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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Big Fires. Many Buildings Destroyed. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 5

A fire at Laidley to-day destroyed the Post Office Hotel and other buildings. The Queensland National…

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Bush Fires. Extensive in Victoria. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 5

The bush fires which have swept through thousands of acres of country in the vicinity of Bendigo, have been mastered…

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More Fires

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

Damage estimated at £ 1200 was caused by a fire which broke out at Mullumbimby this week. The bla[?] started in an untenanted cottage, and…

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Dog Gives Fire Alarm Disastrous Fire Averted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

What would have been one of the most disastrous fires Melbourne has had for many years past was only averted on Monday night by the persistent…

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Fires in Queensland Serious Damage. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

A fire at Laidley today destroyed the post office, an hotel, and other buildings. The Queensland National Bank was also damaged…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Marcus Clark's Emporium Burned Out. Many Shops and Houses Damaged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 3

Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed Marcus Clark's emporium at Newtown on Monday night. The…

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Five Miles Front. Big Bush Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

A big bush five became out of hand on a five-mile front at Cootamundra on Wednesday. Bathungra had a mild outburst of bush fires recently, but a…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

A stack of empty packing cases at the rear of Mr. G. Mallaby's chemist shop in High-street caught fire late yesterday afternoon. The West…

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Motor Car on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

A Pulman motor car, owned by the Carrington Motors, Ltd., and driven by Mr. D. C. Cunningham, caught fire in Baldwin's Hollow last…

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Brigade's Save. Fire at Marrickville. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

A fire occurred in a coachbuilder's premises at Marrickville to-day. The flames spread to the shed used as a stable, but the brigades effected…

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Big Newtown Fire. Marcus Clark's Store. Completely Gutted. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

A fire broke out in Marcus Clark and Co.'s branch store at Newtown last night, and the five-storied building, which faced Brown-street, was…

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Big City Fire Building Gutted. Marcus Clark's Newtown Premises. Several Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

The four-story emporium of Marcus Clark and Co., Ltd., in Brown-street. Newtown, off King-street, was gutted by fire on Monday night…

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Bush Fires. Extensive in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

The bush fires which have swept through thousands of acres of country in the vicinity of Bendigo, have been mastered…

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Big Bush Fire Women Join in Fight

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

A report from Melbourne on Wednesday night stated that a disastrous bush fire, which swept the Bendigo country side on Tuesday, and burnt through the…

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Fifty Fires. Busy Week End

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 14

During last week-end 50 fires occurred in the metropolitan area. During a fire in Ebley-street, Waverley, on Saturday, Mrs. E. Accertide…

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Big Fires. Many Buildings Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 3

A fire at Laidley to-day destroyed the Post Office Hotel and other buildings. The Queensland National Bank was damaged…

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Fire In Motor Garage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

While a patent cigarette lighter was being filled from the drips off a benzine tin at Davey and Olsen's garage at Dungog, the end accidentally…

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Sixty Fires. Firemen's Busy Day. Anxious Time in Sydney Suburbs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 9

Sixty outbreaks of are on 10th inst. in Sydney and suburbs, following on the almost equally numerous conflagrations of the previous day, made the…

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Flood and Fire. in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 16

Following the heat wave which affected the whole of New Zealand last week, culminating on Saturday with some record temperatures—Charteton…

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Knitting Mills Burned. Fire in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 7

Within an hour on Friday night a fire which begun and developed with remarkable suddenness and speed completely destroyed the…

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