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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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Another Fire at Manilla. Mackenzie's Big Store Burnt Out

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

Word was received here early this morning, that Mackenzie's main store with contents, at Manilla was totally destroyed by fire at about a…

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Blaze in Sydney. Fire in York-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 6

An outbreak of fire occurred last night in the premises owned by the Lawrence and Hanson Electrical Company, Limited, in York-street, opposite Wynyard-square,…

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Fire Fiend Suffragettes. a Carnegie Library Destroyed. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

The Carnegie Library at Northfield has been burnt down. Suffragette literature was found at the place, Suffragettes also attempted to blow up the mansion of Moor…

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Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

McKenzie and Company's store, at Manilla, was, on Thursday night last, the scene of a conflagration, the premises being burned to the ground. So far as can be…

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Fires Near Newcastle. Considerable Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 11

Some half-dozen fires broke out in the vicinity of Newcastle on Saturday forenoon and night, all the outlying brigades being busily employed for hours. An outhouse and…

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Fire in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 4

At 1.37 on Saturday afternoon the first brigade received a call from motor garage in Oxford-street, Sydney. A fire had started in the basement of Reuben Brach's…

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The Manilla Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

A new development has taken place in connection with the recent Manilla fire, in which the Royal Hotel and Appel's tobacconist's shop were destroyed. Appel was…

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Fire at Manilla. Damage £20,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, when McKenzie and Sons' fine stores at Manila were completely destroyed. The cause of…

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Taranga Fire. Woman Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 14

Jane Nightingale, 26, appeared on remand at the Central Police Court, Brisbane, before Mr. Egglinton, P.M., charged with having, on January 27: (1) Murdered…

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State Joinery Works. Destroyed by Fire. Damage Over £60,000. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 6

The State Government's joinery works and timber yard sit Rozelle were burnt out early this morning, the damage amounting to over £60,000…

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Fire Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 5

A serious fire in the new premises of Murdoch's, in Park-street, Sydney, was averted last night, by the timely discovery of flames by a little girl named Hayes,…

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Fire at Manilla. DAMAGE £20,000

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

A disastrous the occurred between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, when M'Kenzie and Sons' fine stores at Manilla were…

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Fire at Manilla. DAMAGE £20,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, when M'Kenzie and Sons' fine stores at Manilla were completely…

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Fire on a Ship Damage Unknown. London, Feb. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 2

News is to hand that a fire broke out at Fredrikstad on board the German ship Henriette, bound for Melbourne. The outbreak was extinguished, but the…

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Fire at English Mansion. Treasure Rescues by Country-house Visitors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 5

Burton Hall, a fine old mansion near Bury St. Edmunds, was practically destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning, January 10. The house, owned by Sir Henry…

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Fire at Aberdeen Convent

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 2

A fire broke out pn Tuesday morning in St. Joseph's Convent, Aberdeen. The flames were detected, issuing from the kitchen by soveral boarders, who…

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Fire at Wyalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 5

During a destructive fire at West Wyalong last night three dwellings and the business premises of Messrs. Erson and Farrell, stock and station agents, were totally…

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Fire at Aberdeen. the Convent Endangered. a Lucky Save

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 5

The Sister attached to St. Joseph's Convent, Aberdeen, had an exciting and very unpleasant experience at an early hour on Tuesday…

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Fire in Timber Store

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 2

A fire occurred recently in the premises of Mr. W. Essery, a carpenter and builder of Norwood, Adelaide, who stores light timber in an…

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Fire at Manilla. Damage £20,000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 12

A disastrous fire occurred between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, when McKenzie and Sons' One stores at Manilla were completely destroyed. The cause of…

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