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

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Disastrous Fire. Wellington (N.z.)

Leader · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

An hotel containing 60 rooms, and several large shops have been destroyed by fire at Strathfordah. Three persons were burned to death, and six…

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Complete Story. Tried by Fire

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. Charles Heath sat beside his fiancee and pressed the fingers of her left hand with devout affection. The drawing-room curtains veiled them…

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Fire at White Rock. House Partly Destroyed

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

A fire occurred at White Rock on Wednesday night, the result of which was the destruction of two rooms—a kitchen and bedroom—of a house belonging to…

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Fire Brigades Board. Royal Commissions Report. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission into the Administration of the Fire Brigades Board is published to-day. It confirms the wide-spread condemnation…

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Scathing Indictment The Fire Brigade Inquiry Report of Judge Edmunds. Scandalous Extravagance. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The report of Acting-Judge Edmunds, who sat as a Royal Commission to make inquiry into the purpose to which the public and other funds had…

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The Fire Brigade Commission

National Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission in connection with the expenditure of funds by and administration of the late Fire Brigade Board and the Board…

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Great Fire at Tokio. Tokio

Leader · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

A great fire which broke out yesterday in the Yoshiwara quarter at Tokio is still raging, and the high wind and shortage of water make the situation…

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Disastrous Japanese Fire. 5000 Houses Destroyed. Tokio

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred in the Yoshi Wara quarter, with the result that 5000 houses were destroyed and 6000 women rendered homeless…

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200 Perish in a Fire at Poona. Bombay

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

A thatched festival building at Poona, which had only one exit to the northward, was burnt, and 200 persons perished…

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Fire at Tokio. Six Thousand Women Homeless. Tokio

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

A fire occurred in the Yoshiwara quarter, and 5000 houses were burnt. There are 6000 women of the unfortunate class homeless…

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The Tokio Fire. Further Destruction and Deaths. Tokio

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 3

The fire which broke out in the Yosiwara Quarter, and which resulted in the destruction of 5000 houses, is still raging. A high wind and the shortage…

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Fire Still Raging Position Critical at Tokio. Some Fatalities. Toxio

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 3

The fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara quarter is still raging. A high wind is blowing, and the shortage of water makes the position…

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A Big Fire in an Alaskan Town. Vancouver

National Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 2

A cable from Kattag, Alaska, states that practically all the business section of Iditaron was burnt but on Tuesday…

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The New York Fire. the Owners Indicted. New York

National Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 3

Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company, have been indicted in connection with the recent terrible fire in the…

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Supposed Incendiarism Mysterious Fire at Locksley. Police and Black Tracker Out

National Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 1

A case of supposed incendiarism is reported from Locksley. On Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning, a chaff-cutter and…

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Hut Destroyed by Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

A hut occupied by two brothers, J. and T. Kervin, was completely destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon, while the owners were away at work. The estimated…

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The Locksley Fires. Result of Investigation Not Known. the Previous Case

The Bathurst Times · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 2

Sub-Inspector Anderson, Constable Lennon, and the black tracker obtained at Porter's Retreat, arc still at Locksley investigating the fires which destroyed…

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Fire at Kerr’s Creek

Leader · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 2

Our correspondent writes: —On Saturday morning last, between 2 and 3 o’clock, the alarm of fire was given by Mrs. Beacham. The night officer…

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The Locksley Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 2

Sub-Inspector Anderson and Constable Lenon, on Sunday night returned from Locksley, where they had been making inquiries concerning the recent…

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Local and General, The Locksley Fire

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

The inquiry into the burning of Mr. J. W. Locke's property at Locksley will take place in the Bathurst Court: House to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock…

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