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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

354 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 18

Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 2

The local Volunteer Fire Brigade intends to be represented at the annual demonstration which takes place at Dubbo[?] and already a team has…

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A Steamer on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 3

A cable message was received here to-day that the German steamer SchWalin. which left Sydney on September 29, had been put into…

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Fire at a Wharf. Motor Pumping Engine at Work. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 3

An outbreak of fire of a sensational character occurred at No. 4 shed, Queen's Wharf, this afternoon. The shed was filled with cargo, and in…

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Fire at Broken Hill. 2000 Men Idle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 5

A wire from Broken Hill states that a surface fire occurred at the Block 14 mine early this morning. The poppet legs, from the month of the…

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Two Big Fires. Fatal Blaze in Cincinnati. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 2

Another fatal fire is reported from the United States. A six-storeyed building used as a dry-goods warehouse, in Cincinnati, caught fire when many persons were…

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A Sports Depot on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 2

A big fire resulting in serious damage occurred in London last night. The scene was the large establishment of Messrs. A. W. Gamage Ltd., athletic outfitters. in…

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Fighting Queer Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 44

It is not the flames alone we dread, said a fireman of twenty years' service to the writer recently, for in many cases danger comes from other sources quite as alarming…

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Fire at Black Range

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 45

A seven-roomed cottage at Black Range, occupied by Mr. T. Goldsworthy, was completely destroyed by fire on Wednesday, about noon. At about 11.30 a.m., Mrs…

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A Favourite Fire Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

It is well to have an asset; it is wise to have that asset guarded and guaranteed against all risks. The property that has been built up by industry,…

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A Huge Fire Rages Melbourne a Wonderful Sight. Loss of Sixty Thousand Pounds. Two Hotels and Several Shops Damaged. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 3

At half-past nine o'clock last night when the city streets were swarming with the city streets were swarming with the usual Saturday night's crowd denser thawn usual on account of the…

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The Bush Fire Fiehd. Outbreak at Savernake. Serious Damage

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

On Friday last a bush-fire Broke out in some mysterious way on the property of Mrs. P. Sandral at Savernake, and 400 acres of grass…

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A West Australian Grass Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 3

Judgment was delivered in the High Court to-day in an appeal made by John Sermon against the decision of the West Australian Full Court in…

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The Big Melbourne Fire a Desolate Ruin. Approximate Loss £150,000. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

The great pile of buildings once known as Wallach's, in Elizabeth street, Melbourne, is now a desolate ruin. Thousands of sightseers…

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Sensational Fire in Melbourne. Estimated Damage £100,000

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

The biggest and most sensational fire which Melbourne has seen since the great fire of 1897, occurred on Saturday night in the large block of…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Saturday's Big Fire. Removing the Ruins

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

The work of demolishing the rums of Wallachs' Buildings had progressed so far by noon to-day that the City Council's building surveyor…

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Big Blaze in Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 3

The premises of Myers and Solomon importers, Market-street, caught fire at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and are still burning. The stock is most…

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Big Fires in Melbourne. Estimated Damage £70,000

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 41

The biggest and most sensational fire which Melbourne has seen since the great fire of 1897 occurred on Saturday night in the large block of buildings, including…

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Town Swept by Fire, Damage at Longreach

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 43

For the third time within the last decade the business portion of Longreach (Q) has been swept by a disastrous fire. The conflagration broke out about a…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 2

At the Mathoura court on Monday, before Messrs Opitz and Black, Js.P., a swagman named James Dobler was charged by Constable Lucas with…

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