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Fires & bushfires, 1911

405 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 21

Serious Fire at Livery Stables. Eremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 3

Livery stables in High street, Fremantle, owned by Willis and Booth. were burned this morning at four o'clock. Out of 23 horses in the staffs one was burnt to…

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News From America Several Resorts Wiped Out by Fire. Sax Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

The forest fires are raging in the San Beraardino Mountains. Several tourist resorts have been wiped out. Great exertions were put forth by 400 men, but they were…

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Drunken Clerk's Revenge £50,000 Worth of Timber Destroyed. Fire Fought by 5600 People. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

A dismissed clerk, in revenge, has brought appalling loss to bis former employers. The man, whose name is Schottekm had…

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A Disastrous Fire Heavy Loss Ix Electrical Material. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The Northern Railway warehouses at Saint-Ouon (in Ille-et-Vilaine), which were heavily stocked with electrical material. have been burned down…

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News From America Insane Asylum on Fire. Eight Hundred Patients in Danger. Hamilton (Ontario)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

A serious fire occurred in the asylune for the insane at Hamilton, a largo city in Ontario, yesterday. "Eight kindred patients were in the…

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He Constantinople Fire £5,000,000 DAMAGE. 100,000 Persons Homeless. Hangers of Cholera Outbreak Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

Tremendous loss has been caused by the fire which broke out in Stamboul last week. It is estimate that £5,000,000 damage…

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Fire at Leighhardt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

Owing to a light having been carelessly thrown down in a shed at the rear of the residence of a Mr. Calder, at [?]t, a fire broke out this afternoon. The…

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Constantinople. Plague and Fire. Constantinople, July 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 42

The outbreak of cholera is increasing in intonsity, and during the last two days 19 deaths have occurred. Confirmation is given to the…

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Revengeful Clerk. Fires Timber Stacks. Damage Estimated at £50,000. Vienna, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 42

Dismissed for drunkenness, a clerk named Schottek carried out a diabolical revenge. Schottok fired immense stacks of timber…

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Fire in an Hotel Visitors in Peril. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

A serious are occurred on Tuesday night at Pyrmont, a small town in the Principality of Wa[?]k, when the Royal-Ka[?] Hotel was totally destroyed…

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An Incendiary Engine Starts Six Bush Fires in One Run. an Extraordinary Judgement

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

Judge Moule on Thursday delivered a reserved judgment embracing his finding on certain questions of fact in relation to arbitration proceedings heard, before him…

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Disastrous Fire. Bungalow

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

A disastrous fire vectored here to-day. The premises were burnt out of Messrs, [?]kwell and Sons, general storekeepers; Mr. Perry, tailor; Mr. Fergusson…

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Extensive Damage by Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 3

Shortly before 9 o'clock lost night the headquarters' fire station received an alarm of fire frum a warehouse in Clarence street, leased by Joyce Bros. Three…

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Naptha Spout on Fire. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

A naptha spout at Baku ignited and a rearing mass of flame leapt high in the air so suddenly that five workmen per[?]shed…

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Spreading Fire to Get Employment! San Bernardino (California), Sun

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

A forest fire, winch ravaged a Luge area of country and destroyed a number of mountain resorts, is now under control. In connection with recent fires…

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Big Fire in Hungary 110 Houses Destroyed. Three Hundred Persons Homeless. Buda Pest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

A serious five has occurred at Runatopova, in Hungary. The conflagration spread with great rapidity, and before it could be checked…

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The Clarence Street Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 3

The damage by the fire at the premises in Clarence street (particulars of which were given in to-day's "Border Morning Mail") are estimated at between £4000…

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Automatic Fire Extinction

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 3

The value of modern inventions was evidenced forcibly early this morning. The Trinnell sprinters and Kirby automatic fire alarm, installed at Holdsworth,…

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Big Fire at Bangalow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 33

A disastrous fire broke out at about 4.30 on Friday morning in a row of three buildings occupied by William Martin (hair dresser), W. H. Perry (tailor), and…

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Hotel Fire. Guests Flee in Night Attire. Berlin, August 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 42

A disastrous fire occurred last night at Prymont, in Waldeck, resulting in the destruction of the Royal Kurhaus. The outbreak occurred in the middle of…

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