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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire in Mandalay. in Upper Burmah. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

A great fire has occurred in Mandalay, the capital of Burmah. A long stretch of business places and dwelling houses have been…

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Fire on the Telamon. Outbreak Extinguished. Discharging the Cargo. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

The fire in the steamer Telamon, at Perim, has been extinguished. The cargo in the lower hold is being discharged with the utmost rapidity…

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Fire at Sandgate. Cottage Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 5

A cottage, situated on the Wallsend-road close to the Sandgate Cemetery, was destroyed by fire oil Saturday morning. The premises were occupied by Mrs…

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Fire on the Telamon. the Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 5

The Telamon's insulation was party destroyed by the fire. The captain reports that half the apples carried are in fair condition,…

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Fire on the Telamon. the Wool Reloaded. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 5

The wool discharged from the steamer Telamon at Perim after the fire on board has been reloaded. Ten thousand cases of apples have…

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Dutch Steamer on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 4

Misfortune has overtaken the Royal Packet Navigation Company through fire breaking out on board one of its steamers, the Van den Bosch, at Batavia, a few days…

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Land of Fire and Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

Man is a weak and feeble animal, but he has brains—albeit not usually as much as might be wished (writes "Tohunga" in the Auckland. "Herald"),…

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Fire Brigades Act. Dissatisfied Brigades. Orange

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

District Officer J. Graham, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, met the members of the local brigade last night, for the purpose of placing before them the…

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Fire in Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

A small grocer's shop in Lane-street, occupied by Mrs. Merrifield, was partly destroyed by the last night. One bedroom was completely burnt, and most of the…

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Fire at a Railway Station. Destruction of Merchandise. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

A fire has occurred at the terminus of the Nikolai railway, in St. Petersburg, It destroyed 100,000 ponds (400,000lb )…

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Fire in Louisiana. Two Thousand Homeless. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

A destructive fire has occurred at Lake Charles, Louisiana. Two thousand people are homeless. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000…

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Fire at Stockton. St. Paul's Hall Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 4

At about two o'clock yesterday morning an outbreak of fire was discovered is St. Paul's Church Hall, Stockton, and owing to the absence of any adequate…

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Fire in Canada. Nine Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 5

A fire has occurred at a hotel at Cornwall, in Canada, by which nine person were killed. The damage done is estimated at…

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Stockton. the Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 6

The helplessness of the Stockton Fire Brigade at the recent fire was a sorry spectacle and excited criticism upon the now Fire Brigades Act. Howere,…

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The Fire Brigades

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 4

It was hardly to be expected that the new system of control of fire brigades throughout the State would be introduced without some friction…

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Fire Brigade Trouble. the Board's Viewpoint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 4

Chief Officer Webb, who was in Newcastle yesterday, was interviewed by a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" regarding the difficulty that…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Fire Brigade Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 6

The report in the "Newcastle Morning Herlad" of the interview with Chief Officer Webb, relative to the trouble in Maitland, has caused indignation among…

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Fire Brigade Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 6

Sub-district Officer Bartle has left the West Maitland Fire Station on leave of abcence, and his place has been taken by sub-district officer Fletcher, of Sydney,…

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Forest Fires in America. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 5

For several days past fires have been burning in the northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, in the United States…

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The Fire Brigade Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 6

Mr. John Gillies. M.P., interviewed the chairman of the Fire Brigades Board and Chief Officer Webb in Sydney yesterday, when the Maitland trouble was fully…

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