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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire at Sheldon's Bakery Residence and Shop Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

At a quarter to 4 o'clock this morning a son of Mr. Sheldon baker, off Wilson-street, on the east of the Albury railway line, saw some leaves burning on the roof…

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Bush Fire at Kiewa Charcoal Burners Blamed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 2

At Kiewa on Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock a bush fire broke out in Mr. C. Hopgood's paddock. It quickly assumed large proportions, and burning through the…

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Fire Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 6

At noon on Monday Mr. F. A. Coghlan, returning officer in connection with the election of a member to represent the country municipalities and shires on the…

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Last Night's Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 6

Between half past 9 and 10 last rnight the town resident were disturbed by the alarm of fire. As usual the main thoroughfares presented animated…

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Fire Brigades Board

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

Ald. Walter Cracknell, mayor of West Maitland, has been elected the country representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales. There…

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Bush Fire at Bonegilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

Another bush fire started here on Wednesday evening, and but for the railway line (which acted for a break) must have destroyed everything in its course to the…

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Fires at Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

A fire occurred at Finley at midnight on Saturday, when a weatherboard dwelling and shop, the property of J. T. Close, was demolished. About…

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Films on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 43

During the progress of a sacred concert at the Adelphi-hall, West Maitland, on Sunday evening, some cinematograph films caught fire, creating a panic among the…

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Sequel to a Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 33

As a sequel to the fire which destroyed the Rutland Hotel, Wanganui, N.Z., on the night of January 22, Joseph Davis and Martin Haynes, proprietor and manager…

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Theatre on Fire Audience Stampedes. 50 Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

A shocking disaster has occurred in Pern through a conflagration breaking out at a theatre. During a cinematograph performance at…

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Outrage in London Clerks Under Fire. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

An extraordinary outrage was committed in the City yesterday. a man entered the offices of Sassoon and Sons. merchants, in Leadenhalf-street and producing…

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Fire Brigade Demon Stration

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 3

The annual demonstration of the Victorian Country Fire Brigades was commenced at the Bendigo Show Grounds yesterday. There was a large attendance,…

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A Fatal Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 33

A fire, in which Mrs. Day, wife of Plainclothes Constable L. Day, was burnt to death with her child, a baby girl, and in which her two sons, Cyril, aged six, and…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration Bendigo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

In lovely weather this afternoon the Country Fire Brigades' Association continued its annual demonstration. Great interest was central in the Hose Practice for…

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People Who Play with Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 41

The man who can startle the Boston branch of the Society for Psychical Research, and incidentally puzzle into silence the celebrated Professor James, of…

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New South Wales. Fire Extinguiser's Successful Test. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 5

Tatham's new fire extinguisher passed through a Successful text at a warehouse in Margarat-street to-day, when it promptly extinguished a fire caused by a blazing…

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Cablegrams. Fire in London Great Calamity Averted. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

The disastrous fire on the premises of Arding and Hobbs at Clapham Junction on the Monday in Christmas week was brought vividly to mind last evening, when…

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Tragedies That Have Been Enacted at Fearful Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 33

Human terror and misery reach their height when a great fire suddenly turns peace and security to frightful peril and agony. London has seen many terrible…

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Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 3

A great many of the public were aroused from their slumbers by the ringing of the fireball at about two o'clock on Sunday morning, and the cause did not…

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District-exhibits at the Show Southern District Gains the Prize. Exhibit Catches Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. W. I. Johnson, secretary of the A. and B. P., A. and H. Society, received a telegram yesterday afternoon from Mr. George Cousens, of Grenfell, organiser of…

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