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

Fires & bushfires, 1911

605 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 31

Fire at Manning River

Leader · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 4

We regret to hear that Mr. and Mrs. [?] A. Higgins, of Tinoree Manning River, son and daughter in law of Mr. T. Higgins, J.P., of Millthorpe,…

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Unsatisfactory Fire Brigade Equipment. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 2

The present footing of the fire brigades in the country is regarded by Captain Dakin as a public menace Equipments throughout the country…

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Blood and Fire. Teachers' Ghastly Suicide. Auckland

The Bathurst Times · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

A man named Gibbons, a private, tutor, employed by a resident of Fordell, set fire to a stack of timber, and whilst the mass was burning stood upon it and…

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Fires in Sydney Cardboard Factory Gutted. Sydney, Tuesday morning

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out at 10.30 last night, in Fourth and Nall's six-storied card-board-box factory, just at the back of Brooks and Co.'s premises, in…

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Rain Falls. Fire Will Not Spread

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 3

After midnight rain began to fall, and materially helped in the work of extinguishing the fire. At 12.30 the paper factory was still…

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Big Fire in the City. Damage Estimated at £60,000. SYDNEY

Leader · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

At about 11 o’clock last night a fire broke out in the premises of Feurth and Nall, paper and cardboard. box manufacturers, of Castlereagh street,…

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Big Fire Sydney Paper Factory Alight. in Heart of City. Immense Damage. Huge Crowd. Sydney, Monday night

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 3

At about 11 o'clock to-night a fire broke out in the premises of Furth and Nail, paper and cardboard box manufacturers, of Castlereagh-street, City,…

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Explosion and a Fire

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 3

PORT ARTHUR (Texas), Monday. An explosion upon an oil barge in port to-day killed one man and started a fire, which did damage estimated at £50,000…

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Mr. John Miller and the Fire. Question of Fire-proof Roofs. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

Mr. John Miller, M.L.A., was an interested spectator 'in last night's great fire in Castlereagh-street, and assisted in getting out the hose to the first engine…

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The Big Fire. Rages All Night £100,000 Damage. Reviewing Other Outbreaks. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

The fire at Nuerth and Nall's paper factory was extinguished this afternoon. It is considered marvellous that Brooks' printing works are now intact…

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Coal Mine on Fire. Brisbane

Leader · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out in the Blair Athol Company’s mine at Clermont on Wednesday. Volume of smoke were noticed issuing from the aw shaft, and…

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Church Destroyed. Fire at West Maitland. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 3

The Church of England at Weston (West Maitland) was totally demolished by fire shortly after midnight. Nothing was saved…

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Playing too Close to the Fire Young Girl Fatally Burned. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was recorded to-day, at the inquest, concerning the death of a girl 16 years of age named May Haddock, who was burnt…

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Big Fire in the City

Molong Argus · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 6

AT about 11 o'clock on Monday night a fire broke out in Feurth & Nall's paper and cardboard factory, Castlereagh [?]t, Sydney. The confiagration was one…

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Cable Mews an Alarming Fire. Vienna

Leader · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 5

Lightning started an alarming fire in the Gaeimn naptha district. The flames have risen above the reservoir, covering the streets and railways…

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Fire in Mid Air. Painter's Terrible Plight

National Advocate · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 1

PITTSBURG (Pennsylvania), Friday While a man was at work painting a chimney stack at a height of 250 feet above ground, and suspended by…

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Fire Brigade Administration Alderman Webb in Protest. Bathurst Instanced

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Alderman E. T. Webb has pointed out to a leader writer on the "S.M. Herald" that he is not in possession of certain facts in connection with the fire brigades…

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Fierce Bush Fires. Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 3

Fierce bush fires are raging in the Cobalt mining region of Ontario. Several mining camps have been destroyed. It is feared that there has been loss…

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Fire at Redfern

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

Styman's bakery premises at Redfern were destroyed by fire this morning. Three adjoining buildings were also badly damaged…

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Earlier Cables Fires and Hot Weather Destruction in Canada. Many Fatalities Feared. Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 4

Fierce bush fires at Cobalt, a mining region in Ontario, destroyed several camps. Fatalities are feared. The weather is hot and dry…

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