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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

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United States. Hun Fiends at Work. a Fire Offensive. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 5

German sympathisers throughout the United States apparently launched a fire offensive on Saturday, for extensive damage was done in many cities…

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Sydney Fire District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

The Botany Municipal Council has decided to solicit the co-operation of all metropolitan councils with the object of having an inquiry conducted by the Chief Secretary into the…

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Bush Fires. Wheat Drops Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 9

Two bush fires have occurred in the Forbes district during the week. On Mr. Jas. Henderson's property, on the Grenfell road, 65 acres of standing crop, which was giving eight…

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City Fire Brigade. Emphatic Protest. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 7

Members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, at a meeting last night unanimously protested against the proposed reforms in the service, the administration of which it has been…

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French Air Attack. Fires Enemy Railway Station. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 6

A French communique says: French aeroplanes bombed from the lowest altitude the station at Thioncourt, causing a great fire…

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United States. Hun Fiends at Work. a Fire Offensive. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

German sympathisers throughout the United States apparently launched a fire offensive on Saturday, for extensive damage was done in many cities…

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Russians Fire on Swedes. Stocholm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

Russian coastal batteries fired six shells on Swedish naval vessels bringing Swedes from Finland. The Russians explain that they thought the ships carried troops and…

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Russians Fire on Swedes. Stocholm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 2

Russian coastal batteries fired six shells on Swedish naval vessels bringing Swedes from Finland. The Russians explain that they thought the ships carried troops and…

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Fire in Sydney. Outbreak at Rich's Bond. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 4

A fire was discovered ut 3 o'clock yesterday morning in Messrs. E. Rich and Co.'s Bond and Free Stores, Circular Quay, Sydney, and before it was extinguished consider…

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Violent Artillery Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

A French communique says: Fairly violent artillerying is going on in the regions of Nieuport, Juvrincourt, Moronvillers, and Champagne…

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Welded by Fire. How Two Nations Came Together

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 4

In this region for many miles rearwards the British and French armies coalesce. One sees Khaki and blue infantry, cavalry and artillery columns advancing alternately on the same road…

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More Country Fires. Valuable Property Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 4

Bush fires have been raging this week on the northern side of the Albury district, consuming large tracts, of grass. A heavy rainstorm arrested the'flames…

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Canadian Nunnery Fire. Many Child Victims. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 19

A message from Montreal states that more than 50 children perished in a fire at the Grey Nunnery, at which also were housed wounded and returned soldiers and other…

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Fire in Sydney. Outbreak at Rich's Bond. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 7

A fire was discovered at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning in Messrs. E. Rich .and Co.'s Bond and Free Stores, Circular Quay, Sydney, and before it was extinguished…

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Fire in Sydney. Outbreak at Rich"s Bond. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 7

A fires was discovered at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning in Messrs. E. Rich and Co.'s Bond and Free Stores Circular Quay, Sydney, and before it was extinguished…

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Canadian Disaster. Fire in a Nunnery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 3

Montreal, Saturday.—lt is believed that 70 persons perished in a fire in the Grey Nunnery here. The charred bodies of 38 children have been recovered…

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Fire at Singleton. Furniture Destroyed. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred about three o'clock this morning in Walter-street, near the railway station, when a large galvanised iron shed, owned by Messrs. J. T. Horne and…

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Destructive Fire Furniture Store Burnt Out

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 5

One of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Singleton for some time past broke out about 2.30 on Thursday morning in the storage premises…

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Destructive Fires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

On Sunday night last a fire destroyed a hayshed at Pickering, near Denman, containing a large quantity of hay, vehicles, harness, machinery…

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A Quenchless Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 24

"A God that bath indignation every day." —Psnlm vii 11. Our sacred fire does not burn every day. It burns only intermittently. It has…

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