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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1920

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] CHAPTER XIII.—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 3

"How?" "By paying this visit with him." "What visit is it? 1 should likes to know something about It."…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] CHATTER XIII.—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 3

In the meantime there was no time to be lost. Bowkett got on opportunity of saying a few words apart to his daughter, and urged upon her the…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] Chapter Xiv. (Continued)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 2

Mrs. Berry scolded her husband, who had been left in sole charge of the invalid, and telephoned to Zara and Bowkett, who at once came up…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] CHAPTER XIV.—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 4

"What does it matter?" retorted her father. "All we want is to get into the house, isn't it? Once in we're all right. And once out again we…

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Cross Fires (All Rights Reserved] CHAPTER XV.—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 5

Mrs. Wayles, indeed, was a very clever lady, who had brought her husband something more than a handsome fortune from America. She had…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] Chapter Xvi. (Continued.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 7

And an she gave this answer, she glanced up with a mixture of boldness and timidity, which betrayed her knowledge that the question was an…

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Fire Brigade Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

A smoke concert, under the auspices of the Newcastle Fire Brigade Cricket Club, was held at the fire station, Cook's Hill, on Saturday night. Mr. Gorman,…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] Chapter Xvi. (Continued.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 3

She saw Mrs. Wayles tear open the envelope, and with a fast-beating heart she waited, racket in hand, for the expected summon. It came…

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Cross Fires {All Rights Reserved] CHAPTER XVII.—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 6

For a moment the girl said nothing. The knowledge that she had come to the point where she must make a firm stand, must show herself boldly in…

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Fires That Failed Warehouse Losses Man Charged With Theft SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen 21 cases of quinine, valued at £2115, the property of Clements Tonic Company, Limited. John Purcell, 36, was…

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Forest Fires Highland Sensation London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 1

Immense bush fires are racing through the Scottish Highlands. They have devastated five miles of forest land on the Ross and Cromarty border…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] CHAPTER XVII—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 3

The question was such a prossing one to Bowkett, indeed, that he cast an anxious look round the room, seeking for places where a convenient and…

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Municipal Money Fire Insurance Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 6

The Waratah Council last night considered the following resolution passed by the Randwick Council:—"That to meet the growing needs…

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Disastrous Fire State Sawmills Destroyed £60,000 DAMAGE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 4

A report has been received from Gloucester that the State sawmills were burnt down last night. The loss in the timber and machinery…

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Fire at State Sawmills. Gloucester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 4

A fire broke out at the State sawmills at Craven, near Gloucester, last night, and caused damage which was estimated to be in the vicinity of £1000…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] Author of "The House on the Marsh," "The Matheson Money," etc. Chapter Xviii. Continued)

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 4

These were the first details which William Bowkett noticed about the figure. But a moment later he was brought…

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Cross Fires [All Rights Reserved] Chapter Xviii. (Continued.)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 6

She spoke with so much fervor, yet with so much simplicity, that he was moved beyond the power of words to express. He had never met a girl…

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[All Rights Reserved] Cross Fires Chapter XIX—Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 5

"I must be going, general," said lord Hindhead. "But I want a few words with our caterprising friend first. Do you know…

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Fires on Steamers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 5

The coastal steamer Manarva put into Ti[?]ru on Thursday on fire. The crew fought the [?]a[?]s in the midship hld among merchandise all day, but without…

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Scottish Forest Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

Astonishing forest fires have occurred in Scotland, including Glentanar Forest. which threatened the destruction of Aboyne, a famous Deeside resort…

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