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Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Fire at Redfern. Horse Dashes Through Crowd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 6

A fine which did considerable damage to the smallgoods factory of Silvester Bros., in Ronwick-street, Redfern, broke out last night a little after 8 o'clock…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Hotel Australia. Exciting Scenes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 11

Serious damage was done to the Hotel Australia, Sydney, by a fire which broke out at 11.30 on Sunday morning. The outbreak occurred in the north-east corner of the…

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A Home Burnt Out

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

About midnight on Sunday a fire broke out in the residence of Mr Fred Puxty; it Mundewoi, and resulted in the total destruction of the dwelling (a…

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Murderous Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 5

day 16 aeroplanes dropped bombs on a depot at Miranmont and an aerodrome at Hervilly, and considerably damaged both. They returned safely. Our artillery breached a…

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Fire at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Through the smashing of a lighted kerosene lamp, a two-roomed cottage in Congewai-street, Aberdare, owned and occupied by Mr. T. Hirst, was destroyed, with most…

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Fires in Munition Factories. Outbreaks in Canada. Many Workers Idle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

London, Sunday Night —Toronto reports state that three department at the Grand Trunk workshops have been gutted by fire and 1400 munition…

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Fire at Redfern Horses Stampede; Boy Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Two horses stampeded from stables at the rear of Messrs Silvester Bros.' smallgoods factory, Regent-street, Redferm which, it is estimated, was…

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Big Fire at Albury

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning a fire occurred at Albury, which caused the destruction of Messrs T. H. Mate and Company's general emporium,…

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Murderous Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 2

It is reported from Salonica that after the two last assaults on the British lines the Bulgarians abandoned 8000 dead or wounded. These had faced a murderous…

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Fire at Redfern. Horse Dashes Through Crowd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 16

A fire which did considerable damage to the smallgoods factory of Silvester Bros., in Renwick-street, Redfern, broke out on Friday night a little after 8 o'clock…

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Fire on the Omrah. Cargo Greatly Damaged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 7

Sydney, Friday.—A fire broke out in the forward hold of tho R.M.S. Omrah to-day, and extensive damage was done to the cargo of wool, wine, and metal it…

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The Omrah's Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 7

The Orient Company's, R.M.S. Omrah, which was afire in the forehold at the wharf in Sydney on Friday last left on her voyage for London via ports at noon…

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Great Distillery Fire. Loss £150,000. LONDON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 5

A huge fire at a Glasgow distillery attracted great crowds to the vicinity, who watched 12,000 casks of flaming whisky flow into the North Canal from the…

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Alarm of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

Naturally with heavy traffic in High-street, some excitement was caused this morning when the fire bell rang, and thousands of people were to be seen making their…

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Great Distillery Fire. 12,000 Casks of Whisky Ablaze

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 4

London, Sunday.—Great crowds at Glasgow early this morning watched 12,000 casks of flaming whisky flow into the North Canal from the Distillery…

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The Omrah's Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 6

The Orient Company's R.M.S. Omrah, which was afire in the forehold at the wharf in Sydney on Friday last, left on her voyage for London via ports at noon…

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Great Distillery Fire. Loss £150,000. LONDON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 15

A huge lire at a Glasgow distillery attracted great crowds to the vicinity, who watched 12,000 casks of flaming whisky flow into the North Canal from the…

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Big Fire in Melbourne. Heavy Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 6

During the closing hours of Monday afternoon the greatest fire which Melbourne has suffered for many years broke out in a building occupied by Andrews, Jack, Dyson,…

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Child Rescued From Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 3

A.lad named George Allen and another boy on Monday night noticed a three-roomed house at Wonthaggi (Vic.) on fire. They heard a child…

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Tsar Under Fire. Visits to the Trenches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 6

The following article has been received from the Exchange Telegraph Company's special correspondent at Minsk: "During a visit to this towill, which is extremely calm, and convinced that it will…

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