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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Big Fire in Glasgow. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 13

Five deaths occurred and damage estimated at £500,000 was inflicted by a fire in Glasgow at which huge railway stores were gutted…

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Big City Fires Grace Bros.' Heavy Loss. Lassetters' Bulk Stores Gutted. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

Grace Brothers bulk furniture store, Parramatta-road, was practically gutted by fire at 3 o'clock this morning. The brigades did magnificent work, saving…

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Fire at Manila. 12,000 People Homeless. London, January 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 13

A message from Manila states that the greatest fire since the American occupation has occurred. Thirty-two blocks of houses were destroyed, and…

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The Recent Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 5

The police are still inquiring into the cause of the fires at Grace Brothers furniture store and Lasseter's bulk store. The inspector General of…

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Bush and Grass Fires

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

The spoil of dry weather and the hot westerly winds of the past few days have generated outbreaks of fire. On Sunday evening a big conflagration was…

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Lightning Starts Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

Reports from Oaklands show that during a storm lightning caused five distinct fires, which caused heavy loss at Nowranie. Messrs. P…

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Fire at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

An alarm of fire was given on Sunday afternoon at Kurri Kurri by Mr. Johns, who saw smoke issuing from the wooden arcade owned by…

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The Recent Fires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 6

The police are still enquiring into the cause of the fires at Grace Bros. furniture store and Lassetter's bulk store. The…

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Fire at Dartmouth 50 Tons Lucerne Hay Destroyed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 2

During the week three haystacks of or lucerne, approximately 50 tons, on Mr. Barney Allen's Dartmouth Estate, were destroyed by fire. The…

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Fire in Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 4

The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to the Sportsman's Arms Hold, High-street, at 8.30 last evening. A fire had occurred in a store…

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Big Fire in Japan. Tokio, January 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 12

Damages amounting to half a million yen were inflicted by a fire at the Kobe naval arsenal yesterday. The crews of the warships helped to fight the…

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Two Big Fires. Enormous Damage Wrought. Grace Bros and Lassetter's Bulk Stores. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 9

Grace Bros, bulk furniture store in Parramatta-road was practically gutted by fire at three o'clock this morning…

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Fire at Ice Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 5

Woods Iceworks at Parramatta were partly destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at about £4000…

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Fire Brigades. Alleged Victimisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

The State Labour Government has decided that it will not grant a Royal Commission to inquire into the charges alleging victimisation of…

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Disastrous Fire. Newcastle Timber Mills

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

A disastrous fire, resulting in damage estimated at about £10,000, and concerning the origin of which no definite theory has been put forward,…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

At 11. o'clock last evening an alarm of fire was received by the West Maitland Fire Brigade through the bell ringing a East Maitland, and the…

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Darling Point Fires. Mystery Solved. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

The mysterious occurrences at a house at Darling Point were solved this morning, when it was definitely ascertained that the fires were due to…

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Big Fire at Carrington £10,000 DAMAGES

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

A disastrous fire, resulting in damage estimated at about £10,000, and con corning the origin of which no definite theory has been put forward, occurred at…

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Mysterious Fires. Man Arrested at Murwillumbah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 2

An extraordinary occurrence is reported at the Standard Sawmilling Co.'s premises, South Murwillumbah. When the employees arrived it was…

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Darling Point Fires. Mystery Solved. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 8

The mysterious occurrences at a house at Darling Point were solved this morning, when it was definitely ascertained that the fires were due to…

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