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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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Alarm of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 4

At 7.40 this morning the west mainland Fire Brigade received a call to premises in Devonshire street a number of men prompty turned out in the motor fire engine…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 5

The big interstate cargo steamer Buniayong was beached at Twofold bay this morning owing to a fire having broken out on board…

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Steamer on Fire. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 3

The big interstate cargo steamer Bunninyong, belonging to the Melbourne Steamship Company, beached at Eden this morning, on fire. The Bunninyong…

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The War. Rumoured Naval Battle in the North Sea. Germans Fire on Russian Patrols. Germans Cross French Frontier. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

Germany has declared war against Russia. SYDNEY, Monda The Australian Fleet has been…

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Three-mile Fire. New York, June 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 3

Salem in Massachusetts, once one of the most important ports of entry into the United States, and famous In history for its wholesale executions in 1602 of women…

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The War Towns on Fire. Population Decimated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

Aryenten, and both towns are in names civillians report that the Germans have decimated the population of vise One hundred thousand Germans are…

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The War Towns Ox Fire. Population Decimated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 6

The Germens have set fire to Vise and Aryenten and both towns are in names Civilians report that the Germans have decimated the population of vise…

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Fire at Sea. Outbreak on the Buninyong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 6

At 2.20 a.m. on Monday as the steamer Buninyong was passing Twofold Bay on her way from Melbourne to Sydney it was discovered that a fire had broken out in the…

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Maitland Fire District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

From the Board of Fire Commissioners, Lieut,-Col. Nicholson, M.L.A., has received a communication, of which the following is a copy:—"Sydney, August 10,1914.—Sir…

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A Fatal Fire. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

Between 11.30 and 11.15 o'clock last night: at broke out in a weatherboard cott[?] at Burwood and totally destroyed it, despite the efforts of the firemen. An old-age…

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Withering Belgian Fire. Brussels, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 5

The morale of the Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps was seriously shaken by the withering Belgian fire, which mowed them down like corn…

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The Combat at Vise. Germans Fire on Red Cross

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2

Brussels, Saturday.—An eye-witness of the combat at Vise affirms that a squadron of Prussian cavalry moved towards Vise bridge, where the…

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British and German Navies. Britain Holds North Sea. German Warships in the Baltic. Gallant Defence of Liege. a Withering Fire—15,000 Germans Killed. French Troops in Alsace. German Cavalry Defeated. Russians on the German Frontier. German Spies in France

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 5

German submarines attacked a British cruiser squadron and one of the submarines was sunk. No damage was done to the cruisers. Fourteen German warships are reported as having passed through the…

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Fire Board Economy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 4

The Kurri fire station has been somewhat improved by the addition of what is evidently intended as quarters for the fireman in charge. However, the Board of…

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Fire in Sydney. Hales, Limited. Crockery Department. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 4

At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the crockery department of Hales. Limited a three-storied brick building at the intersection of Reilly-line and Arbitration-street…

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Fire in the City. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 2

At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke cut in the croakery department of Hales, Limited, a three-storied brick building, at the intersection of R[?]lby-lane and…

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A Fatal Fire. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 6

Between 11.30 and 11.45 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage at Burwood, and totally destroyed It, despite the efforts of the firemen. An old-age…

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Towns on Fire. Brussels

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 12

The Germans have set fire to Vise and Aryenten, and both towns are in flames. Civilians report that the Germans have decimated the population of Vise…

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Withering Belgian Fire. Brussels, Aug, 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

The morale of the Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps was seriously shaken by the withering Belgian fire, which mowed them down like corn…

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Fire in Sydney. Hales, Limited. Crockery Department. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 7

At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the crockery department of Hales, Limited, a three-storied brick building at the intersection of Reiby-lane and Arbitration-street…

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