A Suspicious Fire
About 8.30 on Wednesday evening when one of the employees at the railway station was proceeding to the lamp room he thought he noticed a man running down…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
100 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 5
Fire at Wyalong
Shortly after 8 on New Year's oven fire resulting in heavy loss of property, broke out in the main street of West Wyalong, in premises known as the Globe Hotel, of which…
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SHORTLY after 8 on New Year’s even fire, resulting in heavy Iota of property, broke but in the main street of West Wyalong, in promises know as the Globe Hotel, of which Mr. Thorn is…
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There was a full attendance of members at the annual meeting of the Fire Brigade on Monday evening. Superintendent Ward occupied the chair. The only business of importance was…
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Perth (W.A.), Sunday.—About 1 o'clock on Saturday a fire, which resulted in the death of an elderly woman, Mrs. Mary Swanston, took place at Boulder City. The scene of the tragedy…
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Wagga, Wednesday.—Whilst a young man and woman were driving along Tarcutta Road some phosphorus ignited, and set fire to the back of the buggy. The flames rapidly gained a firm…
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A disastrous fire has occurred at Boyertown, Pennsylvania, resulting in the loss of 80 lives. While a cinematograph entertainment was proceeding in the Rhodes Opera House there was an…
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A sensational catastrophe attended with dreadful loss of life, occurred last night in the town of Boyerstown, in Pennsylvania. A cinematograph entertainment was being…
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Newcastle, Monday.—Messrs. D. Cohen and Co.'s splendid warehouse, in the heart of the city, was the scene of a terrible conflagration early this morning. Never in the history of…
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The rains of the Newcastle fire are still smouldering. A Ghastly Discovery. The Sydney police made a ghastly…
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Melbourne, Wednesday.—Bush fires are still raging all over the State. From additional particulars it appears that in the Beach Forest fire Patrick Coulaban and David Burke were burnt…
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ONE of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred on Monday in the block of buildings bounded on the south by Humor street, on the…
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Extensive bush fires have occurred in South Australia. Six hundred miles of country in the Pinnaroo district was swept by the fires. A man whose name is unknown was overtaken in the scrub and burnt to…
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The superintendent's report, adopted at the annual meeting for presentation to the chairman and members of the Fire Brigade Board, is as follows:—"Gentlemen,—I have much…
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The prosperous town of Ballymena, County Antrim, was last night (13th November) the scene of a disastrous fire…
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Trouble has arisen in the local Fire Brigade over the introduction of a new rule Framed by the board for the governance of the brigade. Originally the men had the…
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The captain of the Fire Brigade on Wednesday received the following letter from Mr. A. M. Rotts, a member of the Board:—"I regret to say that nothing can be done as regards rescinding…
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At two o'clock on Monday morning a fire was discovered in Mr. Irwin's hairdressing saloon, next door to McJannett's Royal Hotel, Bungendore. Mr. J. J. McJannett, son., gave the alarm,…
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Wellington (N Z), Friday.—What is described as the most disastrous fire for many years occurred at Christchurch last night. It began in the furniture department of Strange and Co.'s large…
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Mr W. V. Roberts writes, in the "Daily News" of 29th November:-- The tramway being up for electrification, our car was brought to on a…
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