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Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fires on Shipboard Telamon Now Safe. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

The fire which broke out on board the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Telamon, 4500 tons, while on her voyage from Brisbane to Perim, has been extinguished…

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General Cable News London, Friday. Fire at Mandalay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

A disastrous fire has occurred at Mandalay, the capital of Upper Burmah. A long stretch of business places and dwelling houses was destroyed. The damage is…

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Timber Yard Fire Damage Estimated at £10,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 2

At 9 o'clock on Friday night all was apparently well in Mr. W. J. Brewer's timberyards at Clifton Hill. At 10 o'clock the main yard, covering about half-an-acre…

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Balloon Catches Fire Aeronauts Narrow Escape. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 3

An aeronaut named Selphatt attempted to make a balloon ascent from the cricket ground this afternoon. As the balloon rose, however, it caught fire, and Selphatt took…

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The Telamon Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 5

The steamer Telamon, which while bound from Australia to Liverpool, put in at Perim, with one of her holds on fire, has now [?]aded her wool cargo. Ten…

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The Land of Ice and Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 3

Just bordering on the Arctic circle 50 miles north-west of the northern coast of Scotland, lies the large island, Iceland. It is larger than…

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Skin Store on Fire Collins' and Mason's Establishment

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 3

A fire broke, out in Smollett-street yesterday afternoon, shortly after 1 o'clock, at the skin store of Collins and Mason. Dense volumes of pitch black smoke were given…

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INTERCOLONIAL Timber Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 32

At 9 p.m. on Friday all was apparently well in Mr. W. J. Brewer's timber-yards at Chifton Hill. At 10 o'clock the main vard, covering about half-an-acre…

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Cry of Anguish. Fire Scenes at Croydon

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 8

Giving evidence on Monday, January 24, at the inquest at Croydon (Eng.) on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Barnshaw, who lost their lives in a fire at…

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Albury Fire Brigade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

It will be remembered that the Albury Fire Brigade recently came under the control of the new Fire Brigades Board, and then ceased to be a volunteer brigade, and…

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Big Fire in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

A serious, fire has occurred at lake Charles, a town in Louisiana, U.S.A. Two thousand people have been rendered homeless, while the damage is estimated at…

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Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 2

On the 14th inst. a building at the read of Mr. H. Mertz's new residence di[?] miles out of Moulamein [?] destroyed by fire. [?]…

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Frosts Destructive Work Tee Americas' Disaster. Fires to Warm the Orchards. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Atlanta, capital of the Stare of Georgia, has given a graphic description of the serious havoc caused by. the severe frosts in the…

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Disastrous Fires. 2,000 People Homeless. London, April 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 42

An extensive and very disastrous fire has taken place at Lake Charles, a small town in Louisiana, United States. Almost the entire town was burnt out, and 2,000…

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Fire at Horsham. Thousands of Pounds Damages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 28

About 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, two wooden shops in Wilson-street, Horsham, ana a portion of a valuable grocers stock in a store at the rear, were destroyed…

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Disastrous Fire Nine Lives Lost. London

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

A disastrous fire, which, was attended by much loss of life, occurred last night at Cornwall, Ontario. A brief message states that nine…

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The Fire Fiend. Residence Destroyed at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

A six-roomed brick residence, with a detached kitchen, situated at Mount Pleasant, Wahgunyah, the property of Mrs. A. B. Brown, of St. Kilds, and…

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The Land of Ice and Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

Just bordering on the Arctic circle 50 miles north-west of the northern coast of Scotland, lies the large island, Iceland. It is larger than…

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Thursday's Great Storm Fire Ball Explodes at Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, passed over Sydney on. Thursday night In George-street west a flood was caused owing to the storm-water sewer drain not…

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Dynamite Factory on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 3

News has been received that a fire occurred in a dynamite factory at Hall, Quebec yesterday. The whole factory was blown up, the explosion also wrecking…

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