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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1909

184 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 10

A Double Tragedy. Victims of a Fire. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 December 1909 · page 5

A shocking discovery was made yesterday morning at the residence at Ryde of Mrs. Eilzabeth Moore, a widow. A neighbour called about eight o'clock to wish…

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Clapham Fire. Aid for the Sufferers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 5

The fund being raised for the sufferers by the fire at Arding and Hobbs' drapery store, Clapham Junction, amounts to £5000…

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Fire-walking. an Extraordinary Feat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 6

A correspondent of Attu (Cook Islands) supplies an account of a "fire walking" feat very similar to that performed by the natives of Bega (Fiji), his account being as…

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Launch on Fire. a Catastrophe Averted. Nowra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 5

A panic occurred on board the oil launch Carroo at Crookhaven Heads yesterday, as the result of a sensational fire in the engine-room…

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Steamer's Cargo on Fire. She Arrives in Liverpool. the Passengers Ignorant. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 5

The White Star line steamer Celtic has arrived at Liverpool with the cargo of cotton in the hold on fire. There wore 400 passengers aboard,…

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