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Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Further Rioting. The Military Fire on the Mob. Numbers Killed and Wounded. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 1

Further serious rioting has occurred at Belfast. The police barracks were destroyed, and a number of police stoned and…

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Dynamite and Fire. Cause Trouble in a German Town

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 2

A great disaster has overtaken the small town, of Domitz, in Mecklenburg Schwerin, situated on the right bank of the river Elbe, about 30…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade. Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 8

Captain Ritchie und fourteen firemen turned up at the monthly meeting of the above brigade on last Thursday evening at the…

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The Everlasting Crick. Case Still Hanging Fire. Decision Delivered To-morrow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 3

In the case of William Patrick Crick, solicitor, whose name the Law Institute of N.S.W. were applying to have expunged from the list of…

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Fire on the Howlong Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 5

Shortly before 12 o'clock last night the Albury fire bell sounded an alarm, and the firemen quickly responding, proceeded in the direction of a glare at the Western…

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Corowa. Fire Brigade Annual Social

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 6

The annual social of the Corowa Fire Brigade was held in the old Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday night, when there were about 100 people present…

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Fire Caused by Sparrows

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 3

Investigations into the cause of the fire which, broke out in the Ryde public school on Friday afternoon show that the outbreak was caused in a…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade. Annual Ball

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 3

As announced in the last issue of the "Corowa Free Press" this function was held in the old Oddfellows' Hall on last Wednesday…

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Huge Fire in Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 5

Three-fourths of the buildings in the town of Hakadosa, in Japan, has been totally destroyed by fire…

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Fire at Parkes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 33

Early on Friday morning the chemist's shop at Parkes (N.S.W.) occupied by Mr. G. M'Girr was found to be on fire by a lodger in a neighbouring hotel, who gave…

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The Japanese Fire. Sixty Thousand Homeless

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

The huge fire which destroyed a large portion of Hakodate, the chief port of Yezo, in Japan, has caused damage estimated at £3,000,000…

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Fire Brigade Powerless

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 32

The Bowral (N.S.W.) fire brigade received a call at 4 o'clock the other morning to an untenanted six-roomed brick and weatherboard cottage situated on…

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Big Fire at Waterloo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 5

An extensive fire broke out in Botany road, Waterloo, this afternoon. It originated in the premises occupied by a Chinese cabinet maker, Sun…

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Cablegrams. the Labour World Incendiary Fires at Antwerp. Two Streets Threatened. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

It was yesterday reported that the strikers at Antwerp, after fiercely attacking the English and German "blacklegs,"' also burnt nine timber sheds…

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Cablegrams. the Labour Would the Antwerp Fires. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

Latest advices from Antwerp state that the fires started by strikers in the timber yards which yesterday threatened to extend to two streets, have not been…

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Fire in an Hotel. Fifteen Persons Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

A calamitous fire is reported from Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A. By some means not yet ascertained an hotel near the city was razed to the ground, with…

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Destructive Fire Near Euston. Mielman Homestead Destroyed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 3

On Thursday night last a destructive fire occurred at Mielman, about 20 miles from Euston, and the property of Mr Thomas Euston, who with…

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At the Cry of "Fire!" What Should You Do Then

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 5

Keep cool, to be sure. Sooner said than done. It is not very easy to keep either your skin or your nerves cool when flame and smoke are be…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Seriouis Fire Averted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 3

Last night a serious fire was averted through the prompt action of the fire brigades. The outbreak started at 8 o'clock on the fifth floor of the Singer Sewing…

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Destructive Fire at Murwillumbah. The Township Destroyed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

The township of Murwillumbah was practically destroyed by fire this morning. Fifty-nine buildings were consumed, including four banks…

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