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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Guy's Hospital on Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 15

A fire occussed at Guy's Hospital, London, in which the biology department was severely damaged. Owing, however, to the good work…

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Fires That Never Go Out. One Has Been Burning in Slam for Centuries

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

In Siam is a are that not only lasts for years, but has what has been aptly tanned "lineal descenddants." It is to be found ia a…

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Our Fire Brigade

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. S. Lister, Divisional Officer of the Fire Brigades after visiting his district stations told the Manning Times: " From what I can see the…

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Picture Show Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 14

A fatal fire occurred at a picture show at Villa Real, Madrid. There were 180 spectators in the theatre when a spark set the building on…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Big Fire at Arncliffe

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 14

A disastrous fire occurred at Arncliffe late last night. The big timber yard, joinery and saw mill belonging to Mr. W. Deltman were…

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Army Airman Under Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 13

A military aviator, Corporal Gilbert had an exciting experience while flying' over Le Buy, The curious thing about' the experience was that…

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Fire at Stamboul. Thousands Homeless. Houses, Mosques, and Schools Destroyed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 9

By the fire at Stamboul (Turkey), 1000 houses, four mosques, and 10' schools were totally destroyed. As a result of the disaster, 15,000…

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Fire at Macksville

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4

Soon after 2 o'clock yesterday morning the residents of Macksville were disturbed by a cry of fire, and attention was turned to Mr…

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Fire at Macksville

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 13

SOON after 2 o'clock on Thursday morning last week the residents of Macksville were disturbed by a cry of fire, and attention was turned to Mr. James…

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Another Big Country Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 11

A disastrous fire has occurred at Urana. Six buildings, including three business premises, were destroyed. The Independent newspaper…

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Fire Indicator for Vessels

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 5

Many cargo vessels have a pipe running from the hold to the deck. This is a fire indicator. If even a trifling fire occurs in the hold, smoke will…

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Snowballing a Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

Probably the most remarkable manner of extinguishing fire occurred at Boswell a mining town in Pa[?] America Hundreds of men, women, boys…

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Playing with Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

Fire tricks were practised in very Ancient times. The first known fire-breather was a Syrian slave named Eunus, a leader in the servile war in…

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Big Fire at Christchurch

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 11

A cable from Wellington, New Zealand, states that a big fire occurred in Cashel-street, Christchurch, early this morning. The premises…

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Hat Factory Burnt Out

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 14

Early this morning a disastrous fire occurred at Anderson & Go's, hat factory, which was totally destroyed by fire. The premises were…

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Blaze at Bellingen

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 4

Early on Friday morning a fire broke out at the rear of Southern's store, Bellingen and but for the prompt action of the townspeople…

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Fires in the Open

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

Among the now regulations which have been gazetted under the Fire Brigades Act of 1909 is the following:—…

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Lon[?]reach Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 6

After all the attendant worry and inconvenience of moving from Smithtown to Longreach, Mrs. Gosford Rowe and some of her family got a…

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Fires in the Open

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 7

The new by-laws governing the conduct of business by the Board of Fire Commissioners, under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act of 1909, which were…

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The Fire Ordeal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

A report has reached London of some interesting experiments carried out not long since at Dacci by an Indian Yogi. Thakur Tarani Kanto…

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