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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1916

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Big Fire at Hay. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 6

Messrs, Mcakes and Wheeler's store at Hay was practically destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. The fire appliances were not adequate to cope with the outbreak…

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"Besmirching Germany." Canadian Parliament Building Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 14

In light of the wholesale sabotage and cendiarism committed in Germanic inter[?] in the United States during the war [?] the coolest comments on record in the…

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Wireless in Mid-air. Directing Fire Artillery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 11

"He never came back." Those few words conjure up in one's mind a vision of what? Somewhere a heap of bent and twisted metal-work, and by it a…

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Fire Ix Theatre. Six Fatalities. London. April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 3

A children's entertainment was in progress at the Garrick Theatre, Hereford. in sid of the Soldiers Comforts Fund. During a snowstorm scene a quantity of…

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The Latest an Attack Foiled. French Curtain of Fire. Germans Confined to Trenches. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 7

A Paris official message on Thursday states that the night, was calm on the Verdun front. The Germans prepared an attack for yesterday evening against…

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The Italians Progress of Campaign. Tolmino Under Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

London, Saturday.—The London "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent says the Italian offensive which was simultaneous with the German…

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Fire in Theatre. Six Fatalities. London, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

A children's entertainment was in progress at the [?]rrick Theatre, Hereford in aid of the Soldiers' Comforts Fund. During a snowstorm scene a quantity of…

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The Italians Progress of Campaign. Tolmino Under Fire. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

The London "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent says the Italian offensive which was simultaneous with the German attack on Verdun has…

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Between Two Fires

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

Greece has been in an unenviable position ever since the people of the Balkan Peninsula, were drawn into the great European conflict. No one would envy the position…

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Wireless in Mid-air. Directing Fire Artillery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 11

"He never came buck." Those lew words conjure up In one's mind a vision of what? 'Somewhere a heap of bent and twisted metal-work, and by it a…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Several Places Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 6

Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the building of W. C. Ponfold and Co., printers and stationers, in Pitt-street, near King-street. In a very…

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Fire in Sydney. Temple Bar Hotel. Damage Estimated at £5000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 7

The fire which started in the Temple Bar Hotel, of which Mr. John Clinch is the licensee, in George-street, near Hunter-street, Sydney, at about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night…

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Fire in Horseshoe Bend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 4

A fire broke out last evening in a building at the rear of a slab and weatherboard collage in Robin-street, [?] Bend, Occupied by Mr. Harry Mandelson, a…

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Watching the Result of Gun-fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 7

Anzac battery in action at Gallipoli. Note the shells in the foreground and the officers with field glasses in readiness to note the result of a shot…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Several Places Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 3

Shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday a five was discovered in the building of W. C. Penfold and Co., printers, and stationers, in Pitt-street, near King-street. In a very…

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Fire in Sydney. Temple Bar Hotel. Damage Estimated at £5000

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 7

The fire which started in the Temple Bar Hotel, of which Mr. John Clinch is the licensee, in George-street, near Hunter-street, Sydney, at about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night,…

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Fire at City Printer's (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

A fire occurred this morning at 11 o'clock at M'Clardy's printing establishment, 91 A Clarence-street, City. The office and contents were destroyed…

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Disastrous Fire. 112,000 Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 3

Six of the main business houses in Alstonville, in the Richmond River district, were destroyed by fire late on Wednesday night, and a number of other places suffered, the…

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Watching the Result of Gun-fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 10

An [?] in action at Gallipoli Note the Shells in the foreground and the officers with filed glasses in readdin as to note the result of a shat…

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Fire at Wodonga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 5

A fire broke out last night in the upper storey of the Bank of New South Wales, Wodonga, in quarters occupied by the manager. Prompt action on the part of the fire…

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