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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Fatal Fire at Liverpool Six Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

sad kiss of life marked a fire at Litherland. a suburb of Liverpool, on Sundey night. A shop caught fire and was quickly,…

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Distressing Bronchitis. Had to get up and sit by fire at night. Another splendid cure by Peps

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 31

Mrs. Chirstiana Hooper of Melbourne St., North Adelaide, S.A., writes:—"I am now 53 years of age, and suffered for nine months from bronchitis. At first the cough…

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Disastrous Fire. St. Louis (Missouri)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred here yesterday, when four blocks of the manufacturing section, of the city were destroyed The damage is estimated at fully a million…

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Big Fire in Sydney [?]20.000 Worth of Goods Destroyed. Three Firemen Overcome by Smoke. Another Knocked Senseless Sydney, Friday Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 5

A Very destructive fire broke out to-night in Kent street. The scene this the third floor of Angus and Coote's four storey building…

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Crew Fire at Pickets

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 June 1911 · page 3

As the steamer Ladybrook was leaving Hull, the crew, after a heated argument with the strikers' pickets, fired six shots into the crowd, injuring a picket, it is…

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Loss by Fire of £50,000. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 June 1911 · page 3

The village of Maricopa, near here, has been practically wiped out by fire. The loss is estimated at £50.000…

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Some Great Fires

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 4

The terrible fire at Bangor Mine, at which several lives have been lost, and one million dollars worth of damage done, is but one of many outbreaks…

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Steamer on Fire Only Slight Damage. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 2

During the passage of Huddart, Parker and Co. steamer Victoria from Lyttelton to Wellington a fire broke out in No. 1 hold…

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Big Fire in Sydney in Middle Valuable Block. Sydney, Monday Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out late to-night at the premiss of Fuerth and Nall, cardboard box manufacturers, in Castlereagh street. The building, which is six storeys high…

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Fatal Explosiqn Starts [?]50,000 " Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

PORT ARTHUR (Texas), Tuesday. An explosion occurred on an oil barge at this town on Sunday." One man killed and a fire was started which did…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Fire in Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

The fire at [?] and Nall's warehouse was still burning this morning at six o'clock. Lines of hose were at work sending four streams of water through the…

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Fire at Picture Show Stampede of 2000 People.. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

An awful sensation was caused at Portsmouth through the stampede of the audience during a moving pictures exhibition. At the Portsmouth Picture Palace dur-…

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Mysterious Fires at Murrumburrah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

The coroner's inquiry into the two fires at Robert Ollis Matter's drapery store, at Murrumburrah, has resulted in Matter and Matthew Tracey being committed for trial…

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Huge Fire Caused by Lighting Damage Estimated at £40.000. VIENNA

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

During a terrific storm the lightning started an alarming fire in the Galician naptha district. The flames have risen above the…

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Another Fire on the Canada

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Another fire broke out yesterday on board the s.s. Canada at Liverpool, but it was suppressed without very much trouble…

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Bush Fires in Ontario. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

Fierce bush fires have occurred in the Cobalt mining region in Ontario. Several camps were destroyed, and it is feared that lives have been lost…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Small Steamer on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 5

The small seamer Erina, well known in Sydney Harbor as an excursion and pleasure boat, was partially destroyed by fire early this morning. The vessel, which…

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Bakehouse on Fire. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

A fire this morning destroyed a bakehouse in Regent street, Redfern, belonging to Mr. Joseph. Three adjoining buildings were damaged. At 3 a.m. Constable…

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Blaze of Naphtha. Lit by Electric Flash. Vienna, June 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 43

An alarming fire in the Galician naphtha district was started yesterday by a flash of lightning. The flames have risen above the reservoir. and are covering the streets…

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State Fire Risks. Government Adoption Johannesburg, June 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 43

The Union Government has decided to carry the fire risks on all public buildings and on the railways, and has allowed policies a mounting to £80,000 to lapse. The…

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