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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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Albury Fire Brigade

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

The secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners wrote [?] follows to the Mayer who lad the letter before the meeting of…

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Yser Battle Renewed. Terrific Artillery Fire. British Ships Fling Shells into. German Batteries

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

A heavily censored Rotterdam message states that the Yser battle has been renewed with intense violence. The artillery fire on the land is [?]fie, which the British…

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Desperate Battle in Flanders Terrific Shell-fire From Land and Sea Germans Im Belgium Dying Like Flies Enemy Runs Awful Gauntlet in Poland Mauled and Battered by Shrapnel and Bayonets Western War Theatre. German Now Coast Batteries. LONDON

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

An Amsterdam message says that more troops from the Yser and Ostend have been sent of Heyst and Zecbrugge. Additional artillery has been sent to the coast…

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Fire at Walbundrie

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Walbundrie on Sunday, when Walbundrie station had about eighty tons of hay and over two hundred hags of…

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Country Fire Brigades

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 33

Mr. H. Wansey, insurance companies' representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners, has had something to say concerning the criticism of the board at a meeting…

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Fires That Never Go Out. One Has Been Burning in Siam for Centuries

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 5

In Siam is a fire that not only lasts for years, but has what have been aptly termed "lineal descenddants." It is to be found in a…

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Disastrous Fire in Balranald. Large Store Completely Gutted

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

Balranald's usual placidity was rudely disturbed on Sunday evening last by the prolonged ringing of the fire bell at about 11 o'clock. Unfortunately the alarm…

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Mysterious Fires

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

Since the middle of September a dozen serious fires have occurred, affecting factories engaged in making military supplies or where war…

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Mysterious Fires in England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 23

Since September no fewer than 12 fires have occurred in English factories in which work in collection with army contracts was being carried on. The official…

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Prince of Wales Under Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 19

A military correspondent pays a warm tribute to the Prince of Wales (who holds a commission as lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards) for the way in which he is…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Big Fire at Parkes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 6

A fire destroyed the grocery and ironmongery departments of Williams had Peares's stores at Parkes to-day. The damage is estimated at £4000…

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Fire at Coff's Harbor. Damage Estimated at £12,000. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Coff's Harbor on Sunday morning. It originated in a newspaper shop on the jetty and quickly spread until nine other buildings had been…

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Regiments Refuse to Fire on Russians

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 2

It is reported at Busle (Switzerland) that frequent revolts have arisen among the Bohemian and Moravian troops. In several cases the men in the regiments…

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Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 30

On Friday, the 4th inst., a fire was started in the crop paddock of Mr. W. Turner, of Woodlands, Sandy Creek. It was a large enclosure, and the fire spread…

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Boys Brave Under Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 22

An officer of H.M.A.S. Sydney relates that when last at Sydney three boys on Die training-ship Tingira volunteered for service. The captain did not want them…

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War in Daily Life. Families Under Fire. Children Play While Guns Boom

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6

One of the most striking phases of the campaign in Belgium has been the facility with which the population accept the business of war as a part of their ordinary life…

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British Towns Bombarded. German Warships Off English Coast Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool Damaged. British Citizens Killed by Shell Fire. Reported Sinking of Two German Cruisers. SIDNEY, Thursday, 9 a.m

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

German cruisers have bombarded Scarborough, Whitby, and Hartlepool, on Yorkshire. Coast. A number of buildings were badly…

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The Fire Inquiry

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 2

A Coroner's Court was held yesterday by W. A. Flynn, Esq., Coroner, at the Court House, Balranald, to inquire into the fire which took place at Mr. A. A…

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The Water Supply in Case of Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 2

On two occasions within the past month a serious fire has occurred in the municipality, within the area covered by the water supply, and on each occasion…

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Fire in Dean Street. at Mr. Puttick's Tailor Shop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 December 1914 · page 2

At about 11.30 o'clock last night the alarm of fire in Albury rang out. The cutbreak was in a shop in Daniel's Buildings, Corner Dean and Olive street…

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