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Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Fire on Niagara. Considerable Damage. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

A fire broke out early this morning in the engineer's storeroom of the steamer Niagara, which was lying in Noutral Bay. On one side were ten…

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Canada's Abbey. Destroyed by Fire. Vancouver, Dec. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 12

A message from Quebec states that the Basilica was destroyed by fire. It contained art treasures, priceless altar vessels, and historical souvenirs…

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Fire at Mosman. Narrow Escape From Flames Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

Arthur Kerlake manufacturing confectioner, and his wife and two small children were compelle d[?] make their escape through a window on the first…

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Strong Rooms. How They Should Be Built. to Baffle Burglars and Escape Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 14
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The problem of providing absolutely sale storage for treasure, records, and other valuables is one that has vexed the mind of man ever since the dawn…

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