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Fires & bushfires, 1917

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Big Fire at Murrurundi

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 7

Word was received here early yesterday morning that the Railway Hotel, near the Railway Station and occupied by Mr. M. N. Dooley,…

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Fire at Murrurundi. Railway Hotel Destroyed. Murrurundi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred here last night when the Railway Hotel occupied by Mr. M. N. Dooley, was destroyed with nearly all the contents. The building next to the hotel…

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[?] of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 3

By some unexplained means a [?] and force, separting the properties of Messrs H. grainger and F. Newling, in York-street, caught fire on Thursday afternoon. The wind…

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Fire in York-street

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

The fire bell sounded the alarm at 2.25 p.m. on Thursday for an outbreak of fire in York-street, near Bathurststreet. The local are brigade, under…

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Fire at Murrurundi. Railway Hotel Totally Destroyed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Murrurundi on Wednesday night when the Railway Hotel, occupied by Mr N. Dooley was totally destroyed…

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Terrific. Flanders Gun Fires. Shakes England's Windows. Colossal Air Fighting. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

A semi-official report states that the artillery bombardment has reached such an intensity in Plunders that it seems that formidable operation are about to, begin there…

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Great Fire in Canada. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 6

A message from Fernle (a post-village and outpost of British Columbia, on the Canadian Pacific railway states that ton persons perlshed and others are missing…

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Launching the Attack. Terrific Fire. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 5

Mr. Roblinson, "Times" correspondent, writen of the great attack stating that the weather broke on Monday morning with heavy thunderstorms, and it rained all day…

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Great Fire in Canada. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

A message from Fernie (a post-village and outpost of British Columbia, on the Canadian Pacific railway states that ten persons perished and others are missing…

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Launching the Attack. Terrific Fire. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

Mr. Robinson, "Times" correspondent, writes of the great attack stilting that the weather broke on Monday morning with heavy thunderstorms, and it rained all day…

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Fire at Murrururundi. Railway Hotel Destroyed. Murrurundi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 9

A disastrous fire occurred here last night, when the Railway Hotel, occupied by Mr. N. Dooley, was destroyed with nearly all the contents. The building next to the hotel…

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Fire Boundary Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 6

For some time Mr. F. W. Thurnby has given the matter of the extention of the fire boundary to Homeville Telerah, Rutherford and Mayfold very clous attention…

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Germans Under British Fire. Soldiers' Letters Full of Horror. Sacrificed by Their High Command

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 7

The "Dally Chronicle" Special Correspondent, Philip Gibbs, writing from War Corrrespondents' Headquarters, on June 12, stated:—…

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Heavy Fire in Belgium

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 2

In an earlier despatch Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig stated:—Heavy artillery and rifle fire repulsed an enemy attack eastward of Westhoek…

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Alarms of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 4

At 7.10 p.m. on Saturday a call wsa received at the West Maitland fire station, it being stated that a fire had broken out in a cottage in Smith-street. The brigade turned…

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Railway Building Under Fire. a Mile a Day. For real hustle come to France

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1917 · page 3

I have just returned from a day with a battalion of railway builders in Khaki. They build a mile a day of broad-gauge railway. They have to keep tin helmets and gas bags…

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Salonica. Disastrous, Fire. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 6

Reuter's agency learns that a disastrous fire occurred at Salonika on Saturday. Half the city inside the walls was destroyed and 80,000 people rendered homeless. The loss…

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Brooklyn Pier. Disastrous Fire. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 5

Damage estimated at £250,000, resulted from a fire at Brooklyn Pier early this morning. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused the explosion, and the fire spread…

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The Latest. To-day's Cables. Big Italian Attack. Over 7000 Austrian Prisoners Already Taken. Great Fire at Salonika. City Half Destroyed. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

A wireless Italian official message says:—Northward of Anhovo, we overcame enemy resistance, threw numerous pontoons across the…

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Fire at Mount View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 2

A weatherboard cottage at Mount View, owned by Mr. George Brown, of Cessnock, and occupied by Mr. Arthur Grahame, was destroyed by fire between 10 and 11 o'clock on…

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