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Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Mystery Fires. Man and Woman Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 4

William Richard Thomas (20) and Evangelina Nellie Reynolds (38) were charged, at the Central Police Court yesterday, with having, on March 13,…

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The Mystery Fires a Recrudescence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 2

After a lapse of a few weeks there was a recrudescence this week of the strange fires at a residence on New South Head-road, Edgecliffe, Sydney, that…

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Mystery Fires. Man and Woman Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

William Richard Thomas (20) and Evangelina Nellie Reynolds (38) were charged, at the Central Police Court Sydney, with having, on March 13,…

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Disastrous Fire. Terrace of Houses Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

One of the worst fires in the history of Wellington (N.Z.) occurred on Saturday. A terrace of ten houses…

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Mysterious Fires. Further Outbreaks at Darling Point. Three in an Hour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 14

Interest in the mysterious fires which recently occurred in the residence of Mr. W. G. Rendall, at Darling Point, has been revived by a further series…

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Big Fire in Chicago Fireman Killed Several Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 7

New York, Wednesday Night.—A fire which broke out, in Chicago destroyed an entire block in the central business district…

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Outbreaks of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 4

The West Maitland Fire Brigade received two calls yesterday, one at 10.35 a.m. and the other a little after 1 o'clock. The first was to the property…

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Big Oil Fire. Serious Loss in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 5

Extensive stocks of lubricating oil and some building and machinery were destroyed by fire at the works of the British Imperial Oil Co., Ltd.,…

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Those Mystery Fires. Two Accused Remanded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 2

William Thomas and Evangeline Reynolds were remanded at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having maliciously attempted to set fire to a…

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Mine on Fire. New Zealand Outbreak

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

A message from Auckland states that a fire broke out on Wednesday night in the [?] mine, and is still burning. The outbreak was fought all night…

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Steamer on Fire. Flax and Wool Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 16

The British-India Company's steamer Hatipara, completing homeward loading at Wellington, was found to be on fire at Wellington,…

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Big Oil Fire. Serious Loss in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 13

Extensive stocks of lubricating oil and some buildings and machinery were destroyed by fire at the works of the British Imperial Oil Co., Ltd,…

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Fire at Thornton. the Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon by the Coroner (Major F. W. C. Crane) concerning a fire at…

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Big Fire in Munich. London, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the whole fire brigade in Munich was engaged for hours fighting a fire in the famous Lion Brewery. The…

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Big Fire. in M. Campbell and Co's Timber Yard. Saw-milling Plant and Building Gutted

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

Shortly before 9 o'clock last evening, a fire broke out in Messrs. M. Campbell and Co's. extensive timber yard, and what might very…

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Suspicious Fires. Two Outbreaks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 5

There are auspicious circumstances connected with the fire in the record room on the top floor of the stores of the Country Produce Seiling…

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Alarm of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 4

The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call at about midday to-day to the residence of Mr. W. F. Glover, Banks-street, East Maitland,…

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Suspicious Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 5

A report to the coroner in connection with the suspicious fires at the Country Producers' Selling Company, Pyrmont, states that they were…

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Suspicious Fires Big City Business Endangered. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 2

There are suspicious circumstances 0 connected with the fire in the record room on the top floor of the stores of the Country Produce Selling Company, Ltd.,…

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Mystery Fires. "Darling Point Outbreaks."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

The "mystery fires," as they have come to be known, at the home of Mr. W. G. Rendall, in Mona Road, Darling Point, formed the subject of a…

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