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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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The Dublin Fire. Great Blow to Peace Prospects. (Router's Cables. London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 5

The fire at the Customs House, Dublin, raged throughout the night, and this morning little was left except blackened walls and a heap of smouldering ruins…

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Factory Fires. Story of This Crime. Story of the Crime

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 6

Three boys, whose ages range from 10 to 14 years, accussed of arson, were brought before a Sydney Magistrate yesterday. They…

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Picture Theatre Fire. £30,000 Damages. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 5

Further particulars of the destruction of the kinema picture theatre show that the damage is estimated at close on 30,000…

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U.S. Shipping Troubles Incendiary Fires

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Now York, Thursday.—The marine engineers' demand for the reinstatement of the men who left their ships has prevented a sottlement of the strike, just as an…

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Factory Fires. Three Boys Charged. Story of the Crime

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 6

Three boys, whose ages range from 10 to 14 years, accused of arson, were brought before a Sydney Magistrate on Monday. They…

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Dublin Fire. Pitched Battle. London, May 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 16

The Dublin correspondent of "The Times" says that the burning of the Customs House was the largest and most daring operation which has…

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Fire at Auburn. Several Buildings Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 2

A fire broke out shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, and destroyed the motor garage of William Smith in South-parade. Auburn. It…

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Fire at West Wyalong

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 3

A fire occured in the heart of West Wyalong on Monday night. The outbreak started in the "Star" newspaper office, one of the oldest wooden buildings…

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Modern Fire Floats

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

"Fire-floats"—the li?tie vessels which dash to the scene of action in riverside fires—are among the most picturesqua features of modern fire-fighting…

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Fire in West Wyalong

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 4

A big fire occurred in the heart of the town of West Wyalong on Monday night. The fire started in the "Star" newspaper' office one of the…

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Fire at Auburn. Several Buildings Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 13

A five broke out shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, and destroyed the motor garage of William Smith, in South-parade, Auburn. It…

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Fire at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred some time after midnight on Sunday night in a bakehouse leased by Mr. B. Douglas, a pastrycook at the rear of a…

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Fire Blight. Disease in New Zealand. No Known Cure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 6

Professor S. W. Foster an eminent American entomologist, who did some very valuable work for the United States Agricultural Department, and…

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Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

An outbreak of fire occurred at about 3 o'clock on Monday morning in the premises leased as a bakehouse by Messrs. Douglas and Gillham, from Mr…

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Fire Blight. Disease in New Zealand. No Known Cure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 7

Professor S. W. Foster, an eminent American entomologist, who did some very Valuable work for the United States Agricultural Department, and…

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Risks of Producers! Death, Fire, Accident, .Etc. Farmers and Graziers' Insurance Dept

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— "Most of the sharcholders and constituents of the Farmers and Graziers'…

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Motor on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 4

A text car being driven by Mr. Jack White junior of West Maitland, caught on fire while passing through Bishop's Bridge on the…

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Fire in Quebec. Police and Firemen Strike. Vancouver, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 5

The police and firemen in the old city of Quchee struck work on Saturday for higher salaries. This morning a fire destroyed three esidences, and…

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Queensland Fire. Death of Superintendent Walsh

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 5

A fire occurred in Brown and Broad's timber yards at Newstead Homes (Q.) on Wednesday morning, and cause damage amounting to…

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Fire in Quebec. Police and Firemen Strike. Vancouver June 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 2

The police and firemen in the old city of Quebec struck work on Saturday for higher salaries. This morning a fire destroyed three e[?] and…

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