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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1920

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Fire at Singleton. Cottage Destroyed. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 9

A six-roomed weatherboard house at Kelso, near Singleton, owned and occupied by Frederick Schmierer, was totally destroyed by fire shortly before…

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Big Sydney Fire. Mascot Wool-scouring Works. £50,000 Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 4

One of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Sydney recently was discovered at half-past 7 last night in the premises of Messrs. Wright and…

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Fire at Ulmarra. Extensive Damage Done

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business street of Ulmarra on Saturday night. shortly before 9 o'clock the…

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Big Melbourne Fire. Chocolate Factory Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 2

For the second time in two years Hoadley's chocolate factory in South Melbourne has been destroyed by fire. At 12.30 on Saturday afternoon the…

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Big Sydney Fire. Mascot Wool-scouring Works. £50,000 DAMAGE

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 4

One of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Sydney recently was discovered at half-past seven on Sunday night, in the…

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Liner on Fire. London, October 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent wires from Hamburg that a big fire broke out at midnight on the 16,000 ton Hamburg American liner, Viktoria Luise…

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Fire at Ulmarra. Extensive Damage Done

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business street, of Uimarra on Saturday night. Shortly before 9 o'clock the…

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Big Melbourne Fire. Chocolate Factory Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 11

For the second time in two yearn Koatley's chocolate factory in South Melbourne has been destroyed by fire. At 12.30 on Saturday afternoon the…

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Fire at Tokio. Sunday School Convention. Tokio, Oct. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 10

Despite the destruction of their building by fire, the Sunday School Convention will be held as planned, either at the Imperial Theatre or the…

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Big Sydney Fire. Mascot Wool-scouring Works. £50,000 Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 11

One of the most destructive Tiros that has occurred in Sydney recently was discovered on Friday, 8th instant, in the premises of Messrs. Wright and…

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Films on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 5

Owing to several feet of filming catching fire at a picture show in Petersham, a man called out "Fire," and there was a rush for the doors. A…

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£10,000 Damages. Big Redfern Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 3

In the most densely populated portion of Redfern—Regent-street, near Boundary-street—a fire was discovered early last evening, and before the…

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Cardiff Colliery. Lymington on Fire. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

A fire broke out in portion of the workings of Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, last evening. The fire had a somewhat threatening appearance…

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Agricultural. to Fight Fire. Farmers and Farming Communities

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 3

Good as well as bad seasons bring their obligations. So offices of the Field Branch of the Department of Agriculture remind farmers. Good…

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Agricultural. Fire Fighting. Farmers and Farming Communities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 3

Good as well as bad seasons bring their obligations. So officers of the Field Branch of the Department of Agriculture remind farmers. Good…

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Extensive Damage. Big Fire at Glebe. Residents Panic Stiucken. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 5

Ilding's carriage and motor building works, Glebe, were almost totally destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £50,000…

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A Terrible Suicide Fire, Kerosene, and Rope. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 4

John M'Gann committed suicide in a shocking and determined fashion at Rockhampton. He first drenched his clothing with…

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Agricultural. Fire Fighting. Farmers and Farming Communities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1920 · page 2

Good as well as bad seasons bring their obligations. So officers of the Field Branch of the Department of Agriculture remind farmers. Good…

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The Lymington Fire Mine to Be Sealed. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 5

All efforts to extinguish the are in Lymington Colliery have been without avail. It was decided to-day that the best means of coping with it will be to…

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Fire in Dungog a Good Save

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 2

About 8 a.m. on 27th inst., a house situated in Chapman Street, owned by Mrs Alf Taylor, and occupied by Mr Henry James Hampton…

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