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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 13

The Suffragettes. the Latest Outrage. Setting Fire to a Church. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 5

The house belonging to Mr. Du Cros, M.P., which was damaged by fire was one of the finest in St. Leonards, in Sussex…

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Fire in a Hotel. Seven Burned to Death. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 5

A hotel in Malone City has been destroyed by fire. Seven of the inmates were burned to death, being overcome in their…

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Storm and Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

The Vancouver boat the Makura had an unenviable experience en route to Auckland, for she suffered severely in the gale, and in the midst of the storm it…

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Fire on the Imperator. Caused by Explosion. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

The cause of the fire on board the liner imperator has now been discovered. A benzine tank exploded, causing…

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Fire in High-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 6

Shortly after ten o'clock last night a fire broke out in a building of two storeys In. High-street, West Maitland, and before It was got under control by the…

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The Courtfield at Melbourne. Outbreak of Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

The steamer Courtfield, which is under charter to the United Tyser line, arrived at Melbourne on Monday from New York, en route to Sydney and New Zealand ports…

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Fire at Grafton. Catholic Church Gutted. Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was completely gutted by lire this morning. Practically all its valuable contents were destroyed. All the vestments, including…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Wareh[?]se Partly Destroyed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

A fire broke out at about three o'clock this morning in the rooms of the Buttonhole Fancy Costume Company, Commercial Buildings, 80 Bathurst-street…

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Maitland District. the High-street Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. H. a. Dale's shop was completely gutted by the fire on Tuesday evening, and a survey of the building yesterday morning should have convinced even the…

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Another Sydney Fire. a Fireman Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

A fire occurred in Mannington-chambers, 133 Liverpool-street, this morning, in the offices occupied by Madame Jerome, costuriere, At one time it looked as if the…

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Fire at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

A fire which occurred on board the freigther Courtfield during her voyage from New York to Melbourne occasioned considerable excitement. It not alarm,…

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German Forest Fire. Troops Called Out. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

A forest fire is raging in Hanover, Ten thousand acres have already been swept by the flames. Troops have been called out to…

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Fire in Bradford. Work of Incendiarists. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 5

One of the sheds of the Midland Railway Company at Bradford, where wool was stored, was discovered to be on fire in two places, widely apart…

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Further Outrages. Campaign of Fire. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 5

The suffragettes have burnt a cricket pavilion at Fulham, and set fire to an unoccupied house at Finchley, where they abandoned some phials…

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Cleansing Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 16

Fire is a grand cleanser, and all dirty dressings oft a wound should be burnt., Do not throw them aside; they must not be left in a dust-bin. You must not…

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Fire in Skutari. Great Damage Done. Cettinje

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 5

A fire broke out in one of the bazaars in Skutari. Owing to a high wind and the lack of an adequate water supply the…

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Fire at Redfern. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 5

A fire, which occurred early the morning in premises occupied by Malouf and Massoor, Limited, in Elizabeth-street, Redforn, caused damage estimated at…

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Lightning Causes Fire. Three Firemen Killed. Stratford (Ontario)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 5

A fire, caused by lightning, has destroyed the Presbyterian Church at Stratford. The burning belfry fell on the…

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Our New Zealand Letter May 9. a Fire Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

On Saturday evening in Wellington a fire took place in a house, and two people, husband and wife—a Mr. and Mrs. Hall— were burnt to death. The brigade, on…

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A Great Fire. Fireman and Child Killed. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Pressburg City, in Hungary, last night, by which 8000 persons have been rendered homeless…

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