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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire in a Workhouse. No Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 5

A fro occurred on Thursday at the Plymouth workhouse. The officers of the institution had an anxious time rescuing the inmates,…

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Fire on the Colonial. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 5

To-day Mr. A. Ramago, Lloyd's surveyor, made an examination of the steamer Colonial which came to Fremantle last week with her cargo on fire, in order to…

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Fire on a Battleship. Incendiarism Suspected. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 5

A mysterious fire occurred close to the magazine of the French battleship Hoche at Toulon This is the third "accident" of the…

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Fires on Wool Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1907 · page 4

The report of the Commission on fires on wool ships was laid on the table of Parliament House, New Zealand, last week. The report is an extension of and supplementary…

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W.m. Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 6

After the fire at Mr. F. Marsh's shop on the 20th June, certain statements were made which reflected on the efficiency of the West Maitland Fire Brigade. With a…

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A Fatal Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 13

There was some very sad circumstances connected with a fire that occurred in Port Chalmers the other night. A constable noticed flames issuing from…

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Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

The nineteenth annual meeting of the Toghe's Hill Fire Brigade was held last night in the brigade room. There was a good attendance of members, and the…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Fire on Football!—dogs the Size of Rats.—the Lady-help in a General Way.—a Reminder, to Australian Athleticism.—wanted, a Rhinoceros.—again the Coal-lumpers' Strike. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 4

Now all the youth of Sydney is afire. It is a paraphrase of Shakespeare in Henry, V., and amply describes the present football feeling. Not that the "fire"…

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Fire at Surry Hills. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 5

A two-storied building in Hunt-street, Surry Hills, occupied by Jack and Sin, Chinese cabinet makers, as a dwelling and workshop, was severely damaged, with the…

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Disastrous Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A great fire has occurred at Victoria, British Columbia. One hundred and fifty buildings,…

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Fire in Sydney. Much Damage Done. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1907 · page 5

A fire broke out in a four-story building in George-street, almost opposite the Royal Hotel, at an early hour yesterday morning, which did a great deal of…

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Fire on the Ville De La Ciotat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 5

A fire occurred to-night on the French mail steamer Ville do in Clotat, at Circular Quay. Shortly after 10 o'clock smoke was seen…

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Explosion and Fire. Attributed to Anarchists. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 5

An explosion, which is attributed to the organisation known as the Italian Black Hand, occurred in a tenement in New York…

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Fire on the Ville De La Ciotat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 5

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade worked all night subduing the fire on the French mail steamer Ville de la Clotat, and it was not until 5 o'clock this morning that…

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Fire at Coney Island. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 5

Coney Island, the popular New York pleasure resort has been devastated by fire. The damage done is estimated at…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Shop Assistants' Award.—what Is It—just or Unjust?—the Lord Mayor and "Dirty Sydney."—the Two Visiting Billiard Champions. — That Fire on the French Mailboat.—our Seven-tailed Comet. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 5

The shop assistants award for metropolitan application has at last been announced by the Arbitration Court The President delivered "judgment,"…

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Fire at Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 6

Kingston's old flour mill, which has been in use by Messrs. Grainger and Faulkner for storage purposes for some years, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The…

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Blaze at a Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 5

At about midnight last night the bed curtains in a room at the Royal Hotel, at the corner of Darby and Hunter streets, Newcastle, caught fire by coming in…

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A Disastrous Fire. Nineteen Pit Horses Burned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 5

Sub-inspector Goulder, the officer in charge of the Newcastle police, received a telephone Message from the police at Dudley at 11.15 p.m. last night, stating…

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The Fire at Redhead. Loss Estimated at £ 900

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 5

The fire which occurred at Redhead on Tuesday night, by which the stable buildings of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company's Lambton B Colliery were…

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