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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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Horrors of Shell Fire. Russian Officer's Striking Battle Story. St. Petersburg, March 21

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 4

The officer who commanded the battery on Electric Cliff during the bombardment of Port Arthur has sent the following vivid account of the…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Fire at a Flour Mill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 3

A fire occurred at Messrs J. and J. Wearne's National Flour Mills, Goulburn-street, city, at 3 o'clock this morning…

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The Yalu Disaster. Russians Fire Upon Their Own Men. Russians Mistaken for Japanese. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 May 1904 · page 2

General Kurold reports that during the Russian retreat from the Yalu a detachment of two hundred Russians was mistaken by 2000 others for…

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Fire Versus Freeze

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 3

The freezing works of the Taranald Dairy Company at New Plymonth, have been utterly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £15,000…

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Fire Brigade Euchre Party

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 3

The [?] party and dance held in the Mechanics [?] last night in aid of the funds of the Albury fire brigade was a pronounced success from…

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Cablegrams. War! More Russian Defeats. The Next Battleground. Privations of the Wounded Be Kind to John Chinaman. Fine Japanese Artillery Fire. Two Other Russian Defeats. South of Liaoyang, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 2

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Fire Brigade Euchre Party

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the ladies' committee of the recent euchre party in aid of the Albury Fire Brigade funds was held at the council chambers last…

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Fire at Tumut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 3

A fire occurred at about 1 o'clock on Saturday in a brick dwelling at the intersection of Wynyard and Simpson streets, Tumut. The cottage, which was…

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Corowa Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

The monthly meting of the above lapsed on Monday night for want of a quorom of course the wet weather was responsible, for a suiffcient…

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Assisting the Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

In response in a letter asking for assistance by the Albury Fire Brigade it, has been [?] that the council clerk arrange for a conference between…

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Fire Scare at Chiltern. Fitzgerald's Company at Star Theater. Chiltern

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 3

Fitzgerald's Biograph, Vitagraph, and Wavwords entertainment, which has shown recently at Albury and Wodonga, opened to-night at Chiltern…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the above was held at the fire station on Monday evening. There were present--Captain P. K. Ritchle and 17…

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Fire in a Restaurant. London, Thursday. a Veritadle Death Trap

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

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Albury Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Albury Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last night in the fire brigade station, the chair being occupied by Capt. Ryan…

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Fire at Jersey City. on Million Damage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 2

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Special Fire Brigade Rate

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

A report from the finance committee was submitted to the Albury Council recommending that a rate of ½d in the £ be struck within the reticulated…

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Fatal Hotel Fire. Six Lives Lost. London, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 27

A fire, involving the death of six persons, is reported from Weston-super-Mare, a watering-place in the west of England, near Somerset. The fire occurred at Huntley's…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. Melbourne, Thursday. Fire on a Steamer

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

The steamer Wakool, which left Port Melbourne yesterday for London, returned to port this morning, an outbreak of fire in the hold having been…

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Alarm of Fire at the Met Ropole. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused about 5 o'clock this morning at the Metropole Hotel, when an alarm of fire was raised by bells ringing and engines…

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