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Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Victoria Melbourne, Saturday. Recent Elizabeth Street Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 3

The remains of Wallach's buildings in Elizabeth-street, the scene of the big fire a week ago, are being rapidly demolished, the work of levelling the…

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General Cable News London, Sunday. Fire in a Railway Tunnel. Fourteen Persons Suffocated

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

A terrible fire occurred in the railway tunnel which is in course of construction for the Pennsylvania Company, between New York and New Jersey, and fourteen…

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Fire at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 3

On Thursday evening last [?] roomed weatherboard cottage owned by Mrs. J. Burrows, of Wahgunyah and occupied by Mrs. Morel and…

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Chiltern Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

The Chiltern Fire Brigade held its annual meeting on Thursday evening Capt. Sexton was in the chair, and there were 19 members present…

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A Lake on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 4

The Lake of Waterloo is a phosphorescent sheet of water 1,000ft, long, near Nassau, in the Bahamas. At night it is like a sheet of living…

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Virginia Mine Explosion Fire Stops Exploration. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

Latest advices state that the rescue parties which are seeking to recover the bodies of the miners killed by the explosioin in the Baltimore Consolidated Coal…

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Bush Fire Near Ivanhoe

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

A bush fire broke out about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning on Kilfera, in what is known as the Ivanhoe paddock, about 4 miles west of Ivanhoe in heavily grassed…

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That Savernake Fire

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

[?] week we gave an account of a [?] which occurred at [?] stated that the cause of the outbreak appeared [?]…

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The Wellington Fire. English Sympathy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

The destruction by fire of the Parliament Buildings at Wellington has been the subject of comment in most of the English newspapers, all of which express much…

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Great Fire in Wellington. Parliament House Destroyed. Damage Over £100,000

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 45

On Wednesday morning the Parliamentary buildings in Wellington were destroyed by fire, the portion devoted to the library, the only part of the structure not…

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Cyclone at Savernake. a Terrific Ten Minutes. Ice and Fire. Sunday Evening

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

A terrific cyclonic disturbance broke over this township to-day at half-past twelve o'clock, and although its greatest jury only…

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Serious Fire at Echuca

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 4

A destructive fire broke out on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock, in a terrace of business premises in High - street, Echuca, on the Campaspe embankment…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Corowa Fire Brigade was held on Monday evening last, when there were present:--Captain Ritchle and 14…

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Cablegrams. More Mine Explosions. 250 Men Entombed. the Mine Ox Fire. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 2

A sudden explosion of firedamp yesterday set on fire portion of the Pittsburg Goal Company's mine at Jacobs Creek. Over 250 American and Hungarian miners,…

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Fire at a Pawnbrokers. Christmas Finery Reduced to Ashes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 December 1907 · page 5

A fire broke out early this morning in a pawnbroker's shop, occupied by a man named Cornelius Dafry. The shop tras situated in Gampbell-street,…

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