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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 12

The Atua Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1910 · page 4

In connection with the late fire on the Union Company's steamer Atua, Captain J. P. Jordan will be prosented on his return to Auckland with an illuminated…

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Woolshed Fire. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

The police troopers who went out to Yulcowluna station, 25 miles from Broken Hill, on Sunday, in response to a report that the wool-shed had been destroyed by fire,…

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Town Doomed by Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

Naco, a town of 1300, in Arizona, is doomed to destruction by the forest fires. The last telegraph message…

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Fire in New Orleans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 5

The offices of the "Times Democrat" and other buildings were destroyed by a conflagration in New Orleans…

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Fire in New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

A fire broke out in Twenty-fourth-street, New York, which swept an area of three acres, and did damage to the amount of £300,000…

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Fire in Sydney. an Exciting Scene. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 6

A fire occurred on Symonds' furnishing establishment, Pitt-street, near Park-street, to-night. About eleven o'clock a spark from an…

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American Bush Fire. Village Burned Out. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 5

A bush fire completely destroyed the village of Graceton, Minnesota, in the United States. The inhabitants of the village are…

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Fire in a Garage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 5

A disastrous fire broke out to-night in a motor garage kept by Mr. Richard May, in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, as a result of which a two-storeyed building was…

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The Fire Brigades Interstate Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

An interstate conference on matters affecting fire brigades will be held in Sydney on Tuesday. Several of the visitors, including Mr. S. Manger,…

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Fire Brigades

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 4

The conference of representatives of fire brigade boards which will assemble in Sydney this week will give consideration to several important…

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Fires in Canada. Loss of Life and Property. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 5

Great forest fires are sweeping, Northern Minnesota and Western Ontario. Property worth millions has been…

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Mr. Roosevelt's Story. a Jungle Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 6

In a twelfth article on his exploits on the African game trails, Mr. Roosevelt give in the London "Daily Telegraph," his impressions of a great fire in the…

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Fire in an Infirmary. All the Patients Saved. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 5

A ward in the Leeds Infirmary was gutted by fire. Four hundred and fifty patients, including 30 children, were safely…

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Fire in a Factory. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

A fire occurred in the joiners shop at the ordnance factory, Barrow-in-Furness, owned by Vickers, Son, and Maxlin, Limited…

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Hospital on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 9

Thrilling scenes were witnessed at a fire which occurred at the San Juan private hospital is Henares, Portugal, on the night of 28th August…

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American Forests Fires. Great Loss of Life. Corpses in Smouldering Heaps Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 5

The disastrous forest fires, which have been raging through Northern Minnesota and Western Ontario, have completely wiped out the towns of…

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Fire Brigades' Board. Municipal Contributions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 5

A further conference of representatives of various municipalites in the Newcastle district was held on Wednesday night at the Newcastle Town Hall, Alderman…

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Towns in Flames. Fierce Forest Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 3

The great, north-west of America has been for nearly five weeks the prey to forest fires of exceptional magnitude (said "Lloyd's News" on Aug. 28). Tens…

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Waratah. Outbreak of Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

At between 4 and 5 a.m. on Monday a wood building with Iron roof, the property of Mr. G. Milford, and situated close to his residence off Waratah-street…

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Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 4

A fire broke out this morning in the promises of the informational Harvester Company, in Bourke-street, a large brick building in which are stored…

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