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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

367 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 19

Fire

The Independent · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred on Monday evening last at the farm of Mr Henry Cobb (late of Deniliquin), near Ganmain, Wagga. After work was…

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New Fire Engine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 29

Trial of a new gasoline fire engine purchased by the Fire Brigades' Board for the new station at Essendon was made at the central station, Eastern Hill, Melbourne,…

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Great American Fire. DAMAGE £300,000. London, February 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 27

A tremendous fire has occurred at Hot Springs, a post town in the state of Arkansas. Eighteen blocks of buildings were burnt, including three churches. A…

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A Dastardly Deed. Drunken Officers, Fire on the Crowd. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 2

At Kulals, on the cast coast of the Black Sea, the soldiers were engaged in repressing a rising when their officers, who were under the Influenced of…

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A Fish That Shoots. Queet Japanese Pet That Fires a Blow-gun at Insects

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 3

Though a captive in a bowl of water, a bunked pet of the Japanese is allowed to use its blow-gun. It could not very well be otherwise,…

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Chinese Trading Boats on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 2

A. fleet of chinese trading boats, at Wuchow on the [?] two or three miles below the continue of the [?] caught fire…

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Fire on a Steamer This Warrimoo in Flames. No Loss of Life. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 3

At a very early hour this morning the steamer Warrimoo of the union Company's fleet signals of distress. Later advices showed that…

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Bush Fires Prevention

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 4

In a lengthy report to the Hon, J. H. Carruthers, Premier of N.S.W., copies of which were distributed at the meeting of the Albury Pastures…

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Russian Brutality Fire at Ambulances. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

In a cable to the Sydney Consolate the Japanese Government claims that the Japanese troops have destroyed the railway line north of Mukden…

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Science and Invention. a New Fire Alarm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

A SENSITIVE fire-alarm which has been brought out by a Danish inventor only acts when a sudden wave of heat is generated. A U-tube, 4in. high, is…

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Between Two Fires. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 2

General Kurold is advancing from the north-west and is forcing the Russians toward General Nog…

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Mine on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 3

The fire which mysterlously started in the old workings of the Carlisle mine, Bendigo, at a depth of 1850ft., on Friday, is still active…

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The Pastures Protection Board. Further Proceedings. Bush Fires in Evidence

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

At the court of party sessions, yesterday, three summonses for alleged failure to destroy rabbits were heart. The informations were all laid by the stock inspector, Mr. R. W…

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Grass Fire

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

A grass fire is reported to have done considerable damage to grass on the holdings of the Quat Quatta settlers on Friday. Reports to hand state…

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General Cables. London, Monday. the Welsh Colliery Disaster Mine on Fire

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

The explosion in the Cambrian Collories at Llynpla in Wales was caused by fire. Up to the present the death roll is…

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Kuropatkin's Retreat. Regular Debacle Soldiers Panic Stricken. Fire on Comrades. Wholesale Surrenders. London

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

The St. Petersburg correspondent of a leading French newspaper describes Kuropathin's retreat from Mukden as a "Debacle" or a complete entaclysm…

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Maintenance of Fire Brigades

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

A deputation from the Marine underwriters' Association interviewed the Premier to-day and protested against the proposal of the Government to…

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Disastrous Fire. in New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

A fire occurred on Monday in a five storey tenement in New York. The building was mostly occupied by Polish jews of whom twenty were…

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Fires at Tooyal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 28

"We (Wagga "Advertiser") learn from our Tooyal correspondent that two rather serious fires occurred in that neighborhood within the past few days. The first…

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Great Fire in China. Fleet of Boats in Flames. London, March 8

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

A terrible disaster has occurred at Wuchow, on S kiang, the commercial capital of the province of Kwangs[?], in the south of China. A fleet of trading beat…

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