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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

72 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4

Frances Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

France has firmly resolved to make no further concessions regarding the control of the Morocco police and the State Bank…

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Disastrous Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Pyrmont last night, when Mackenzie's timber yard was destroyed. The whole of the city and suburban brigades were called out, but the flames obtained complete…

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Fire in Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

The wood turnery, owned by James Munro, at Redfern, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning…

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A Disastrous Fire at Pyrmont. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 7

There was a disastruos fire at Pyrmont last night, by which McKenzie's timber yard was destroyed. The whole of the city and suburban…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday. Train on Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 1

A special train which was conveying Williamson's Opera Company from Launceston to Hobart caught fire yesterday. The passengers escaped, but luggage was…

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Fire at Broken Hill

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

Owing to the present fire at the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine the capital value of the mine has declined £190,000 on the Stock Exchange…

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Terrible Disaster. Mines on Fire in France. 1100 Lives Lost. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

A terrible disaster has occurred at a colliery in Courfieres, France. Three galleries of the mine were converted into a mass of flame, reaching the pit's…

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Broken Hill Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

The position with regard to the fire at Broken Bill Proprietary mine has assumed a more serious aspect, the fire fighters being baffled for the time being…

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Great Fire in Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

A pedestrian walking along the deserted streets of Sydney shortly before 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, observed a dull glare from the windows of a business house in…

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Tremendous Fire in Sydney. Damage Estimated at Between £150,000 and £200,000

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

THE fire which in the early hours of Saturday morning out a great gap in the warehouse section of the city is one of the most serious confiegrations Sydney his known, both in the extent of the monetary loss…

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Fire at Ulmarra

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 7

ON Wednesday last a fire broke out in a small shop nert Mr. Batallick's bulk shop, and before anything could be done the bulk store was in flames, which spread quickly to the general store and…

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Disastrous Fire In Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 6

ONE of the biggest and most disastrous fires since Hordern's Haymarket Emporium was burnt out, broke out in Clarence-street shortly before 2 o'clock on Saturday…

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Big Fire in Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus

About two o'clock on Saturday morning last, a wayfarer caught a dull glare from the windows of a business house in Clarence street, and about the top of Barrack Street…

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S.S. Tilly Way Destroyed by Fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

ON Thursday morning last, between 2 and 3 o' clock, the Australian Dairying Oo.'s well-known steam launch Tilly May was burned to the water's edge. The origin of the fire is a mystery. A spark from…

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S.S. Tilly May Destroyed by Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 6

ON Thursday morning last between 2 and 3 o'clock, the Australian Dairying Co's well-known steam launch Tilly May was burned to the water's edge. The origin of the fire is a mystery. A spark from…

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S.S. Tilly May Destroyed by Fire

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 13

ON Thursday morning last, between 2 and 3 o'clock, the Australian Dairying Co.'s well-known steam launch Tilly May was burned to the water's edge at Tarce. The…

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Fire at Failford. THE S.S. Forster Destroyed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 3

On Sunday morning last Mr. John Breckenridge's tugboat, the s.s. Forster, was burned to the water's edge at Failford--the origin of the fire bring a mystery…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires. Three Mines to Be Blooded. a Four Months Suspension

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

An important decision was arrival at on Wednesday by the directors of the North Broken Hill, Junction and Junction North companies, in order to extinguish the fire…

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Great Earthquake at San Francisco. Terrible Loss of Life. Half the City in Ruins. Fires in All Directions. London, Wednesday afternoon

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 9

A great earthquake has occurred at San Francisco. Half the city is in ruins, and upwards of a 1000 persons have been killed…

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