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Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Fire on Steamer. Extinguished by Officers and Crew. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1921 · page 10

A fire broke out about midday on the deck of the steamer Yuparen, lying at the King's Wharf, and the fire brigade was summoned, but the…

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An Anxious Time. Fire in Steamer's Bunkers. Big Quantity of Benzine Aboard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1921 · page 14

A fire which broke out in the bunkers, when the New York steamer City of Chester was 1500 miles from Auckland. seriously jeopardised the safety of…

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Relief for Settlers Losses Through the Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) has decided that from the balance of the funds available and of the loan raised for the relief of necessitous…

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Fire on the Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 4

At about 9 o'clock last night, the south-eastern sky was illumined by a bright glare, and volumes of dense smoke indicated an outbreak of fire,…

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Fire at Orange. Four Places Gutted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 4

Four premises in Lord's-place, Orange, were gutted by fire. The firemen had a hard task to prevent the flames spreading to the Bank of New…

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Fire Brigade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 4

Ald. Fitzgerald asked how the Fire Brigade was getting along. The Mayor confessed that he did not know…

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Through Flames. House Destroyed by Fire. Inmates Badly Burned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 5

A house was destroyed by fire at Belmore early this morning. The inmates had an exciting experience. Mrs. Beunelt, wife of the tenant seized…

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Relief for Settlers Losses Through the Bush Fires

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) has decided that from the balance of the funds available and of the loan raised for the relief of necessitous…

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Fire in Shop Window

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 4

About 9.25 last evening some of the Christmas decorations in the confectionery window of Mrs. Maud Mitchell's shop at 311 High-street came…

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Fire at Orange. Four Places Gutted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 7

Four premises in Lord's-place, Orange, were gutted by fire. The firemen had a hard task to prevent the flames spreading to the Bank of…

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A Huge Fire. London, December 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Bombay correspondent reports that the military department of the Raj, which it is believed does not usually insure its property will suffer…

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Timely Discovery. Fire at Waterloo. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1921 · page 5

While a night-watchman was on duty at Mura's Engineering Works. Waterloo. at 3 o'clock this morning. he noticed smoke coming from the roof of the office…

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Macksville Fire. Motor Garage Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Wallacelane, Macksville. A motor garage, used by the War Wattle Motor Company for housing their cars, was…

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Schooner on Fire. Newcastle Harbour Occurrence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 6

Shortly after two o'clock on Monday an outbreak of fire was discovered on the American 4-masted schooner Helen B. Sterling, lying in the Wickham…

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Disastrous Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1921 · page 5

Damage to the extent of about £1200 was caused by a fire in a fruit shop at Gronulla early this morning…

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Station Fire. Man Charged at Tottenham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 6

William Amos Cook, who was arrested on Thursday last by Constable Rossiter, of Tottenham, and Plain-clothes Constable Rhall, of…

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Launch Disaster. Three Lives Lost. Craft Set on Fire. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 5

Three lives were lost as a result of the capsize of a launch on Lake Tyers, Gippsland. The names of the drowned are:—…

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