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

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Canadian Forest Fires. Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 3

Owing to forest fires scores of settlers are homeless in Prince Albert, the chief settlement, in the province of Saskstchewan, Canada…

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How the Fire Originated. London

Leader · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

The latest particulars show that the fire was caused by a paper lantern falling from the wings into the scenery. The audience at first thought the…

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A Big Fire Thousands of Houses Destroyed. Tokio

National Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

The town of Yamagata is burning. Thousands; of houses including banks, schools and law courts, have already been destroyed…

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Terrible Tragedy Fire at Edinburgh Seven Actors Overwhelmed. London

National Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 3

A terrible tragedy occurred at the Empire Palace Theatre, in Edinburgh, last night. During the last act of a performance a fire broke out among…

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Big Fire at Botany. Sir Joseph Banks’ Hotel Destroyed. a Heroic Barman. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

The historic Sir Joseph Banks’ Hotel, at Botany, was almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire broke out in the grandstand of…

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Fire at a Theatre. Many Actors Killed. a Lion Blocks Their Escape London

Leader · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

A terrible tragedy occurred at the Empire Palace Theatre, in Edinburgh, last night. During the last act of a performance, a fire broke out among…

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Historic Hotel Destroyed Fire at Botany. a Brigade Man's Pluck. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 3

The historic Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, at Botany, was almost destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak occurred in the grand stan of the pleasure ground…

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Botany Hotel Fire Inmates Escape in Nicht Attire. a Barman's Heroism. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 3

The Sir Joseph Banks' Hotel, at Botany, was almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning The fire broke out in the grandstand of the…

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The Fatal Fire How it Occurred Falling Paper Lantern. Ignites the Scenery. Nine Bodies Recovered. London, Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 3

Further particulars concerning the fire at the Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh, show that the eighth body has been found in the ruins…

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Railway Disaster. Carriages Catch Fire. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

A train for Mitcham from Adelaide to-day crashed into several trucks loaded with sand, which unaccountably got on to the main line. The engine was badly…

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Bottle factory Destroyed Fire at Alexandria. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

A large bottle factory and store, the property of Messrs. Ross and Vance, and known as the Australian Bottle Works, Botany-road, Alexandria, was…

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Sensational Railway Accident Four Carriages Destroyed by Fire. Adelaide

National Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

A suburban train, consisting of an engine and four carriages, last night crashed into four sand-trucks which had broken loose at Mile End. The…

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Two Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 2

Two fires occurred lust night, one in the city and the other at Waverley. The outbreaks in both instances were got under before much damage was done. The police…

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Fire Brigades Administration

Leader · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 2

With regard to complaints from various country places as to fire brigade administration based on alleged bad accommodation, insufficient plant…

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The Edinburgh Fire. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

The charred remains of Fafayette, the vaudeville artist, have been found in the debris of the Empire Theatre, which was recently destroyed by fire in Edinburgh…

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The Theatre Fire. London, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 1

James Neilson, a stage-hand, who was seriously injured by jumping from a window at the fire at the Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh, died…

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The Fire at Kirin 100,000 Homeless. Harbin. Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 2

Three thousand houses were destroyed by fire at Kirin, Manchuria, among them being the Consulates. One hundred thousand persons are…

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Enormous Damage. at the Kirin Fire. Pekin

National Advocate · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 1

The damage done at the Kerin fire is estimated at £4,000,000, and included S3S7 houses, 4000 shops and 15 banks…

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Burnt to Death a Camp Fire Tragedy. Hay

National Advocate · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

At Mungadall station yesterday, a man named Robins reported to the police that another man named Hastings, with whom he had been camped,…

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Big Eastern Fire Kirin Reduced to Ashes. £3,000,000 Damage. Manchuria

The Bathurst Times · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

The Manchurian city of Kirin has been overtaken by a great calamity. A fire broke out last night, land the flames gained such headway that they…

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