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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Fire on P. AND O. Liner Khyber. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 5

The P. and O. steamer Khyber, from India, with bunkers, afire, has arrived at Tilbury docks, London…

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News by Wire. Recent Fire at Berrigan. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 5

The Full Court granted an app[?]eation for a rule to quash the proceedings before the Coroner in connection with the recent fire at Berrigan on the grounds of material…

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Fires at Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 4

At about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday evening a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Evan Davis, in Elizabeth-street, Abermain, as the result of the…

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Big Artillery in War. Awful Effect of Shell Fire

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 3

The military correspondent of a Vienna paper writes a lyrical account of the "munitions-war." The world-war is no longer so much a…

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Fire Fighting Appliances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 7

In connection with the recent fires at Abermain it is stated that some civilians, who wished to get out the hose reel before the firemen arrived had difficulty in opening…

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Fire at Heddon-greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 7

Peculiar circumstances in connection with a fire that occurred at the residence of Mrs. McMahon of Heddon-Greta, have just been brought to light. Early on the morning of…

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Benalla's Fire. London, August 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 5

The second fire on the steamer Benalla has been extinguished. She is now discharging the coal from her bunkers…

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Fighting at Hooge. Terrible Artillery Fire. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" states that the main attack to recover lost ground at Hooge began with a preliminary bombardment shortly after dawn, the enemy…

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Benalla's Fire. London, August 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 6

The second fire on the steamer Beast has been extinguished. She is now discharging the coal from her bunkers…

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Fighting at Hooge. Terrible Artillery Fire. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle" states that the main attack to recover lost ground at Hooge began with a preliminary bombardment shortly after dawn, the enemy…

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Telegraphic News. Big City Fire. Newtown Stadium Destroyed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

A small fire was discovered in the drill hall at the side of the Olympia Stadium at Newtown at 7 o'clock this morning. Twenty minutes…

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Olympia Stadium. Destroyed by Fire. Damage £20.000. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 5

A small fire discovered in the Drill Hall at the side of the Olympia Stadium in Newtown at 8 o'clock this morning. Twenty minutes later the big boxing arena was alight…

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Australia Day Madness. Wounded Soldiers Under Fire in George Street

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 5
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

If a visitor from another planet, with no previous information on the subject, had alighted in George Street, or anywhere, in Sydney on the memorable 30th…

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Destructive Fire at Newtown

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 2

The Olympia Stadium, Newtown was completely destroyed by fire shortly after, eight o'cloc on Friday morning The cause of the outbreak is unknown…

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Ten Thousand Lives Lost. by Floods and Fires

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 11

Officers of the E. and A. mail steamer Empire, which arrived in Sydney on Thursday from the East, give a graphic account of the ravages of the floods and fires in…

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Australia Day Madness. Wounded Soldiers Under Fire in George Street

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 3

If a visitor from another planet, with no previous information on the subject, had alighted in George Street, or anywhere in Sydney on the memorable 30th,…

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Newtown Stadium Fire Heavy Loss of Military Stores. Estimated at £8000. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 6

The damage to Military stores at the Olympia Stadium is estimated at £SOOO, which brings the total damage up to £20,000…

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Fires in Constantinople. Bucharest. Aug. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 5

It is reported that the fires in constantinople, which occurred on the 2nd inst., in which it was stated that 3000 buildings were destroyed including a German hospital full…

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Fire at Narrabri

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 3

A fire at Narrabri early on Saturday morning destroyed J. M. Donald's (solicitor) office, Sid Marshall's (hairdresser) saloon, and an empty office. An…

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