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Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Cable News. Appalling Fire at Sea. Disaster in Mid-atlantic. 236 People Missing. London, October 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 42

An appalling marine disaster—the worst since the loss of the Titanic—has occurred. It is feared that over 230 people have perished…

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Cablegrams. Tragedy of the Volturno. How the Fire Started. Why Fighting the Flames Was Stopped. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2

Several of the survivors of the marine tragedy through the steamer Volturno was abandoned in mid-Atlantic have arrived at Rotterdam. These people…

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Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Disaster All Hope Abandoned. a Record Horror. 403 Dead or Missing. Fire Resumes Its Sway. Heaps of Dead Bodies Seen. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2

Shortly after midday the hopes of the waiting thousands in the vicinity of the Universal pithead were revived by the news that the rescue parties had got into…

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Another Steamer on Fire. Butch Vessel's Exciting Voyage. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

News was received yesterday of another fire aboard a steamer in mid Atlantic. A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the Royal Dutch West ladies steamer…

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Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Disaster Men Still Entombed. 434 Miners Must Perish. the Fire As Bad As Ever. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

There has been no change in the position at the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd, in Wales, where a most appaling explosion took place on Tuesday…

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Cablegrams. the Burning Mine Welsh Colliery Catastrophe. the Fire Mastered. Narrow Escapes of Rescuers London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

The latest news from Senghenydd is that the fire in the west pit of the Universal Colliery has been mastered. The ventilation has improved, thereby…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

The election to fill the vacancy on the above board occasioned by the death of the late Mr. Andrew Kelly, M.H.R.., was held on Saturday last. There were…

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All Hope Abandoned. Fire Commands the Workings. Dawson (N.m)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

It is believed that at least 250 miners are dead. At all events, all hope for them has been abandoned. A fire has broken out in the workings, and the…

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Welsh Colliery Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

The relief fund for the relatives of the victims of the awful explosion and fire in the Universal pit at Songheuydd, in Wales, several days back, has now reached a…

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Fire in a Kapok Store. Match Causes £1200 Loss. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 4

The intlammable nature of kapok—a cotton product used in mattress making—was demonstrated to-day, when a fire broke out in the storeroom of Messrs. Jas. A…

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New York Explosion. Fire Starts in the Debris. Large Numbers Missing. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

An annealing plant, for which the fuel was gas, installed on the top floor of a sixstorey factory, blew up on Friday. The explosion killed four of the employes and…

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Fire in Parker Street. Dwelling-house Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

The welcome immunity from loss by fire which the town has enjoyed for the past eighteen months or so terminated on Sunday night, when a four-roomed…

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Fire at Sea. Exciting Race for Port. Cargo Steamer Ablaze. Halfax (Nova Seotia)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 2

The steamer Sowwell, bound from Savannah (Georgin) to Havre, put into Hallfax yesterday with a big fire raging in her holds. The local fire brigade extinguished…

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Suffragettes Campaign of Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

The destruction of another large mansion has to be laid at the dour of the Suffragottes. Shirley Manor, at Bradford, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning…

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Fire in Dean Street Malouf's Drapery Store Ablaze. Damage Estimated at £2000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

A fire which threatened to assume the biggest dimensions of any which has occurred in Albury for a very long time broke out last night at Mr. George…

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Cablegrams. Terrible Storms in Wales. Man Dashed Against Wall. Fire Station Blown Into Canal London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

Great damage has been caused in South Wales by the storm which swept over the country on Monday. The force attained by the wind was at times phenomenal…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

In a recent issue we stated that Mr. (and Ald.) Walter Cracknell had been returned to the seat rendered vacant on the Board of Fire Commissioners by the…

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Fire at Malouf's Store. Good Save by the Fire Brigade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 25

The vigorous ringing of the fire bell shortly after midnight on Wednesday brought a large crowd of men into Dean-street. The lire brigade as usual was in…

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The Fire at Malouf's. What Might Have Happened. with the Police Paddock Fire Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

In those whose minds are unprejudiced—those who are not prepared to sacrifice everything to music in Dean square—arguments advanced in certain quarters in…

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P. & O. Steamer on Fire. Advice by Wireless. Aden

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 3

A wireless message has been received from the P. and O. steamer Sumatra to the effect that she is making for this port with her cargo on fire. She asks that…

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