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

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Seven People Inciner[?] Awful Fire Traged New York, F[?]

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 2

Thrilling and tragic scenes hessed at a fire which broke of this morning at Wilson's Hotel. Seven persons were burnt to…

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Bulk Store Gutted. Fire at Williamstown. Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

Williamstown was illuminated by fierce blaze shortly after midnight last night. A bulk store situated at the rear of the premises of the Civil…

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Fire Authorities Warned. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

The fire authorities received a message from Newcastle to-night, advising them to get in all the coal they could. The message stated that…

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Boy Fire Victims. Father and Son. Murder Charge Against

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 3

The trial of Morris Loufer and his son Samuel in connection with the East End fire tragedy began recently before Mr. Justice Bankes at die Old…

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Cotton on Fire. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 1

A fire occurred in the hold of the cargo steamer Banca at Bombay, and a quantity of cotton was damaged…

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Suffragettes and Fire. Four Pleasure Boats Burned London, Tuesday evening

National Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

Suffragettes burned four pleasure boats. Annie Bell, one of the recently ar­rested suffragettes, has been fined £5,…

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Disastrous Fire. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

A fire that to-day broke out at the Great Western railway depot did damage to the extent of £10,000…

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Fire

Leader · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

On Thursday last Mr. Thos. Williams the well-known, genial, and popular Tom, of Tallwood, had the misfortune to have a stack of hay…

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Suffragettes Fire a Train. London

National Advocate · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 2

Suffragettes set fire to a train at a siding at Teddington. Three compartments were burnt out before the fire brigad extinguished the flames…

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Wife Attacked with Axe Mad Husband Fires the Home

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. William Littlewood, a carpenter, suddenly became demented by jealousy at Balclutha…

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Catholic Church Burnt Out St. Mary's, Grafton. Damage Estimated at £3000. Incendiary Bats. Grafton

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

St. Mary's Catholic Church was completely: putted' by fire this morning, and, with the exception of, a few articles its valuable contents were…

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Outbreak of Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

A fire was discovered in Mannington's Chambers, Liverpool-street, curly this morning. The outbreak occurred in a portion of the building occupied by. Mrs…

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Fire.—close Call

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

Last night, at about 12.30, a fire, which at first threatened to be of big dimensions, broke out in one of the bedrooms of the Commercial Hotel…

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A Sydney Blaze. Damage Amounts to £2000. SYDNEY

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the building at the corner of George and Bathurst streets in premises occupied by the Buttonhole Costume…

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Blaze in Sydney ABOUT £5000 Worth of Damage. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

A fire occurred; at the premises occupied by the Buttonhole Fancy Costume Company corner of George and Bathurst streets at about 3 o'clock…

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Fire on Mall Train

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

Through some inexplicable circumstances the gas on the first mail train that reached Bathurst shortly after 11 o'clock last night, became ignited…

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Fire Brigade to Burnt Fowl

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

A policeman on his beat in the Rue Bichat, Paris, recently saw smoke pouring from an upper flat. Remembering the proverb, "There is never…

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Fire in the Cut. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

At three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the four storey building at the corner of Bathurst and George streets, in a room occupied by the…

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R. C. Church Destroyed by Fire. Grafton

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was completely destroyed by fire this morning, the only articles saved being two chairs, a table, and a font for…

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£70 to the Minute. Damage by Fire. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

A fire broke out on the premises of the National Incandescent Company in the city this afternoon, and in 15 minutes the place was gutted…

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