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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

297 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 15

Fire at Tamworth Drapery Establishment Destroyed Tamworth

National Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

A drapery and clothing establishment, belonging to Messrs Neal and Ferry, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The building, one of two…

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Fire in the City. Sydney

Leader · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

A small fire occurred at Messrs Til-lock and Coy’s, wholesale grocers, Liverpool and Kent Streets, last night. A good deal of damage was…

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Fearful Fire in Celluloid Factory. London

Leader · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

At a fire in a celluloid factory at Geispolseim (Prussia), the building was destroyed, and 20 youths and girls, unable to escape, were burnt to…

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Fire at Molong. Molong

Leader · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

A fire occurred at Molong hospital last night. The infectious ward was burned to the ground. No patients were in the ward at the time of the…

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Fire at Molong Hospital Infectious Ward Destroyed. Molong

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

As the result of a fire at the Molong Cottage Hospital last night, the infections ward was destroyed. The outbreak, which occurred shortly after the wardsman and…

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A Swagman’s Revenge. Sets Fire to Station Grass Melbourne

Leader · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

A swagman, named George Clunning, was fined £100. or six months, on a charge of wilfully setting fire to the grass on the Colbinabbin Estate…

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Causing a Bush Fire Traveller's Alleged Carelessness. Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day a young man named Francis Stevers was proceeded against for causing the recent bush fire which destroyed hundreds of…

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The Hospital Fire

Molong Argus · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 13

A CORRESPONDENT writes the " Leader" as under:—"The fever ward of the Molong Hospital was burned to the ground. The building had only been…

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Fire at the Hospital

Molong Argus · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 5

ON Sunday evening, between 8 and 2 o'olock, Molong residents weee startled by the cry of "Fire !"—and soon the whole town was in a candition of…

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The Latest Message. Fire -Destroys Wh[?]rfs and Warehouses

Leader · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Mrs Winston Churchill. Parliamentary, Under Secretary for the Colonies, announces that the Cam[?] Hospital at Kingston is destroyed…

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Fire at Molong Hospital. the Infectious Ward Completely Gutted

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 7

GREAT consternation was occasioned in town last Sunday night—soon after the clock bad had chimed nine—by the juvenile fraternity crying out "fire, fire." The alarm was…

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The New Fire Fighter

Leader · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

Councillor Saunders took delivery of the newly arrived fire fighter last Thursday and experimented on the machine. The force of water is work…

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Shocking Fire Six Persons Incinerated London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 3

Count Nicholas Tolstoi, a nephew of the famous Russian author, and five guests were incinerated in a fire which occurred at his residence at…

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The City's Fire Service Position of the Hydrants Few Propebly Indicated a Serious State Op Affairs

National Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 2

Captain J W Butcher, of the Bathurst Fire Brigade, for warded the following letter to the Bathurst Council, and which was read at late night's meeting :—…

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A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 6

Late on the night of 9th November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who is accused of attempting to burn a large block of…

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Fire Near Rockley

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

A large stack of hay was discovered on fire at five this (Saturday) morning, at Mr. G. Callaghan's, Foster's Valley. The stack contained about forty tons of oaten…

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Fire Near Rockley Rockley

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 1

A stack of oaten hay, of about 40 tons, was destroyed by fire on Saturday on Mr G Callaghan's property, Foster's Valley, near Rockley. The…

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Telegraph News Interstate Fire Brigade Competition at Wagga Orange Placed Third. Wagga

Leader · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

The Interstate Fire Brigades competitions at Wagga, to day were highly successful The eight men engine context the result was as follows: —…

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Telegraphic News the Fire Brigade at Wagga. Wagga

Leader · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

Four Men Engine Contest,— [?] Goulburn 8. Sir Men [?]—Stockton 1. Forbes 2. Orange 3…

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Disastrous Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 9

A great fire broke out at Kemp sey, a large town on the Macleay River, last night, and almost every building in the main portion of the…

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