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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

32 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Fire in a Russian colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred in a Russian colliery, by which fifty-eight miners peished…

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Fire at the Royal Exchange

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 2

A tire broke out in the offices of the out[?] ride of the Royal Exchange, but the flowers were extinguished after about half-an-hour's work…

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Fire at Bodangora

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 2

Several business places were burnt at B[?]dangura, near Wellington, N.S.W. on Saturday last…

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Queer Scene at a Fronch Fire

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 10

"I happened to see the start of a fire in paris," said F. D. Higbee, in the "Buffalo News." "It was a rather ugly blaze in a three-story building. I thought the…

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Fire at Parkes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

Bis[?] hotel at Parkes was destroyed by fire this morning and a building next door was much injored by the flames. The hotel was a wooden stracture…

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The Hotel Australia fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

The origin of the fire in the billiard room of the Hotel Australia is not known. It it surmised that the electric wires in the calling must have becomes [?]…

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Fire at the Hotel Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

Early this morning the billiard room of the Hotel Australia, Castlerough Street, was found to be on fire, but the effective work of the firemen soon placed the…

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Fire at Australian Drug Co's premises

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

At ten o'clock on Sunday night a fire occured at the Australian Drug Company's premises O'Council Street, Sydney, close to the "Herald" Office. There was a…

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Bush Fires. Dungog in Danger. Desperate Battle with the Fire. Dungog

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

Disastrous bush fires broke out with in a few miles of the north and of the town yesterday. A hot westerly wind blew at hurricane speed, and the…

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Burglary and fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Ranks, at Woollahra. The family had been absent a fortnight and thieves entered and took…

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Hotel Fire in Iowa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

A fire at the Clifron hotel Cedar Rapids, lowa, by which twenty persons were killed and forty injured…

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LONDON, Monday. The Iowa Hotel fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

It is reputed that the fire at the Cedar Rapids Hotel was the result of electric wires fusing…

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Destructive fire at Bourke

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred on Sunday morning at Bourke Gow's general store, Mrs. Doughty's clothiery, Colle[?] unoccupied building, Haycock's bakery…

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Fire in a Victorian mine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred at the New Hopeful Mine, Eaglshawk, which was due to some bags igniting. The due to some bags igniting. The smoke penetrated the workings of…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Saturday. Disastrous Fire in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 2

Hent[?] Bond, Kent Street, Millers Point, was destroyed by fire last night. The alarm was give at ten minutes to seven…

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Shooting on the Sen. The Best Time to Fire

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 9

Necessarily the deck of a vessel at sea offers a much less satisfactory platform from which to shoot than the solid foundation provided in a land fort, since even…

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Fire Inquire at Cooma an Open Verdict

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

An inquest was held at the court house Cooma, on Saturday, by Mr. F. H. Galbraith, Coroner for the district, touching the circumstances…

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American bush fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 2

Vest forest fires are raging in the New England States, New York State, and New Jersy. The New England…

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The forest fires in America

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 2

The forest fires are still raging in America and have extended to Washington. They have been observed six hundred miles at sea…

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Canadian losses by fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 2

The fires are doing of at damage in Canada. The city of Hull is in flames, and Quebec in threatened. The fire is covering the province of…

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