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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1904

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Albury Town Band

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 3

The annual open air concert given under the auspices of the above band, was held last evening in the Botanic Gardens. The night was beautifully…

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The Austral Band

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 3

The Austral Guards Band, or that portion of the band touring this part of the Commonwealth, arrived by the midday train yesterday, and were met…

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Cablegrams. London, Friday. THE Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Damnable Holocaust. Through Uncompleted Theatre. 600 Perish. Mostly Women and Children. Dead Bodies Piled to the Ceilings. Hundreds Trampled to Death. 564 Dead Bodies Recovered. Whole Families Wiped Out. 47 Dead Girls Unidentified. People Escape Over Heads of Fugitives. Bodies Fearfully Mutilated. Faces Trampled to Pulp. Sights More Bloody Than Battlefields. Ghoulish Thieves at Work. Bishop Absolves the Dying. the Unfinished Building, Causes Many Deaths. Bursting Calcium Tanks. Responsible for the Disaster. Amateur Craven Hearted Firemen. Do Deadly Damage and Flee. Hundreds Escape Over Dead Bodies. Used As Stepping Stones

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 3

Five hundred and sixty-four dead bodies have been recovered from the smouldering debris of the remains of the Iroquois Theatre at Chicago,…

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Austral Guards Band

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

The first division of the Austral Guards Band of the Salvation Army held their opening night on Saturday last, and were unfortunate for two…

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The Troquois Theatre. a Description

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

The Iroquois Theatre was only opened on November 24 last, and was a brilliant affair. The illumination effects and the hours itself with a…

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Fearful Fire in Chicago. a New Theatre Burnt. A Thousand Casualties. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

A fearful fire catastrophe occurred in the Irquois Theatre, Chicago, on Thursday night, resulting in the death of over 600 persons…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday THE Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Through Uncompleted Theatre. 878 Perish. Arrest of Officials Nineteen Theatres Are Closed. Mere Death Traps. Sham Asbestos Curtain. Reckless Disregard of Public Safety. Evidences of Grave Neglect

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

Concerning the ghastly holocaust in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, by which 564 persons were killed, and their bodies recovered, 314 are still…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday. The War Cloud. in the Far East. Warlike Preparations Going On. Russia and Japan. Japan Opens the Ball. a Most Gloomy Outlook. Destroyers Leave Prematurely. Censorship of Telegrams. First Move by Japan. to Stop Junction of Russian Squadrons at Vladivostock and Port Arthur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

A Reuter's telegram from Tokio says that six Japanese armoured cruisers and battleship, under Admiral Kamibura, were expected to set said from…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday, [?] Theatre Unfit for Use. Should Not Have Been Opened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

Tint Mayor of Chieage has made as official inspection of the Iroquois Theatre…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday, THE Terrible Fire in Chicago Cause of Conflagration Theatre Should Not Have Been Opened. Guilty to Be Punished. Drastic Reforms. Funerals Without End. Shortage of Coffins. a Draugut Blew Down a Scene, Covered with Incandescent Lights

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

At the inquest held upon the appalling fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chioago evidence has been given that the draught from the [?] which had…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. War Inevitable Japan Can Invade in Forty-eight Hours No Waiting for Russia to Strengthen Her Position in the Far East. a Most Gloomy Outlook. Russia and Japan. Japan Opens the Ball. Ready To Strike. Japanase Nation Anxious for War. Wants Hostilities Commenced Immediately They Consider War Inervitable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

Advices from Tokio [?] that the jopan[?] newspaper almost [?] the immediate declaration of war with Russia, owing to the…

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Ball

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

The Ball in connection with the Balranald Athletic Association was held in the Variety Hall on New Years' night. The attendance was very poor…

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The Great Theatre Fire. All Chicago Theatres Except One Closed. for Non-compliance with City Ordinances. Also 400 Public Halls Pending Inspection

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2

The Mayor of Chicago has issued instruction ordering all the Chicago theatres, with one exception to be closed, owing to thier respective…

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Miss Ella Caspers' Concert

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2

The above concert will be held in the Mechanics' institute on the 12th inst., when Sir William Lyne, Minister of Customs, and Mr. T.H. Griffith…

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A Visiting Band

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

The Town Hall, Rutherglen, was well filled on Wednesday night to hear the Austral Guards' Band of the Salvation Army. The audience included a fair…

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The Ill-fated Theatre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 26

A souvenir book, issued in connection with the dedicatory performance at the Iroquois Theatre on November 23, contains full particulars of the building which has just been…

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Disastrous Fire in Chicago. a Theatre in Flames. Over 1000 Persons Perish

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4

On Wednesday week a disastrous fire occurred at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, during a performance of the pantomime "Blue[?]arl" A panic caused,…

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A Terrible Fire at Chicago a New Theatre Bunni. a Thousand Casualties. London

The Independent · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

A fearful fire catastrophe occurred in the Irquois Theatre, Chicago, on Thursday night, resulting in the death of over 600 persons. There were 1,200 people in the Theatre,…

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Cable News. Appalling Disaster Tragic End to a Pantomime. Chicago Theatre Burnt. Bodies Recovered, 564. Still Missing, 314. Seriously Injured, 167. LONDON, December 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 26

One of the most awful fires recorded in the annals of the stage occurred last night in Chicago. The scene of the outbreak was the Iroquois Theatre, which was burned to the…

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Russia Receives a Rebuff From China. Over the Proposed Manchurian Railway. to Concert Mukden with Pekin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Owing to be resoluteness of the Japanese Government China has decided the Russian invitation to used a special envoy to negotiate with…

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