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Fires & bushfires, 1914

440 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 22

A Murderous Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 18

The dragoons, with revolvers drawn, faced the murderous fire and rode forward. The only living things that surmounted the barricade were seven riderless horses…

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Deadly Fire From Forts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 18

Reports in Brussels show that the Belgians are still holding the Liege fortresses. The deadly accuracy of the fire from, the forts destroyed heavy German siege…

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To Solder Iron or Any Other Metal Without Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 14

Take loz. of sal ammoniac and loz. of common salt, an equal quantity of calcined tartar, and as much of bell metal, with 3oz. of antimony. Pound well together…

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Vise in Ruins Demolished by Fire. Inhahitants Prisoners London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 6

The "Chronicle's Amsterdam correspondent states that the Germans on prisoners to [?] Chappelle, and the town of Visc. The men were sent…

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Fight at Mulhausen. French Take 600 Prisoners. KILL 24 GERMANS. Germans Fire from Red Gross Shelter. PARIS, Friday Afternoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 3

The Germans at Malhausen, knowing that the French were sparing the Alsatians as much as possible, concealing themselves in houses protected by the Red…

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How Balloons Take Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 5

The way in which balloons are made at present is well calculated to produce electric sparks, says a writer, in Cosmos, abstracting an article in L'Industrie…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Set on Fire and Sinks In Four Minutes. Eleven Lives Lost. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamer Princess Victoria collided with the United states steamer Admiral Sampson near seattle. The sampson sunk within…

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A German Cruiser Destroyed. Runs Ashore and is Blown Up. Crew Rescued Under Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 5

An official German statement received in Amsterdam reports that the German cruiser Magdeburg(4500 tons) went ashore on Odensholm Island, in the Gulf of…

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German Ships in White Sea. Set on Fire and Crews taken Prisoners. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 3

Reports from Hie White sea (a branch of the Arctic Ocean penetrating 300 miles into Arebangel Province, North Russia) state that alla German vessels found there…

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Louvain Set on Fire. Reduced to Ashes by the Germans. An Appalling "Mistake." LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 2

The Belgian Minister in London, explaining the incidents surrounding the planning withdrawal of German troops to Loavain, and their subsequent abandonment and…

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March on Paris French Clear Line of Fire for Their Forts Thousands of Buildings Razed Horrors of Sack of Louvain Russians Devastate Austria Heligoland Naval Fight Graphically Described. Four Days' Battle Over 5000 British Casualties. Enemy's Losses Heavier. Investment of Paris. the British Troops Undaunted. French Cheek Gorman Advance LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

The Official Press Bureau declares that the War Office has given n general outline of the British share In the recent operation…

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British Under Fire. Stories of Mons and Charierol. "Lid of Hell Lifted,"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2

Among the war stories is one told by a wounded Highlander, who, referring to the four days' battle, says: "The Germans bluffed the French into the belief…

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Daring French Aviator Telling Brussels "Be of Good Cheer; Soon Delivered." Then, Under Enemy's Fire, Flies Upside Down

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2

The Germans, states a cable from Amsterdam, under Wednesday's date, ineffectually attacked a French aeroplane which twice circled over Brussels, dropping…

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U.S. Lame Answer to the Anglo-french Protest. Lawyer McADOO'S Ingenious Quibble. Too Thin to Stand tho Fire of Logic. WASHINGTON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. W. G. McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, speaking before the House [?] Committee, which is engaged upon a measure to enlarge the…

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Germans Fire on Germans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 22

The Minister for Belgium in London (Count von Lalaing) states that the Germans, after having received a check, withdrew from Louvain in disorder. A German…

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Deadly German Rifle Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

Correspondents state that the British [?]roops have now become almost indifferent to German rifle fire. An army doctor declares that out of 500 wounded soldiers…

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German Rifle-fire [?] LONDON

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 7

The consensus of opinion of the wounded soldiers is that the German rifle fire is extremely poor, and even their overwhelming numbers would…

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Fire Near Sydney

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 3

Fire destroyed the Joseph Christy [?]riage bazaar and livery stables [?] Harris Street, Ultimo, this morning, damaging everything beyond…

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Fire-Eating Commander

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4

There was Nelson-like Welshman named Griffith in the reigns of King William and Queen Anne. Griffith was a poor fisherman,…

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"On Fire" with Eczema. Painful Disease Yields to Zam-Buck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

All sufferers from the torturees of eczema should read and benefit by the experience of Mrs. J. Chandler, of Campbell Street., I[?], Tasmania, whose itchy,…

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