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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Bush Fire Brigade. Proposed Resuscitation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

At the meeting of the Albury Council last night. Ald. Waugh suggested that the Bush Fire Brigade formerly in existence at Albury be resuscitated. He…

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Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 21

Up to the present no outbreak of bush fires has been reported in this district, and the danger so far does not appear to be very great. During this month in…

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Precautions Against Bush Fires

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

On Mahonga station, in the Riverina, an ingenious device is arranged to locate the exact position of a bush fire, and it has proved infallible. During…

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Locating Bush Fires. Precautions at Mahonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

On Mahonga Station, near Urana, an ingenious device is arranged to locate the exact position of a bush fire, and it has proved infallible. During…

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Bush Fires. Thousands of Acres Burnt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 28

A bush fire is raging in the Condobolin district. At Messrs. Haley Brothers' station, Newlands,, the fire came to within 60 yards of the homestead, and had it hot…

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Grass Fires at the Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 46

Between the 30th December last and 2nd instant, a number of fires have occurred within about a mile radius at Glen Rock, nine miles the other side of…

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Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 6

A special meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the station on Monday evening last for the purpose of receiving…

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Army Stores Burnt. Fire at Portsmouth. London, January 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 43

Through the destruction by lire of a large building at Portsmouth, the War Office has sustained a severe loss. The building contained the whole of the camp…

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Mt. Etna Again Active Smoke and Red Fire From the Crater. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

Mount Etna is again showing signs of becoming active, smoke and flashes of red fire being emitted from the crater…

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A Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

Messrs Neal and Terry's drapery store at Tamworth was destroved by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £5000…

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Fire at Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

At mid-day yesterday a fire broke out is the hairdressing saloon of Mr. T. McManus, Sydeny-road Wodonga. The building, which was…

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A Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

A fire took place last night at the premises of Tillock and Co., wholesale grocers in Kent-street, but it was extinguished before a great deal of damage…

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Fires at Sea. Crews Thrilling Escapes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

Two earthing stores of the sea were reports early in December (Says the "Daily Express) in one case the Spanish steamer [?] satto put into…

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Fire in a Celluloid Factory. Twenty Employers Incinerated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

News of a terrible catastrophe comes from Geispolsheim in Prussia. A fire took place in a factory in which celluloid articles were manufactured and…

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Bush Fire Season

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 3

A grass fire broke out on Mr McCulloch's station, The Oaks eight miles rom Cootamundra on Friday, and destroyed 1000 acres of grass and fencing…

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The Fire at Toogimbie. the Homestead Destroyed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 4

Early on Saturday morning, the Homestead at Toogimbie station was totally destroyed by fire. The building of the homestead, which was of…

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Bush Fires in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 33

Since Sunday, 6th inst., bush fires have done almost incalculable damage in the Longreach district, reducing thousands upon thousands of acres of…

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Fire at Tamworth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 33

A disastrous fire occurred in Peelstreet, Tamworth, about 5 o'clock on Friday morning, the premises of Messrs. Neal and Ferry, drapers and clothiers,…

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Fire Under Control. No Ruffianism Reported

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

The fire which followed the earthquake and toppling over of buildings on Monday was practically under control the same night and is now…

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Fire in a Factory. Boys and Girls Incinerated. London. January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 42

The little town of Geispolsheim. near Strasburg, in Alsace-Lorraine,was the scene of a dreadful disaster yesterday. A fire broke out in a factory for the…

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