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Fires & bushfires, 1919

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Fire at Singleton. Storeroom Destroyed. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 5

An outbreak of are occurred this morning in a galvanised from shod used as a work and store room by H. S. Klose, coach trimmer at the corner of George and…

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Fire at Cessnock. Considerable Damage. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 5

About 10.30 last night. a fire broke out at the "cessnock Express" Newspaper and Printing Works. The tire got a good hold, before the fireman arrived and the…

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Berlin Depressed. Fire in British Embassy. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 5

The "Times" Berlin correspondent [?] the Allies demands have produced high political tension. The newspapers are filled with gloomy reports and forebodings…

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Outbreak of Fire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 6

Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning the local Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at the corner of George and Cambridge streets. The outbreak…

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Fire at "Express" Office

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 6

In connection with the outbreak of fire at the Cessnock "Express" News paper and Printing Works. Vincent-street, on Thursday evening, Mr. R. Wilson says he has no idea…

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£30,000 Damage. Fire in Newspaper Store

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1919 · page 9

A fire in a store at Port Adelaide destroyed between 2000 and 3000 reels of paper belonging to the "Advertiser." The paper had just been unloaded for the…

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Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Gutted. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 5

Shortly after nine o'clock last night a weatherboard cottage in Mavfield-street, occupied by Ernest Eaten, a returned soldier, and owned by Mr. James Andrews, was…

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False Alarm of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 4

Late lost night a false alarm of fire was received through one of the street boxes by the West Maitland Fire Brigade. Station-officer Bowden and 10 men manned the…

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Fire Epidemic on Former German Steamers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 3

London, Tuesday — A serious fire has broken out in the cargo of the Boonah (5926 tons), including war material and German aeroplanes. The steamer was…

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Fatal Fire at Penrith. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 2

An elderly woman was burnt to death at Penrith last night. She lighted a candle near her bed, the clothes of which caught fire and the house was burned…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 3

Just after 9 o'clock on Monday evening, the ringing of the fire bell signified an outbreak of fire. The brigade proceeded to a four-roomed weather-board…

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Fires on Ships. Germans Arrested. London, December 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 5

A are broke out on the former German steamer Boonah at the Albert Docks last night. The East End was lit up by the flames, which many fire brigades are fighting…

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Melbourne Ship Fire. Ex-Enemy Liner

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 1

On Wednesday evening shortly before 8 o'clock a fire broke out on the ex-enemy steamer Cooee now controlled by the Commonwealth Government line of steamers,…

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Fire at Singleton. Storeroom Destroyed. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 9

An outbreak of fire occurred this morning in a galvanised iron shed used as a work and store room by H. S. Klose, coach trimmer, at the corner of George and…

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Fire at Cessnock. Cottage Gutted. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 6

Shortly after nine o'clock last night a weatherboard cottage in Mavfield-street occupied by Ernest Eaton, a returned soldiers and owned by Mr. James Andrews, was…

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Fire at Cessnock. Considerable Damage. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 9

About 10.30 last night, a fire broke out at then "Cessnock Express" Newspaper and Printing Works. The fire got a good hold before the firemen arrived an the building…

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Berlin Depressed. Fire in British Embassy. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 14

The "Times" Berlin correspondent says the Allies' demands have produced high political. The newspapers are [?] with gloomy reports and forebodings…

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Fire on Morpeth Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred on Hip Morpeth Bridge yesterday morning. The fire brigade was called out and the flames extinguished with an extinguisher. Several planks…

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The Fire on the Boonah Valuable Equipment in Danger. 90 Per Cent. Salvable. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 2

Eight hundred packages of Australian military equipment were aboard the steamer Boonah, including material intended for three New South Wales divisions;…

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Fire at Cessnock. Two Shops Destroyed, Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1919 · page 8

A the which occurred in Vincent-street about 2 o'clock this morning destroyed two shops and damaged another. Promises occupied by Mr. H. Fisher, hairdresser…

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