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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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A Popular Fire Insurance Company. "The Liverpool, London and Globe."figure Which Speak for Themselves

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 3

The name of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company is a familiar one to most of our readers, and in every country town of…

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New Fire Station for Albury. to Be Don't Shortly. Funds Now Available

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 July 1914 · page 2

The new fire station for Albury will be erected shortly. The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. (Mr. F. Flower, M.L.A.,) informed Captain Ryan to at Howlong o Saturday…

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Destructive Fire at Hillston. The Catholic Presbytery Destroyed. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

The Catholic Presbytery, recently erected at a cost of over £500, together with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire at 5 a.m yesterday…

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Fire From Heaven

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 6

The possibility that a discharge of lightning may start a fire is recognised in every insurance policy, yet we were scarcely prepared to hear from forest authorities that more than half the forest fires are…

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Fire at Howlong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 7

Late on Tuesday night, 7th last., or in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a large shed used as a skin and hide story by Mr. C. Shavrl[?]l, caught…

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Fire at Mathoura

The Independent · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

About 10.40 on Sunday night, when the majority of the citizens of the village of Mathoura had retired to rest, a burst of flame suddenly appeared in the east of the…

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The Ship on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 13

There was joy in the ship as she furrowed the foam. For fond hearts within her were dreaming of home;…

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Roasted to Death. Fate of Fire-fighters. New York, July 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 43

While attempting at Tacoma (Washington) to save a number of loaded lumber cars, seventeen men boarded a locomotive during a fire which destroyed the logging…

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A Pandemonium After Fight Sydney Stadium Set on Fire. Management Fights Crowd. Water From Rose V. Bottles and Brickbats. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 3

At the Stadium last night Fritz Holland outpointed Les. D'Arey, an 18-years-old Maitland boxer, after a contest of 20 rounds…

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Heat in Russia. Great Forest Fires. St. Petersburg, July 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 42

The greatest continuous heat for half a century is being experienced in the north of Russia, and monster forest fires are burning in every direction. The effect of…

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Teacher Lights the Fire. Golden Gully, Edgehill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,-This is my first letter to the "Banner." I like reading the Children's Page, and always look forward for Saturday's "Banner," as I take a great…

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Claim for Trespass. Grazier and Auctioneer. Sequel to Grass Fire at Bonegilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 3

The adjourned case, Tyrrell v. Shields came on for hearing before Mr. A. A. Kelley, P. M., at the Wodonga Police Court yesterday. In this case plaintiff, Henry…

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Big Fire in Glasgow. Stream of Burning Oil. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

A [?] fire occurred on Saturday at Port Dundas, a Auburb of Glasgow. Three large oil, soap, luo and yellow labourers were destroyed by the flames…

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Cablegrams. Bloodshed in Ireland, Troops Fire on Nationalists. Women and Children Suffer London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

A serious conflict between troops and civilians occurred in Ireland yesterday, and deplorable loss of life resulted. Yesterday morning a determined and…

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Cablegrams. the Tragedy of Dublin Streets. Police Lay Responsibility on Dublin Castle. Mr. Asquith Severe on Customs Officers. Exasperated Soldiers Fire Without Orders. Police Official Suspended. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

The lamentable tragedy which occurred in Dublin on Sunday has embittered feeling between the rival factions in Ireland. In Dublin, Nationalist feeling is most…

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Fire Brigade Matters. Monday for New Fire Station. Legal Objection Causes Delay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 2

The council's delegate to the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. (Mr. Richard Shepherd) wrote as follows to last night's meeting of the Albury Municipal…

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Great Russian Strike. Fighting in the Streets. Tram-cars Set on Fire. St. Petersburg, July 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 42

The strike movement is spreading, and is threatening to assume a pan-Russian character.It is regarded as a recrudescense of the revolutionary outbreak…

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The War in Europe. Excitement on the Continent. Patriotic Russian Strikers Resume Work. Cossacks Fire Across Frontier on Germans. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 1

The British Foreign Minister's proposal that active military operations should be suspended, pending the result of a conference, has been accepted in…

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Fire at Orange. Steres Completely Burned Out. SYDNEY

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 2

The Liggest fire in the history of Orange occurred carly this morning, when Forster and Thompson's general store, in Main Street, were completely…

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The Dublin Tragedy. Were Soldiers Ordered to Fire? London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 5

The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed during the affray in Dublin on Sunday, was resumed yesterday. An ex-soldier named Byrne testified…

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