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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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SYDNEY, Monday. Death of Fire Brigade Superintendent

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Webb, superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade died last night aged 63 years…

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Bush Fires in Northern Suburbs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 4

Bush fires are still turning in the Northern suburbs to-day. The damage in Hornsby district is great. Many orchards are…

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Terrible Fire at Toldo

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 2

A fire destroyed 3,300 buildings in Tokio (Japan), rendering 15,000 persons homeless…

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Fire at Kew Gardens

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 2

A tea house at Kew Horticultural gardens was burnt out. Two women have been arrested…

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Suspected Suffragette Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred at Hampton Farm racecourse. the ladies waiting rooms, adjoining the Royal Pavilion were ignited, but…

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Fire at Temora

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

A fire at Temora yesterday destroyed Messrs. Fullarton Bros. store and Stephen's (saddlers) establishment…

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Disastrous Fire at Summer Hill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

A disunions fire occurred at Summer Hill early this morning at the premises of Messrs. Hodgson and Smith, genera…

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Fire on the Turakina

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 2

A fire aboard me Furakina is burning fiercely. The under-writers' interests exceed £500,000, Most of the vacant berths…

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Destructive Fire at Cairo

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 2

A fire in an outlying suburb of Cairo burnt 250 houses, and 12 lives were lost…

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Final Tally. Flood Quenches Fire

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 1

OMAHA, Tuesday (Later).—The death-roll here has been definitely ascertained to be 152, and at Terre Haute 18…

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Convicts Set Fire to Prison

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

Convicts set fire to the prison at Lansing, Kansas, hoping to escape. The women prisoners and criminal [?]unstick who were…

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Disastrous Fire at Wyong. SIDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred on Sunday morning at Wyong, an the Northern line. Six business places were burued, including…

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Suffragettes Fire a Church

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 2

The Paris[?] Church of Penn. Buckinghamshire, was fired by suffragettes. The flames were extinguished before they spread…

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Fire at [?] Store and Residence Consume

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred at the store and residence of Mr. Joseph Jacob, of ingers, just after midnight of Monday, and totally destroyed the…

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Six Fires at Bradford

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 4

Six incendiary fires took place in Bradford on Saturday night. The first was discovered in the offices of a firm of wool merchants…

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General Cables. Per Independent Cable Service to "The Mansro Mercury," LONDON Saturday. Fire Kills 154 PEASANTS

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred in the village of Askadamroke in the Alstyr district of Russia destroying a block of buildings, including three hotels and drinking…

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Big Fires in Sydney. Damages £60,000. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

A big fire occurred in Wilmott-street, city, at a live-storied warehouse occupied by Mr. W. Johnston, engineer and machinery merchant, an…

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BRISBANE, Monday. Disastrous Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 2

A big fire occurred at Raymond & Co's timber-yard and Sawmill at New stead yesterday. The fire burnt fiercely, and the works…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday. Terrible Fire in Arkansas

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1913 · page 2

A terrible fire brok - out at Hot Springs. Arkansas, which swept the city: the devaslation is on a large scale, and thousands have…

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Arms on Fire With Eczema. Disease Banished by Zam-buk

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

For three months Miss Norah Quigley, of 13 Cowper Street, Glebe, Sydney. was tortured night and day by a distressing form of…

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