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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Fire at New York State Capitol Albany (New York)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

Many valuable records hare been discovered amid the rains of the New York State Capitol. The Legislature library has escaped un[?]thed. Fortunately the…

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Ships Coal on Fire

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

The tramp steamer Wymerie, from Calcutta, bound for Carral via Newcastle put into Sydney Harbor last night with flames blazing from her bunkers. The…

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Fire in Timber Yard. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 3

On Friday last a fire broke out in large timber yard at Yaroslavi, on the Volga. 173 miles east of Moscow. Despite all efforts to subdue the flames. the…

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Benefit of Fire Drill. Newark (New Jersey)

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

A fire broke out in a building in this city this morning at a time when fifty children were inside it. Fortunately the children had frequently been exercised in…

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Cablegrams. Outrage in St Peter's Madman Fires at Priests. Wounds Policeman. Had Waited Many Months to Shoot the Pope. Rome

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

A tremendous sensation was occasioned at the magnificent basilica of St. Peter yesterday when several revolver shots-were fired at a group of priests…

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Playing With Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 15

He was visiting a charming young society lady, and as they sat on either side of the blazing fire there entered his heart a burning desire to say something not…

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Fire at North Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

A wooden house, known as "Keston" in Carrabella street, North Sydney, was totally destroyed by fire to night. The building was formerly a well known board…

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Fire in Constantinople One Hundred Houses Burnt. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

A serious fire has occurred in the Constantinople suburb of Kadikeny. One hundred houses were burnt, and Hie damage is estimated at [?] 80,000…

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Disastrous Fire. State Capitol Damaged. Albany (New York), March 30

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

A great loss has ben sustained by a fire which broke out last night in the State Capitol. This building, which cost about £5,000,000, was partially destroyed, the…

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Fire and Sword in Albania Iu[?] Montenegro. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The Vienna spondent ol "The Times in a iness[?]e to his 'newspaper in connection with the Albanian revolt, states that Albanian refugees still continue io…

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How the Money Went. Scandalous Extravagances of Fire Board. Salvage Funds Used Foe Theatres and Cigars. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

Acting Judge Edmunds, who was ap-pointed a Royal Commission to make in-quiries regarding the late. Fire Brigade Board and Fire Commissioners' Board,…

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Dreadful Mine Explosions Human Ghouls at Pit Mouth. Entombed Men's Escape Cut Off by Fire. Scranton (Penn.), Saturday. SCRANTON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

An appalling mining disaster occurred at Throop, a town near here, on Friday An explosion took place in a mine, and between fifty and seventy-five men were Seventy-four men lost their lives in the mine at Throop. When the bodies of the victims were brought to the surface, a number of…

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Big Fire in Tokio 5000 Houses Burned. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

The Yoshiwara quarter of Tokio. which has obtained a world-wide notoriety, was the scene of a great fire on Saturday. Five thousand houses were burnt to the…

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Cablegrams. Big Fire in Tokio Whole Quarters Destroyed. Numerous Casualties. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

The serious character of the conflagra-tion which originated in the Yoshiwara quarter of Tokio was not realised when the first messages relating to it were…

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Disastrous Fire In' Alaska. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 3

A message from Kaltag, in Alasta, reports a disastrous fire at the town of Idataron. Practically the whole of the business section of the town was destroyed…

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Fire at a Festival. 200 Lives Lost. Bombay, April 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 42

Great loss of life was caused near Poona yesterday during a festival. Thes gathering was held in a thatched building provided with only one exit. While the…

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Fire Victims Buried. Great Funeral in New York. New York, April 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 42

Amid a downpour of rain the bodies of eight girls, the unidentified victims of the fire at the Triangle Start Waist Company's factory were buried yesterday…

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The Plague in China. Thousands Cremated: Proposal to Destroy Towns by Fire PEKING, Feb. 8

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 4

At Fuchiatien, the Chinese city adjoining Harbin, the outbreak began to increase steadily until the deaths averaged over 150 a day. Official…

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State Fire Insurance Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. Carmichael, Acting Treasurer, has submitted a proposal to the Cabinet that it should form a Fire Insurance Account in connection with all Government…

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Fires in Britain. Carelessness of Trippers. London, April 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 43

Large tracts of gorse on the hill-sides between Folkestone and Beachborough have been destroyed by fire. The outbreak occured in three places, and there…

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