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Fires & bushfires, 1913

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A Serious Sydney Fire. Damage Etimated at £25,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

A destructive fire occurred in Wilmolt street, Sydney, on Sunday, which resulted in the two top floors of a large live-storeyed warehouse being burnt out and…

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Great Bush Fires. Sheep and Kangaroos Burnt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

Disastrous bush fires broke out on Saturday afternoon near Longre[?]ch (Q.), by which about 25,000 acres of well grassed country was devastated. The fire…

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Dynamite Caps in Fire. Serious Explosions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 3

An accident , with serious results, happened at MIrboo North on Tuesday to Edward Cook. A young son of Mr. Cook found several dynamite caps in an unused…

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Farmers' Death in Tasmania Remains in a Fire. Mathinna (Tas.)

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 2

The inquiry concerning the death, of William James Muilins, a farmer, of Sunnyside, near Mathinna, Tas., who mysteriously disappeared on…

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Timber Yard Set on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 August 1913 · page 2

A dangerous conflugration was started Bedford 45 miles north-west of London)by Suffragettes yesterday morning. The woman set fire to a timber yard,…

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Between Two Fires the Story of a City Man's Courtship

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 11

By profession Harry Davenport was an architect, and he had an office in Victoria-street amply furnished for the composition of architectural designs and…

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Aviation Under Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 4

The Balkan campaign has proved very valuable to the science of aviation. It has shown by one concrete example that the mere fact of…

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Squire John. Copyright. a Narrative of Stirring Adventure. Part 11. Chapter Xxi. Surrounded by Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 3

Truer words were never spoken than when Travers declares they have hot work before them. As the others comprising the little…

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Fire Brigade Matters

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 3

The Albury Municipal Council at its meeting last night received the following letter from the secretary to the Board of Fire Commission of N.S.W.: " In…

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New Fire Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 3

Aid, Allan moved at the Albury Municipal Council last night that the delegates to the municipal conference wait on the chairman of the Board of Fire…

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Remarkable Series of Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 33

Remarkable features were disclosed in a case before the Singleton Police Court. Lily May Kenny, a young woman, was charged with maliciously setting fire to the…

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Cablegrams. Great Liner on Fire. Terrific Blaze on Imperator. Two Lives Lost. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 5

A sensational fire, unfortunately accompanied by loss of life, broke out carly yesterday morning aboard the Hamburg. Amerika liner imperator, 50,000 tons, the…

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Fire on Imperator

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

A fire which occurred on board the mammoth liner Imperatriz in New York harbor, resulted in the, second officer and one of the crew losing their…

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Cablegrams Fires on Steamers. New York Sensations. Oil Steamer Ablaze.whole City Lit Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 2

For the second linc within 24 hours a serious fire has occurred aboard a steamer in New York Harbor. Late on Thursday night an outbreakk…

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Blaze in Cork Harbor. Powder Stores Threatened. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 2

Much damage was caused by a fire which broke out on Saturday night in the naval stores on Haulbowline Island, in Cork Harbor…

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INCENDIARISM. Men Who Live by Big Fires

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 4

Our American cousins are fond of boasting about their fire brigade. It in the most efficient in the world, they say; and there is certainly good ground…

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Cablegrams, Night of Horror Two Train in Collision. Wreckage Catches Fire. Ghastly Scenes in Light of Flames. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 2

Full particular have now reached London of the terrible railway disaster in the North Riding of [?] early yesterday morning…

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Correspondence. the Fire Engine. (To the Editor.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 3

Dear Sir,—-While out for a stroll around the town, I noticed a very valuable piece of-operty, known as the Tocumwal…

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Disastrous Fire at Crookwell. Five Business Places Destroyed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

A disastrous fire took place at Crookwell this morning, when the premises of Furmer Bros., storekeepers; Denning, cabinet-maker; Christie, saddler;…

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Huge Fire at Manchester Bonded Stores and Canal Ablaze. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 3

One of the largest fires which have occurred in Manchester broke out in a bonded store. During the course of the conflagration the Bridgewater Canal, became…

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