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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire at Corowa. an Excited Crowd. Only Five Firemen Available

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 5

A fire which caused great excitement in the town occurred here yesterday. It originated in a weather-board cottage occupied by Mr. M. Goldrick, and…

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Grass Fire at Booligal. Booligal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

A bush fire broke out early this morning on Booligal Station, and burnt through Young's selection on to the river, five miles south from here. About 700 acres of grass,…

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Disastrous Fire. Poor Family Ruined. Deficient Water Supply

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

Some time between the hours of three and four o'clock on Easter Monday afternoon a serious out-break of fire occurred in Walkerest.,…

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The Montreal Horror. "Canada's Most Awful Fire." Teacher and Children Perish. Miss Maxwell's Heroic Death

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

Details of what has been described as Canada's most awful fire, in which 17 little children and their teacher, Miss Maxwell, were burned to death,…

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LONDON. Thursday. Serious Fire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

A fire broke out in an Italian boarding house at San Francisco, and seventeen lives were lost…

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Fire in Walker-street

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 5

A fire broke out about 4 o'clock on Easter Monday afternoon in a four-roomed cottage in Walker-st., woned by Mr. J. D. Fraser, and…

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The Late Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 3

We have been informed that as a result of the laudable efforts of Messrs. C. Clayton and F. Fraser on behalf of the McGoldriek family, the…

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FiRE at a Dairy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 3

A fire occurred this morning at a dairy on the outskirts of Richmond belonging to a dairyman named Percival and resulted in the destruction of a…

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Original Correspondence. the Recent Fire. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

Sir.--I notice in your issue of Friday, 5th inst. that you state I made a clam on tho Guardian Fire Assurance Co. for £30, and that their…

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A Ship on Fire. Rushes Into a Duck. the Passengers Landed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 3

A sensational shipping incident is reported from Dibb's Perry, [?] New York. The steamer City of Troy, carrying…

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Albury Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Albury Volunteer Fire Brigade was held an the depot last night, Lieutenant Grinton presiding over Fireman Scanlan,…

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General Cables. London, Tuesday. Serious Accident at a Fire. Seven Firemen Killed by Collapsing Walls

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 5

The chief power house of the Metropolitan Street Railway in New York has been burnt to the ground. Unfortunately the fire was attended by…

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Great Fires at Harbin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 2

Throe great fires have taken place within a week in the Chinese quarter of the town of Harbin, in Manchuria The whole of the business quarter has…

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Under Searchlight Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 9

Never shall I forget my first night on the soil of Cuba. Two Americans and twenty-three Cubans, we mustered in the rain and darkness on the unsteady deck…

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Fire in a Tenement House. Fifteen Persons Killed, Tenant Arrested for Arson. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

A terrible fire has occurred in a [?] house in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The house was completely burnt and…

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Fire in a COLLIERy. Miners Rescued WITh DIFFICULTY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 5

A great fire occurred at the pit-head of the Dodsworth Colliery at Bamsley, in South Yorkshire. The mine to the number of 160 were rescued…

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A Blaze

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 3

At daylight on Sunday morning, the kitchen of the residence of Mrs. Morris, an elderly widow lady, who lives about a mile from Daysdale…

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The King's Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 3

Buckingham Palace is to, be equipped with its own fire-fighting appliances and its own brigade. The King saw how possible it was for an…

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Alleged Fire Raising. John Montgomery's Second Trial. Acquittal of the Accused

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 6

The second trial of John Montgomery on a charge that he did on January 3, at Germanton, set fire to natural grass on the land known as the…

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Setting Fire to Grass

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 28

John Montgomery was charged with that he did on 3rd January, 1907, at Ten Mile Estate, near Germanton, maliciously set fire to certain natural grass, the property of Samuel…

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