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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Fire on S.S. Loongana. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

A fire broke out in the forehold of the steamer Loougana about 60 miles from Port Phillip, while on the voyage from…

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Blucher Caught Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

The Blucher caught fire…

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Disastrous Fire at Longreach. Brisbane

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Longreach last night by which 17 business premises were destroyed. The buildings were all…

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War News. SYDNEY, Friday. Australians in Egypt. Engineers Under Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 3

The Minster of Defence (Senator Pearce) has received the following message from the Commander-in-Chief in Egypt.—…

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Fire Damages Telephone Lines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

A fire occurred in Sydney last night, doing damages to the telephone lines, causing…

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Accurate Fire by Allies

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

The Allies fire was very accurate. By five o'clock in the afternoon all the forts were disabled…

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Germans Fire on Their Own Men

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 2

In the confusion the Germans fired on their own men…

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How Bush Fires Spread

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

A striking incident, in which Mr. Crow played a conspicuous part, occurred whilst a furious bush fire was raging in the neighborhood of…

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Few Unimportant Fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 2

several fires broke out, but they were not serious…

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Allies Heavy Fire on the Forts

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 2

Two thousand shells were fired and many men were killed and wounded within the forts…

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Works on Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

The works were set on fire…

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Allies Warships Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 3

The Allies' fire from warships is doing considerable damage to Turkish [?]orts…

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Enemy's Asiatic Shore Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 2

The enemy's enfilading fire from the Asiatic shore has late-ly, increased io intensity…

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Fires Incendiary Bombs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 3

Some fires were caused by the dropping of incendiary bombs but these were quickly extinguished…

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Germans Great Shell Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1915 · page 2

The Germans fired about two million shells on the fortress, including 200,000 during four days in October last, when the…

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The Fatal Fire at Queanbeyan. Three Victims Perish in the Flames

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 3

The still quietude of the town was suddenly broken on Saturday night, when, with volumes of smoke ascending skywards and…

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Dutchmen Fire on Zeppelins

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 3

Several Dutch garrisons fire upon the Zeppelins crossing their territory, near Amsterdam…

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Italian Transport on Fire. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 4

The steamer Santa Anna, with 1700 Italian reservists on board is reported on fire in mid-Atlantic…

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Inter-State News. Disastrous Rush Fires. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 2

Yesterday, was the hottest day in Sydney, this season, the record being 97.1 in the city, which was envaloped in smoke…

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Disastrous Fire. Goodmans' Big Store Totally Bestroyed. Ford's Saddlery and "Argus" Office and Residence Just Escape

Delegate Argus · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 2

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Writer never before has been able to conjure up a full realisation of them awful words. It was our un[?] experience carly on Wednesday…

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