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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

363 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 19

The Open Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 4

A fire is a delightful thing, a companion and an inspiration. If my room were kept warm by some wretched modern contrivance of…

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News From America Fire "At Winnipeg. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 2

A disastrous fire is reported from Winnipeg. A large section of the fashionable residential portion of the town has been swept by the flames. Heavy loss has been…

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Forest Fires. Lady's Heroic Act. Vancouver, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 42

The area swept by forest fires in the States of Montana and Idaho is 15,000 acres. At Bellingham an heroic deed was…

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The District. Whitton. Fire at Kooba Station

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 3

A fire occurred at Kooba on Saturday morning last, when the store-room, situated near the shearing shed, and its contents were completely destroyed, likewise…

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Doomed by Fire a Town in Arizona. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

A message states that the town of Naco in Arizona, which has a population of 1300, is doomed by fire. The last message which was able to be…

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Council and Fire Brigade Subsidy and Fire Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 4

At the meeting of the Albany Municipal Council last night the following letter was read from the secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners, N.s.W.:—…

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Destructive Fire in New Orleans

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred at New Orleans. Among a number of structures, which have been destroyed, are included the offices of the "Times"' and…

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Engine Sparks and Bush Fires Railway Commissioners' Liability. the Gerogery East Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 4

An action bearing on the question of the liability of the Railway Commissioners for losses sustained to property-holders through bush fires caused by sparks emitted from a…

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Cablegrams. Explosion in Newspaper Office a Fire Makes the Wreck Com­plete. Many Workmen Killed and Burned. Labor Unions Declared Responsible. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 2

A disastrous explosion of dynamite, followed by fire, occurred in the office of the Los Angeles "Times," California, at midnight on Friday, which resulted in the…

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Another Shearers' Hut Destroyed. Fire at Roto. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 2

The shearers hut at Roto station was burned down on Sunday at dinner time. Five shearers lost all their effects, including a bicycle…

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Bush Fire at Gerogery. Live Coals From Railway Engines, Railway Commissioners Responsibility

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 6

The test action which opened on Friday last before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four, at tie Circuit Court sitting at the Wagga Court House, and which was…

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Huge Fire in New York Loss of Property. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 5

A fire of tremendous magnitude has occurred at New York The devasting flames swept an area of no less than three acres in…

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Engine Sparks and Bush Fires. Wagga Circuit Court. W. W. Papers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 46

An action in which a good deal of interest centred, bearing as it does on the question of the liability of the Railway Commissioner for losses sustained to…

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Engine Sparks and Bush Fires the Gerogery Case, Evidence for the Defence

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 4

The hearing was continue before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four at the Wagga Circuit Court on Tuesday and Wednesday of the action brought by Mary…

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News From America Bush Fire Destroys Village. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 3

A bush, fire has swept away the village of Greaten, in Minnesota. The inhabitants are believed to have escaped but they are still unaccounted for…

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Monte Video Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 3

The fire which broke out in the new decks and customs office at Monte Video (Uraguay) is much more serious than was at first stated. The firemen were unable…

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New Orleans Fire. Newspaper Office Destroyed. Vancouver, September 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 43

A Serious fire occurred yesterday at New Orleans. The office of the "Times—Democrat" and other structures were destroyed in the conflagration…

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Bush Fire at Gerogery Railway Commissioners' Re­sponsibility. the Evidence Closed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 4

The hearing of the evidence was concluded on Friday before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four at the Wagga Circuit Court in the action brought by Mary…

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Vast Forest Fires

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 2

Great forest fires continue to sweep the northern districts of Minnesota and the western districts of Ontario, and property worth millions of pounds has gone up in…

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Fire in an Infirmary

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 2

A fire broke out in a ward of the Leeds infirmary, which was completely gutted by the flames. Four hundred and fifth patients, including thirty children, were in the…

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