at Ghent. Brussels. May 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 2

A fire broke out in the Ghent Exhibition on Saturday night, and burned for two hours, during which buildings covering an area of 150 square yards were destroyed…

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How a Fire Started. Case Against the Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

At Windsor District Court before Judge Scholes, a cause in which considerable interest centred was heard. Henry Sanders, an orchardist at Forrester. sued the…

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Fire at Tamworth. Timber Yard Destroyed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

The timber yard of Messrs. Thorsby Ltd. of Tamworth, and also a lot of machinery was destroyed by fire last night. Two firemen were injured…

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Trial by Fire. Woman Burned to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 4

Vancouver, Saturday.—A "trial by ordeal" in the old Saxon way resulted in a young Galician woman being burned to death at Winnipeg yesterday…

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Fire at Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 4

A fire broke out on Tuesday night in premises in Kelly-street, Scone, occupied by E. T. Sattler, and owned by F. Watters. The building was of wood, and the contents…

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Fire. Business Place Destroyed. Narrow Escape of Others

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 2

Between 11.30 p.m. and midnight, on Wednesday, when the majority, at any rate, of residents had only just retired to rest, the long…

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Big Blaze at Tamworth. DAMAGE £2000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 9

A fire which wrought considerable damage occurred at Tamworth on the 29th ultimo, at what is known as the timber yards of Thorsby's, Limited…

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Fire At Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 7

A fire broke out on Tuesday night in premises in Kelly-street, Scone, occupied by E T. Sattler. and owned by F. Watters. The building was of wood,and the contents…

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Big Blaze in Sydney. Brigades Make Good Save. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

A fire that threatened extensive damage among the warehouses in Sussex street broke out his morning in the premises of S. Weingott and Sons, waterproof and…

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Crime and Fire in America. Remarkable Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 12

About £50,000,0000 of property is annu­ally burnt up in the United States. That is anywhere from eight to 13 times the per capita loss sustained through fire by any of…

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Playing with Fire. Girl Burned to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

On Tuesday a girl of 9 years, Kathleen Veronica Turner, who lived with her parents at Redfern, died at Sydney Hospital from burns all over the body,…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Fire at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

At about 4 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in an untenanted cottage in Merthr-street kurri. In response to the alaram, the Kurri fire brigade turned out proptly,…

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Fire at Tamworth. A. E. Robson's Store Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 6

Another disastrous fire has occurred at Tamworth, this time at Mr. A. E. Robson's store, next door to the "Times" office, the two buildings being separated by an open…

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Bunnan. Fire at Wooton

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 6

On Sunday morning last, about 4.30 a.m. an outbreak of fire was noticed in the kitchen of a three-roomed building at the residence of Mr. L. Brown. Un-…

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Big Blaze in Sydney. Brigades Make Good Save. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 14

A fire, that threatened extensive damage among the warehouses in Sussex-street broke put this morning in the premises of S. Weingott and Sons, waterproof and…

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Fire at Tamworth. A. E. Robson's Store Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 7

Another disastrous fire has occurred at Tamworth, this time at Mr. A. E. Roboson's store, next door to the "Times" office, the two buildings being separated by an open…

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The Hurst Park Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 5

Kitty Marion, the actress, and Clara Giveen, who are charged with setting fire to the stables and grandstand at Hurst Park racecourse, have been further remanded…

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Canadian Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 4

Vancouver, Saturday.—Bush fires are doing a vast amount of damage on the north shore of Lake Superior. One fire swept down upon the township of Bisco,…

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Disastrous Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 5

The engineering works of Messrs. Yates and Toms, at Blackburn, were burnt down, the damage being estimated at £150,000…

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Costly Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 5

The Imperial skating rink, Fairfield, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £3000 pounds, the origin is a mystery, and the…

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