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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Our Telegrams. Fire at Penshurst. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

The police are inclined to the belief that the fire at the shop of Cornelius Meagher, at Penshurst, on the 21st instant was caused by burglars after…

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Big Fire Timber Yards. Saw-milling Plant and Building Gutted. (From the Scone "Advocate.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 2

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

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Grass Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 4

Shortly after noon to-day the West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to Mt. Pleasant-street. It was found that a quantity of grass on the…

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Fire at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 4

A fire occurred at 4.53 a.m. today in promises in Bridge-street, Aberdare, occupied by Mr. James Rowan as a residence and bakchouse…

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Extensive Damage. Fire at Young

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 3

A fire occurred early on Friday morning in a bulk store at the rear of the premises of W.S. Millard and Sons, Ltd., at Young…

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Fire at Thornton. the Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

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

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The Pyrmont Fire Work of Incendiary

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 5

Detective-sergeant Surridge, who has been engaged investigating the fires which broke out on the sixth floor of the Country Producers Selling Company's…

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Mine on Fire. New Zealand Outbreak

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 11

A message from Auckland states that a fire broke out on Wednesday night in the Waihi mine, and is still burning…

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Big Fire in Munich. London, March 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 2

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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Burglars Blamed for Fire (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 6

The police are Inclined to the belief that a fire at the shop of Cornelius Meagher, at Penshurst, on the 21st instant, was caused by burglars after they…

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Outbreaks of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

At about seven o'clock on Saturday night the West Maitland Fire Brigade (under the charge of Station-officer Bowdon) was called to a fire in a…

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Fire at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

Early on Saturday morning the Cessnock fire brigade received a call to a bakery in Bridge-street, Aberdare, owned by Mr. J. Merrion, of…

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Fire at Singleton. Attempt to Destroy a School. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

The Fire Brigade, received a call to an outbreak about 5.45 last evening in Hunter-street, the location being the infants department of the Superior…

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Lighting of Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

The attention of the public is drawn to the following by-law regulating the lighting of fires made under the provisions of the Fire Brigades…

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Youthful Incendiaries Four Fires in Public School

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 3

Four outbreaks of fire, clearly of an incendiary nature, were discovered in the infants' Department of Singleton Public School in Hunter-street…

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Fire in Maitland-road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

Some excitement was caused yesterday afternoon as a result of a fire which broke out in a room of the top story of Mr. C. Dever's…

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Heroic Anzac. an Auckland Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 3

Threes lives were lost, in the destruction by fire of the Hamilton Hotel, Auckland. A porter discovered the outbreak at 4 a.m., and aroused…

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Trace Fire. Death of Mr. Moore Jones

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 7

Mr. Moore Jones, who was seriously injured in the fire at the Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton (N.Z.) has died in hospital…

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Disastrous Fires. Fire-fighters Badly Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

During the height of severe dust and wind storms fires broke out in the To[?]umwal and Finley districts, and caused considerable de[?]…

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Fire at Botany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 5

A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage at Botany was destroyed by fire earlyl this morning, and the adjoining premises were slightly damaged. The…

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