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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Great fire at Timaru

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

A fire at Timaru, New Zealand, resulted in damage to the extent of £70,000…

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Fire At Drury Lane Theatre

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 2

A serious fire occurred at [?] yesterday. The [?] was [?] t othe [?]…

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Setting Fire to Natural Grasses. Burglary at Nimitybelle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

Patrick Goodwin and William Johnson were indicate for having on 19th January, burglarously entered the promises of Richard…

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Setting Fire to Natural Grasses

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

James Lynch, om bail, was charged with having on 13th October last, at Big Badja, maliciously eat fire [?] natural [?], at Big [?] the…

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Fire on a barque

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

A fire occurred on the barque Darque, lying in Athol Bight, early on Sunday. The brigades worked over two hours in…

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Setting Fire to a Dwelling

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

An ironmoulder, named Sydney Fritz Roels, employed on the railways, set fire to his weather-board house of five rooms, at Potts…

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Fire on the Yarra Bank

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

A fire broke out in the premises of the Australian Paper Mill [?] this morning, but was extinguished in shout an…

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Fire in Victoria

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Nine buildings at Sheep Hille, Victoria have been destroyed by fire…

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Fire at Furniture Ware house

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

[?] furniture [?]…

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Forest Fires in British Columbia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

All mines in the Crow's Nest region. British Columbia, have been shut down. The miners are fighting a forest fire at Coal…

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British Columbia Fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

The fires are s'ill raging in the mountains in the Kootenay Valley, British Columble, but the towns of Michal and Hosmer are safe. There…

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Fire in German Town

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

A fire at Dananerchingen, Germany, destroyed 150 houses. Two thousand persons are homeless, and there is much distress,…

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Destructive Fire at Dubbo SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

A destructive [?] occured at Dabbo on Sunday morning, where by D[?]'s buildings were gatted. The damage is estimated at…

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Yosemite Valley on fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 2

Forest fires are sweeping along the Yes mile Valley, and thres[?] to destroy the giant redwoods. [The Yosemite Valley is a cleft…

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Mines on fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 2

A fire is the main shaft of the Shawfield Mine, in Lonarkshire, Scotland, demolished the pitched framework builidings. Eight…

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Fire at a Colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 2

A fire has broken out in the Koenig's Colliery, Silesia, Prussia. It was feared that 100 miners had been killed. It is now reported…

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