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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1909

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Destructive Bush Fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

There are bush fires in many parts of the country. The Melbourne express last night dashed through burning country…

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Destructive Fire at Warracknabeal. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Scott Street, Warracknabeal, yesterday. Five shops were completely destroyed, and the damage is…

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Fires in Sydney. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

A fire occurred last night in a three-story building at 280 George-street, near Hunter-street. The ground floor was occupied by G…

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Fire in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 3

The warebon a of Messrs [?] and Co., Market street was [?] by fire last night. The adjoining warehouse had a narrow escape…

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Russians Fire on English Vessel

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 2

On Wednesday night, in the vicinity of Bjorko Island, in the Baltic, off the Swedish coast, a Russian torpedo boat fired at the…

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BRISBANE, Friday. Large Warehouse fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred at Toowoomba last night. The [?]pary establishment of Messrs. [?]ggott and Co., one of the largest…

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Fatal Fire near Cullen Bullen

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 2

A fire occurred in a cottage near Cullen Bullen, through a flannelette night-dress falling from the mantelpiece into the…

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Fire at Her Majesty's Theatre. SYDNEY, Friday

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 2

A fire broke out in the gallery of Her Majesty's Theatre on Sunday morning, but was discovered and overcome before the…

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Fire at the Railway Hotel a Narrow Escape

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1909 · page 2

A fire which occurred in the upper storey of the Railway Hotel, Bombala and Murray streets, Cooma, on Friday…

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Fire at Cooma. Our Co-operative Will Destroyed. Motor-cars Burned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

FORTUNATELY, outbreaks of fire at Cooma are rare, and the town has for many years enjoyed immunity from conflagration, which…

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The Fire Brigades Bill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 2

In the Assembly the Fire Brigades Bill was read a third time…

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MELBOURNE, Monday. Fire on the s.s. Surrey

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1909 · page 2

There was another slight outbreak of fire on the s.s. Surrey, through water coming into contact with lime, but it was soon subdued. During the…

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Disastrous Fire in Bega

Delegate Argus · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 3

BEGA, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire occurred in town last night. It broke out in Matthew's music depot and these premises together…

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Timber Yard Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 2

The fire at Saxton and Binna timber yards, which commenced on Saturday, although under control is still burning fiercely, and…

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Fire at Schweppe's Factory

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

A fire occurred at Sohweppe's Mineral Water Factory, Surry Hills, last night, which caused damage to the extent of £9000…

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Bush Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 2

An extensive bush fire was raging at the Brown Mountain on Tuesday last, and a large quantity of timber was destroyed. Several…

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