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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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News From America Immense Forest Fire. St. John's (Newfoundland)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

An immense forest fire is threatening the paper pulp mills in the Exploit River District. The workmen employed at Harmsworth's mills are engaged fighting the hre…

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Fire at Eastern Hill Five Roomed House Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 3

A live roomed weatherboard house in Norfolk street, Albury owned by Mr. David, and occupied by Mr. Wilham Rumble, was destroyed by fire shortly after…

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Big Fire in Asia Minor Eight Hundred Houses Burnt. Ten Persons Perish. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred at Aidin, a town in Asia Minor, 55 miles south east of Smyrna. The conflagration which was accidentally…

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Brave Navy Men Face Death Extinguish Dangerous Fire on Steamer. Malta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 2

The steamer Menelaus arrived at Malta with her No. 4 bold on fire. The next hold contained lyddite shells, and the position was critical…

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News From America Havoc Through Forest Fires

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 2

ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland}. Wednesday, Great forest fires are miring in New-foundland. Crops and dwellings are being swept…

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Great Forest Fires. Pulp Mills Threatened. St. John's, August 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 43

Immense forest fires, threatening the pulp mills which produce paper for English newspaper, have been raging in the Exploint River district of Newfoundland…

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Barque on Fire. Terrific Explosion. Capetown, August 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 42

The barque Lyndhurst, 2311 tons, owned by the American Oil Company, caught fire off Fish Point. She was laden with a cargo of naphtha. The fire extending to…

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Fire at Publishing House Ward, Lock's Partially, Destroyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 2

[?] publishing house of Ward, Lock and Co., in Salisbury Square, has been partially destroyed by fire. The conflagration was the most…

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Mine of Fire. Ten Men Burned to Death. Ely (Nevada), August 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 43

The Giroux Consolidated mines are on fire. An explosion occurred yesterday from some unknown cause, while a large number of men were below. Ten were burned…

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Fire at Three O'clock House Burned Down in Kiewa Street

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

This morning about 10 minutes to [?] o'clock the Albury fire bell rang an alarm. Captain Ryan and nine or ten men secured a reel, and as there was not a cab…

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Fire in Chicago Ten Firemen Injured. Panic in a Hospital. Chicago

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

A sensational fire occurred in this city yesterday. The scene of the blaze was a four storeyed building containing chemicals. The brigade arrived at the fire…

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Fire at a Restaurant

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 3

Early this morning the nightwatchman employed at the Paris House restaurant, noticed smoke issuing from the first floor. He summoned the fire brigade, which put…

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Two Big Fires in Glasgow Four Firemen Burnt. Damages Estimated at £160,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

Two disastrous fires occurred in Glasgow early yesterday morning. The first broke out on the premises of the Glasgow Co-operative Society, and soon…

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Wodonga Fire Plugs. Are Covered Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The secretary of the Victorian Country Fire Brigades Board, wrote to yesterday's meeting of the Wodonga Shire Council as follows—"It has been reported to the…

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Great Blaze in London. Publishing House on Fire. London, August 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 42

Warwick House, Salisbury-square, the headquarters of the well-known publishers Ward, Lock, and Co. Limited, was partially destroyed by fire last night…

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After the Fire. Daysdale, Gidgenbung, Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I still read the page, and I like it very much. Some of the poetry, is very nice Temora is a very nice town. There are a lot of nice brick…

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Dear Food Riots. Trouble in France. Granaries Set on Fire. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

The prompt arrest of the leaders of the agitation against dear food in several of the disturbed areas has had a depressing effect on the ardor of the rioters…

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A Dean Street Fire Challen's Music Shop Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 6

A disastrous fire occurred in Mr. A. B. Challen's music shop in Dean street, Albury, about 1.30 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Challen has been away at Germanton and…

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Motor Car on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 3

People in Puckle street, Moonee Ponds, about 8 o'clock last evening, had the unusual spectacle of a big blaze in the roadway. Mr. Arthur A. Leek, tea merchant…

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Fire at Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 8

About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning a tumble down weatherboard building owned and occupied by an elderly man named Mr Smith caught fire, and was burned to the…

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