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

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Fire at a Picture Show. Molong

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 1

When the Magnee picture company company commenced its exhibition in the School of Arts [?], a spark by [?] means came in contact with the…

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The Limekilns Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

A resident of Limekilns writes stating that some inquiry should be made in regard to the fire which occurred at Mr. P. M'Evoy's. He says that…

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Fire at Clarence Dwelling and Contents Destroyed. Clarence

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

At noon on Sunday, a four-roomed dwelling, built of bagging and hessian and covered with iron, was, together with about £40 worth of furniture and…

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Who Caused the Fire? Did the Men Suicide? London, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

The rumor that Mr. Churchill ordered the house to be burned is authoritatively contradicted. The police are convinced that the…

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Anarchists at Bay The Houndsditch Murderers Anarchist Club Besieged the Building on Fire. a Brisk Fusillade. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

The siege of the Anarchist Club, in Jubilee-street, Commercial Road, still continues. The building is on fire. A detachment, consisting of 60 men…

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A Careless Passenger Causes a Train to Catch Fire. Warsaw

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

The carelessness of a passenger who was carrying benzine caused a train at Grodno to take fire. Many passengers were burned, and several…

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Anarchists in London. a Desperate Fight Fire Solves the Difficulty. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

The fight between the anarchists and police and military in the East End of London raged for hours on Tuesday, until the besieged building was destroyed by…

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Blaze in Koppel Street

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

It was at a few minutes after 10 o'-clock last night that the neighbourhood below the Oddfellow's Hall, in Keppel Street, was excited. A fire had broken…

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Fire in Chinese Lodging House. Vancouver

National Advocate · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

A five-storey lodging-house in the Chinatown quarter of New York was destroyed by fire, and six Chinese were burned. One hundred Chinese…

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Chinamen Cremated. Result of a New York Fire. New York

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

A house in Chinatown, New York, was demolished by fire, three celestials bei[?] incinerated…

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The Forest Fire Bill a Matter of 40,000,000 DOLLARS Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

The loss caused by fires in Canada and the United States last year, is put down at 40,000,000 dollars…

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Fire Bricades' Board. a Royal Commission. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council, Mr Walter Edmunds, barrister, was appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into certain malpractices in…

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Destructive Bush Fire. Adelaide, Thursday

Leader · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

One of the biggest fires which have occurred in the Auburn district for years, started yesterday morning on the Government section of the Hughes…

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Disastrous Fire. London

Leader · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

While 150 leading citizens were banqueting at Cincinatti on the fourth floor of the Chamber of Commerce Building it caught fire. All…

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Big Oil Blaze. Chicago

The Bathurst Times · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

One of the Standard Oil Company's great gushers at Bakersfield took fire, and illuminated the country for miles around…

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Banquet Disturbed by Fire Several Firemen Perish. Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

Several firemen are dead, or missing as the result of a fire which has destroyed the building occupied by the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati,…

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The Stepney Fire. Denial by Mr. Churchill. London

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, replying to critics, denies overruling or interfering with the authorities at Stepney, but says that he…

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Big Fire at Paddington. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Albeit Green, a picture frame maker, of Oxford Street, Paddington, this morning The…

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Was She Destroyed by Fire? London

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

At the inquiry, reference was made to a statement that the Waratah on her first voyage stuck near Kangaroo Island…

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Fire at Paddington. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Saturday morning, resisting in one shop being totally burned out, while three others…

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