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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Big Canadian Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 11

A spectacular fire, the origin of which is unknown, has been raging at Winnipeg (Canada). One entire block, owned by a former Governor…

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Early Morning Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 4

About five on Thursday morning at Moonebah a fire consumed a house owned by Mr. Sydney Smith, and the furniture therein owned by…

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Destructive Fire. Japanese Town Wiped Out

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

A telegram from Tokio announces the destruction of the whole of the town of Numazu. The damage is estimated at £5,000,000…

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Fire at Lismore

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 5

The most disastrous fire that has occurred in the business portion of Lismore for many years past broke out at 10 minutes to 8 on Monday in…

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Protecting the Ears From Shock of Gun Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 2

A daring photographer on board an American battleship recently tried to take a photograph of a salvo of 12-inch guns while standing on…

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The Blue Dragoons. All Rights Reserved. an Indian Soldier Story. Part 19. Chapter Xiv. Playing with Fire

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 7

For a moment Jackson seemed ready to disobey orders, and half turned to flee, but a glance right and left showed him his officers standing…

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Chinese Run Amok Bridge on Fire Arresting Constable Knifed Bathurst

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 7

A sensation was caused at Hill End to-day by the conduct of a Chinaman named Man Sow. He ran amok and cut down fencing…

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Big Fire at Redfern

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 10

Early this morning the livery stables of Mr. Edward Shearson, who lives at Redfern, were burned to the ground. There were 40 horses in…

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The " Hail Caine" on Fire. New Steamer Damaged

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

A fire which broke out on the new steamer Hall Caine, off Messrs. Morrison aud Sinclair's shipbuilding yards, ba[?]main, early on Friday morning last, damaged the…

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Fire on the Hall Caine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 7

A FIRE occurred [?] week on the new steamer Hall Caine, l[?] Balmain. The vessel ia a new wooden steamer, built at Coopernook recently for the timber trade on the Hastings. Two young…

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Taree Fire Brigade

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 3

At the Municipal Council on Friday night a letter from the secretary of Fire Beard, Sydney, caused a mild sensation at the civic table…

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Large Shop Collpases Fire Among the Debris

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 12

Thirty-five people were crushed on burnt to death and dozens crippled or fatally injured, at McKinney, Texas recently, when the walls of an…

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35 Lost in Hotel Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 3

Between 30 and 40 people lost their lives recently in the destruction by fire of the Dewey Hotel at Omaha, Nebraska…

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Church Burnt Out. Convent Girl Gives Alarm

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

A fire broke out at 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning last, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Grafton. The alarm was given by one of the…

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Disastrous Fire Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

A big fire is raging at Manilla (N.S.W.) Six business places have already been completely destroyed…

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[?]Otes of Mark Twain. His Version of "Presence of Mind" at a Fire. Mother a Real Humorist

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

A new three-volume biography of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine, has a fascinating store of anecdotes which illustrate the…

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Raging Bush Fires

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 11

While floods have been evening loss if New South Wales, bush fires have been doing almost equal damage in Tasmania…

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Launch Destroyed by Fire. "Mona" Burned to Water's Edge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 2

During the progress of a football match between Tuncurry and Coolongolock. at Coolongolook, oh Saturday afternoon last, at about half-time great excitement was caused by…

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Under Fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

When Sir Evelyn Wood was a young man he very narrowly escaped losing his life in the Crimea. He was climbing over a parapet…

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Fire in a Prison Spread by Convicts an Exciting Time

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 4

Fire that destroyed four large buildings land caused a loss estimated at 500,000dol. in the Kansas Gaol recently was spread by convicts, who…

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