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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Anarchist Outrage in India Fire Ships on the Hugli. Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

A dastardly outrage, the work of anarchists, has been committed here. On Tuesday eight larges laden with straw, were set alight and then released…

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Cablegrams. Hotel on Fire Fashionable "Carlton" Wealthy Americans Escape by Ladders and Ropes. in All Stages of Attire. African Actor Burnt to Death. His Majesty's Theatre Damaged. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out last evening in the upper storeys of the Carlton Hotel, situated at the corner of the Haymarket and Pall Mall. The flames spread with such rapidity…

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Heavy Loss by Fire. Estimated at £160,000. ANTWERP

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

A warehouse filled with cotton, sepetre and wool has been burned down. The damage is estimated at £150,000…

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Carlton Hotel Fire Miss Bullie Burke Escapes. Also German Statesman. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

The newspapers contain many thing accounts of narrow escapes from the Carlton Hotel on Wednesday. Amongst the escapes were Miss Billie…

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Cablegrams. Fire at An[?]werp £300,000 Damages. Amsterdam

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 3

Greater damage than was at first estimated was done by the fire which broke out in a warehouse here on Thursday. Two warehouses, known as the…

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Serious Fire at Temora Temora

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

The stationery and fancy goods establishment of Mr. W. Nixon, of Temora. were totally destroyed by fire together with the whole of the contents last midnight…

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Fires in Russia Serious Loss of Life. 600 Houses Destroyed. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

Two disastrous fires have occurred in Russia close to each other. At Kohtroma 300 houses were burnt to the ground. Twenty-eight people were…

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Lamps Extinguished and Wall Torn Down. Military Fire Revolver Shots

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

The latest news from Liverpool states that 90 arrests were made in connection with the fierce affray which took place at midnight in the north end of the city…

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Mew South Wales. Bricklayer Falls Forty-fire Feet. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

A bricklayer named Walter Carter, 27 years of age, this morning fell from the third storey of a building in Wilmot street on to the ground, a distance of 45 feet…

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The Strike War. 50,00 People in Riot. Desperate Fighting: Police v Mob The Riot Act Read. Scores of Men Fall Wounded. Street Resembles Shambles. Barracades Erected and Fires Lit in Street. Guerilla Warfare in a Liverpool Street the Spark That Caused a Riot Desperate Fury. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

A Trades' Union Rally, organised by the Transport Workers' Federation at St. George's Plateau, Liverpool, was attended by 50,000 people yesterday…

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Fire Brigade Hoses Cut

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

The Shipping Federation offices have been burned down. The fire is believed to have been the work of incendiaries. When, the firemen were engaged in…

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"Fire!" the Bazaar Catastrophe in Paris

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 6

All the sellers were very busy in the great charity bazaar in the building erected on its behalf in the Rue Jean Goujon, Paris, on the 4th…

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Carlton Hotel Fire. Actor Burned to Death. London. August 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 43

A sensational fire occurred last evening at the Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall. It was confined to the upper storeys, which are principally occupied by servants…

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Reading of Riot Act Preceded by Bugle Call. No Blank Cartridges—troops to Fire Ball

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

Colonel Seely, Parliamentary Under Secrotary for the Colonial Office, speaking in the House of Commons, said that where possible the reading of the Riot Act would…

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Blaze at Garage

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2

A brazing lamp at Maxwell and Harris motor garage in Dixon street was accidentally upset this afternoon, and caused a fire among the petrol and automobiles…

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[?] on Fire Ade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 3

A report comes from Volturna (Italy) [?] of fire has occurred at the wreck of the Fif[?] off Cape [?]…

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Great Fire in Germany Important Works Gutted. Damage £200,000. BERLIN

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 3

The Opel cycle and sewing machine works at Ru[?] in Hesse were gutted by fire on Sunday night. Twenty thousand cycles and thirty…

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Bloodshed in Walks. Troops Fire on Mob

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 42

Scenes of violence and bloodhsed were witnessed on Saturday in Wales. A train was entering Llanelly, when a mob standing on the slopes beside the track…

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Disgraceful Behavior at Fire. Two Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

Disgraceful conduct by a mob marked the burning of a motor factory at Lincoln on Thursday. The crowd jeered the fire brigade as they worked to extinguish…

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Fire at Warehouse

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 3

A fire occurred at the warehouse of [?]tner and Co., food manufacturers in George street, North, yesterday afternoon. The contents of the top floor were completely…

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