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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

367 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 19

Fire!

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 2

Michael (who has been keeping up the previous night, and whose head is not quite clear at church time next morning): ‘An’ phwat are the bolls ringin’ fer, Pat ?’…

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More Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

Yesterday's Melbourne papers con[?] details of further disastrous [?] in different parts of Victoria. At M[?] ex[?]asive damage, estimated…

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Burnt to Death. Overtaken by a Bush Fire. Flight for Life

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

On Saturday last, Kilpatrick, driver of Messrs. Crawford and Co.'s coach on the Tallangatta road, was overtaken by a bush fire in what is known…

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Fire in a New York Theatre

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

During the rehearsal of an opera by the company at the Casino Theatre in New York, the building was discovered to be on [?] The chorus became panic-strieken, and escaped with difficulty, some of the…

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Bush Fires Relief

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 29

The executive committee of the bush fires relief fund met at the Town Hall, Sydney on 9th inst. The Wagga list showed the total losses in that district to be £17,899. The…

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Bush Fires Relief. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

The Lord Mayer's Bush Fire [?] Committee has decided to grant the sum of [?]500 to the Wagga district…

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Bush Fire Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3

A terrible disaster overtook the Glen Wills mail coach from Tallangatta on Saturday, owned by Messrs. Crawford and Co. When nearing the…

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Fire at Grong Grong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 29

A fire occurred at the homestead of Mr. J. Smith, a selector near Grong Grong, by which that hard-working settler lost his house and everything it contained. How the fire…

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A Colliery on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday night a fire broke out in the working of the Heddon Greta Colliery, in the Maitland district. Efforts were made to extinguish the…

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Enveloped in Fire. Coach Destroyed. Man's Dreadful Fate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 15

A sensational coach accident happened on the Glen Wills road on Saturday, resulting in the death of a man named Thos. M'Bride, the severe burning of the driver…

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Theatre on Fire. Panic During a Rehearsal. London, February 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 27

The Casino Theatre at New York was yesterday set on fire during a rehearsal The members of the company and the chorus were panic-stricken. They made a…

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Enveloped by Fire. Coach Destroyed. Man's Dreadful Fate. Mitta Mitta

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 1

A sensational coach accident happened on the Glen Wills road on Saturday, resulting in the death of a man named Thomas M'Bride, the…

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General Cables. LONDON,Friday. Explosion on a Submarine. Gasoline Catches Fire. Six of the Crew Rilled

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

Nows has been received from the naval station at Queenstown of a disaster on board the submarine torpedo boat A 5. on the submarine boat A 5 show that eleven officers and men were charging the tanks with gasoline proparatory to evolutions in Cork Harbour when…

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Bush Fire Relief Committee

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the Corowa Committee was held at the School of Arts on Monday night, there being present:--Messrs. C. T. Brewer (chair). J…

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Fire Brigades' Demonstration

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

The Rutherglen Fire Brigade will take part in the annual demonstrations to be held at Warrnambool on 6th March, and will be under the…

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Great Fire in London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

A fire has occurred in the car[?]age [?]lers quarter of long Acre, near Drure Lane, the damage being estimated at £230,000…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the above was held at the Fire Station on Monday evening. There were present Captain P. K. Ritchie (chair) and 13…

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General Cables. London, Monday. Big Fire in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

A large fire has destroyed eight blocks of buildings at Hot Spring, in Arkansan, U.S.A., causing damage to the extent of 1, 500,000 dollars…

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Destructive Fire in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

A fire broke out on the Stuvyesant dooks, on the Mississippl River, Now Orleans, which form the Southern terminus of the [?] Cental Rullroad,…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund. Another [?]500 for Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 2

The committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund has voted another sum, this time of [?]500, for the relief of the settlers in the Albury…

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