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Fires & bushfires, 1908

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An Annandale Report. [?] Fire the Silk. [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

Perhaps nobody ever accomplished all that he [?] in him to do towards the [?] but nearly everyone who [?]…

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Fire Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

On Saturday evening, just before 8 o'clock, an alarm of fire was sounded, which threw the town into a state of excitement for some…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

Captain P. K. Ritchie is interesting himself in the matter of the 1909 annual fire brigades demonstration of New South Wales…

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Fire Brigages Demonstration

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

On Monday evening last a meeting of hotelkeepers--convened by Mr. P. K. Ritchie, captain of the local Fire Brigade--was held at…

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Fire at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 18

Another disastrous conflagration took place last Sunday night, at 11 o'clock, when Punton and Jackman's butchers' shop and O'Keeffe's grocery, in the main…

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A Blaze Engirdling the Earth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

One might think that if air can be ignited a flash of lightning would start a blaze which would girdle the earth and which could not be…

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When Fires Are Unconquerable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

It in often a source of wonder to onlookers that the rivers of water which are thrown by a dozen or more fire-engines into a burning…

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Chiltern Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 5

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Chiltern Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening. Captain Sexton occupied the chair. There were 21…

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Fire at Arncliffe

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

A serious fire broke out at Arncliffe last night, and it was not extinguished until two shops were completely gutted and another…

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Federal Loss Through the Recent Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

The damaged [?] and from wire recovered from the Elizabeth-street [?] has, the Postmaster-General states, been sold for [?]. For other miscellaneous…

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Fires Which Never Go Out

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

There are domestic fires burning in Yorkshire to-day which have never been out for hundreds of years, At the old-fashioned furm-housoa is the…

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A Calamitous Fire. New York Skyscraper Destroyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

A terrible fire is reported from New York, which resulted in the death of three firemen, while 20 others received serious injuries…

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The New York Fire. Firemen Narrowly Escape. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

The dramatic rescue of a number of firemen was of the exciting features in the burning of Parker Building, New York…

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Albury Fire Brigade Concert

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 2

The concert given by the Albury Fire Brigade, assisted by the Albury Town and Citizens Military Bands, to raisn fund, to enable the Brigade to…

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A Salt Merchant's Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning on the premises of Henry Berry, salt merchant and importer of butchers' requirements in Adelaide. The…

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Cablegrams. Cinematograph Holocaust. Dreadful Disaster in Pennsylvania. One Hundred and Sixty-seven Deaths. Due to Fire and Panic. Women Make Their Escape. Over Corpses Piled Five Feet High. the Stage Floor Collapses. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 2

A fearful catastrophe in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, as the result of which 80 persons were killed and a hundred injured, is described in yesterday's telegrams from…

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Fire Ruins

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

A step towards demolition of the ruinous building in Elizabeth-street, formerly occupied by Clarke and Co., was taken in the practice Court today, when Mrs…

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Big Fire at Ganmain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 21

At Ganmain, at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning, an extensive, serious fire broke out, burning to the ground a block of buildings opposite the railway line. From…

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Incidents of the Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 45

Reuter's correspondent describes some dreadful scenes which witnessed during the fire. Many of the audience were thrown into a frenzy of terror, and as…

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Destructive Fire. Block of Buildings Burned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

A disastrous fire occurred about 4 a.m. on Wednesday at Ganmain, a small town on the branch line to Hay, about half way between…

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