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Fires & bushfires, 1900

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Battle of Karee. Heavy Shell Fire. Enemy's Positions Carried. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 26

It is reported that President Steyn has harangued the burghers at Ladybrand. Further particular relating to the battle at Karen state that the Boer force was largely…

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Fire in Sydney. Large Warehouse Destroyed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 21

A destructive fire broke out about 1.30 this morning, at the extensive three-storied warehouse of Messrs. J. R. Love and Co., importers and tea merchants, in Bathurst…

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Latest Telegrams. the Sydney Fire. the Plague. Another Patient This Morning. Another Death. 165 Now in Quarantine. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 21

Mr. Fehon will act as Chief Railway Commissioner. Judge Murray is appointed Deputy Commissioner for the purpose of hearing appeals…

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Coals of Fire. I.

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 1

‘Well, Charlie, how you can be so cruel as to say such horrid things about a young writer’s work (I suppose he’s young) passes my…

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Destructive Fire on the Irrigation Area

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

Last Saturday evening a cottage belonging to Mr. H. Moorhead, butcher, of this town, situated on the Hay Irrigation Area, close to the railway line, was totally destroyed…

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The Fire on the Irrigation Area. An Open Verdict

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 2

An inquest was held this morning, before the coroner and a jury of twelve, respecting the fire which destroyed Mr. Moorhead's house on the irrigation area on Saturday…

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Inquest on a Fire

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 2

The coroner Mr. Martin, held an inquest touching the firs which destroyed a coltage on the irrigation area on Saturday night last, the property of Mr. Moorhead…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above wan held at the Fire Brigade Station on Wednesday last, There were present:--Captain P. K. Ritchie and eleven firemen…

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Destructive Fire in America. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

Further particulars of the Ottawa fire show that the mans of [?] was two miles long and three quarters of a mile wide. In the city scores of buildings fell,…

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Great Fire in Canada. Two Cities Affected. Two Thousand People Homeless. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4

A great fire is raging at Hull and Ottawa, Canada. The damage is estimated at ten to twenty million dollars…

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The Great Fire in Ottawa. Further Particulars. Immense Destruction of Property. Fifteen Thousand Persons' Homeless. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

Further particulars of the Ottawa fire state that the fire broke out at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning in a wooden house in the extensive lumber district of which Hull…

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Great Fire in Canada. Immense Destruction of Property. Huge Stacks Op Lumber in Flames. Fifteen Thousand Persons Homeless. London, April 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 27

A fire broke out in Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion of Canada, yesterday, and speedily assumed the dimensions of a tremendous and disastrous conflagration. The…

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Famous Fires

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 5

In A.D. 70 the greater part of Jerusalem, including the Temple, was burned when the city was stormed and taken by Titus…

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Racing with Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 1

A most exciting account of a race on an engine with a prairie fire in the United States is told in the "Pall Mall Magazine." The narrator of the story had gone on a pilot engine with…

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The Searchlight at Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 15

The searchlight has been found of the greatest possible use in navigation, in war­fare, and for spectacular purposes. It has never before (remarks a London weekly)…

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A Mine on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 28

Much excitement was created at Gunnedah on Thursday when a report came to hand from the Gunnedah colliery to the effect that the mine was on fire, and…

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Big Wharf Fire. Brisbane

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

A big fire occurred at Brisbane early this morning. The whole of the City Council's wharf, leased by the A.U.S.N. Company, was destroyed. The premises…

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Heroes Who Fight Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 4

Mr. Jacob A. Riis, author of "How the Other Half Lives," and other studies of tenement-house life, contributes to the "Century" an article on "Heroes Who…

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Corowa Fire Brigade Sports

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

THE sports meeting organised by the local Kite Brigade was held on the Cricket Ground yesterday, and attracted a large attendance. After it had rained all the…

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Fire Caused by a Cockatoo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 16

A Wentworth correspondent writes:— An investigation into the cause of the fire in Mr. W. Merrion's premises brought to light the fact that the origin of the fire was…

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