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

Fires & bushfires, 1908

298 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 15

Fire at Dubbo

Leader · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

Dulhunty’s Buildings in Macquarie. street, Dubbo, were destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning, the damage being estimated at between £1500…

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Fire at Dubbo Two Men Injured Dubbo

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

Dulhunty's Building, in Macquarie Street, were destroyed by fire at an early hou[?] yesterday morning. The fire went through the building, burning…

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Fire at Dubbo

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 25

Dulhunty's Buildings, in Macquarie-street, Dubbo, were destroyed by fire at an early hour on Sunday morning, the damage being estimated at…

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Yosemite Valley on Fire LONDON, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 3

Forest fires are sweeping along the Yosemite Valley, about 140 miles east of San Francisco, and threaten to destroy the giant redwoods…

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Fire at Wellington

Leader · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

A fire occurred in Maughan-street. Wellington, on Saturday night, shortly after 11 o’clock. The property, which is owned by Mr. S. Levy, was…

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Fire on a Wharf SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

About £200 worth of flax and goat skins, which was landed from the Moerake and the Uganda yesterday, was destroyed by fire at Parbury's…

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Fire in an American Colliery. Thirty Miners, Suffocated

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 5

Thirty miners were suffocated by a fire in a colliery at Oklahoma. Twenty-six bodies have been recovered…

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Around the Camp Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 7

'Well chaps we had a purty rough day to-day, hadn't we? I wonder how long that cussed darked Jimmy is goin' to ride the brown colt I ye'r a contrary lad Jimmy ! and…

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Colliery Fire At Oklahoma Thirty Lives Lost London

National Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

In the fire at Haileyville Coalmine, Oklahoma, it is believed that thirty men were suffocated. Twenty-six bodies were recovered…

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Fire at Adelaide Men Caught in the Flames Adelaide

National Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A four-storied wicker factory in Eliza-street, off Franklin-street, occupied by Wiese and Varcoe, was burnt cut this morning half-an-hour after the men had started…

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Disastrous Fire at Adelaide. a Factory Ruined.an Employee Seriously Injured. Adelaide

Leader · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A four storey wicker factory in Elizabeth-street was burnt out this morning, half an hour after the men started to work…

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A Dastardly Act Man Sets Fire to a Boy the Lad Seriously Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 6

While some men were engaged removing the Fleet decorations in Liverpool-street this afternoon, a number of boys entwined pieces of colored paper around their bodies…

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The Gatton Outrage. Who Committed the Dark Deed ? Still a Mystery. The Strange Story of a Strange Man with a Perambulator, told by the Drover's Camp Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 25

I doubt if any crime, that has blackened the pages in the annals of the history of Australia, has ever caused such an universal thrill of…

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Fire Near Capertee. Residence Completely Destroyed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 3

A correspondent writes :--Last Tuesday night the' residence of Mr. H. Stacey. was completely destroyed by fire. The lather and children were up town…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Forest Fires in America

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

Terrible forest fires are reported from America. When a big fire occurs in that country of big things generally, it is something that deserves the title. Our…

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A Suspicious Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 5

A fire broke out at midnight on Friday in Wellington-street, Perth (W.A.), and gutted a shop occupied by Joseph Josephs. When the…

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The Paris Telephone Fire No Lives Lost London

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

The destruction of the Paris Telephone Exchange occasioned enormous inconvenience not only to city subscribers, but to all France. The…

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Fire at Canterbury

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 2

A cottage at Canterbury was destroyed by fire this morning. The occupant of the time, and had to be carried out of the house, Mrs. Kitt, had been unwell for some…

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Fire at Canterbury SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2

A weatherboard cottage in Nowra-Street, Canterbury, owned and occupied by George Kidd, was destroyed by fire this morning. Mrs…

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Steamer Damages by Fire. Vessel’s Narrow Escape. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 2

The Manly cargo Steamer '“Bright Side” was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning, at the company’s yards, Neutral Bay. Only the iron…

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