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Fires & bushfires, 1900

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Mafeking. More About Eloff's Capture. Deadly British Fire. London, May 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 26

Reports continue to come in of the various incidents that attended the relief of Mafeking by Colonel Mahon, and of Colonel Baden-Powell's final struggles with the enemy before…

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The War. a Battle of Appalling Grandeur. Fighting in a Bush Fire. London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 2

General French is at Irene, tan miles south of Pretoria. Heavy firing has been heard At Modaffontein…

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Ammonia As a Fire Extinguishes

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 1

Probably the best fire extinguishing liquid is aqua ammonia, without any addition whatever. We have personally had experience with the almost marvellous…

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Rebels at Kheis. Caught Between Two Fires

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

Another rebel force in Griqualand was caught between two fires by a force under Colonel Adye, and arms, flocks and herds, which the rebels had…

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Fire and Battle. a Warm Corner. Steady and Stern

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

The battle in the Lindley district was a warm affair, as besides the artillery and rifle fire, the long grass and scrub of the veldt caught fire, and the…

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The Empress Defies Europe. Troops Not Fire on Boxers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

The Dowager Empress shows no signs of yielding to the pressure of the Powers. Indeed, she is reported to have ordered the Government not to interfere with the…

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Battle of Senekal. a Fierce Fight. the Veldt on Fire. a Magnificent Charge. London, June 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 27

Further particulars that have been received from the Orange River Colony show that Sir Leslie Bundle, who had junctioned with General Clements at Senekal, fought a most…

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The Terrible Fire at Ottawa. Thousands of Houses Burned. 18,000 People Homeless

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

The fire started about 11 o'clock in the morning at Hull, a town just opposite to Ottawa, in a boardinghouse in the centre of the town, which…

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Great Fires of London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 15

Although London has never since the great fire of 1666, when 200,000 persons were rendered homeless, suffered loss in any way approaching that caused by the…

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War in China. the Boxers in Tientsin. Russians Fire on the Rebels. Three Hundred Killed. London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 27

Vice-Admiral Bruce, telegraphing to the Government on Monday last, stated that the treaty port of Tientsin, on the Peiho, 27 miles from Taku, at the mouth of the river…

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General News. Great Fire in New York. Naval Activity in France. The Commonwealth Bill. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

A great fire has taken place in the Hoberkin Dock, New York. Several vessels were partly destroyed. Damage to the extent of £400,000 has been done, and 80 lives were…

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Fire at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 29

A fire occurred last week at Mr. E. G. Adams's butchery establishment, East Street adjoing Reid's Criterion Hotel, Narandera. Fortunately the buildings…

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A Famine in Paper. One-tenth of England's Out-put Checked by a Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 35

During the past few months the output of paper in England for newspaper purposes has been about 5000 tons a week. Early yesterday a fire at Sitting bourne cut the figure…

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Great Fire in New York. an Appalling Disaster. 500 Lives Lost. Four Steamers Burnt. Harrowing Scenes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 27

A disastrous fire has occurred at the dock at Hoboken, New Jersey, a town on the Hudson, opposite New York. The accounts show that the disaster was…

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The Great New York Fire. An Appaling Disaster. Harrowing Scenes. LONDON, July 2, 4.30 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 4

Farther accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Dock of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, on the River Hudson, opposite New York, show that the…

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The Great Hew York Fire. London, July 2

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 3

Further accounts of the great tire at the Hoboken Duck of the Norddeutecher Lioyd, on the River Hudeon, opposite New York, show that the disaster was one…

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Famous Fires

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 1

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

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Fire Hundred Dollars Damages Against a Steamboat Company

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 1

A girl residing in a Lake Michigan town has recovered five hundred dollars damages from a steamboat company for naming a boat after her without asking…

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A Serious Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 33

The Clyde Fellmongery and Tannery Works on the Barwon River were burnt down shortly after 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, and it is estimated that an…

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Serious Fire at Dandenong. the Hunters Fairfield and Bosun Roasted. Seven Other Valuable Horse Share Their Fate

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

MANY will be the references to-day and to-morrow to the regretful occurrence of a fire at Dandesong on last Friday night whereby the loose-boxer at Stamford-park…

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