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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1914

440 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 22

Lover Fires at Random. Wounds a Woman and Suicides New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

In the course of breakfast in a restaurant at Philadelphia on Saturday, Karl Kintock, a traveller, fired a revolver and wounded a woman customer, but not…

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Big Fire at Wyong. Seven Business Places Destroyed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 3

There was a big fire early this morning at Wyong, when seven business premises were completely destroyed. The buildings were all of wood, and burned…

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Great Fire at Baku. Petroleum Reservoirs Destroyed. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

A great fire has occurred at the petroleum works at Baku, on the Caspian Sea. Three reservoirs were destroyed, and the damage is placed at 1,000,000 rubies (about…

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Vacant Seat on Fire Board

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 3

In connection with the vacancy on the Fire Brigades Board, caused by the defeat of Ald. Sheldon, of Newcastle, at the recent municipal elections, the following…

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Fire Brigade Matters. Dissatisfaction with Present Control

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 3

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last night, a circular was received from the Municipality of Bowral asking for co-operation in the matter of the…

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Mines Always on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 40

How would you like to work in a coal mine that is always on fire? The public cry out and ask what are the authorities doing every time a mine catches…

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In the Fire Country. Gundowring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—There have been big bush fires up hero, and it has been very hot. We have started school again I take great interest in the Children's Page…

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Fire at Henty

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 3

A fire occurred at Nurse Allan's, hospital on Thursday afternoon, and that the premises were not completely demolished is remarkable. The…

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Incidents at a Fire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 2

A fire was discovered early tins morning m a shop in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, occupied by Mashoud Marre, who carries on a fancy goods business…

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Sensational Fire. [?] Stricken Women. Saved From The Reef

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 3

A sensational fire occurred at Red[?] this morning in the shop of M. Maree, in Elizabeth street. Mrs. Maree and her three children, and…

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Fire at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 3

A fire occurred at the Chinese camp at Rutherglen at 1.30 a.m. on Friday morning, and burned two stories, two houses, and the Chinese Joss house…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

On Wednesday last a grass fire broke out in Mr. Hall's paddock at Coreen, and, fanned by a whirlwind, soon crossed the road into the adjoining…

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Disastrous Bush Fires in W.a

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 32

Extensive bush fires are reported from different parts of Western Australia. At Gingin a fire started from a burning-off fire on Mr. A. Grant's property, and swept,…

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Fire Insurance Matter at the Rock

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Claude Dudds Maclure sued G. M. Snodgrass, now of Dunedoo, farmer, to recover £12 4/6 paid by plaintiff for defendant in connection with a premium…

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Science Notes. Ammonia Fire Extinguisher

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

The use of ammonia bombs to extinguish forest fires is being tested in some of the national forest of America In the case of brush fires,…

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Destructive Fire. Motor Car and Sulkies Destroyed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred shortly after midnight on Friday, when an iron shed at the rear of Mr. J. P. Buggy's residence in Walker-street, together…

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Athletic Club Fire

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

The latest particulars of the fire at the Athletic Club, St. Louis, state that six lives are known to have been cost, or unaccounted for, while 48…

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Fire at Mansion. Ball Room Destroyed. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

"Crotonhurst," a mansion of forty rooms, situated at the corner of Hawthorn and Glen Eira roads, Caulfield, built by the late Mr. Justice Webb, and now owned…

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Cablegrams. At. Louis Fire Horror. Dozens Still Missing. Gallant Young Telephonist. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

The sensation of the moment in the dreadful holocaust, at St. Louis (Missouri) on Sunday night, when a whole block in the heart of the city was destroyed by…

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Metropolitan and Country Fires. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

A residence at Bungarby, near Nimitybelle, was destroyed by fire, and a child perished in the flames. A fire has destroyed the contents of the…

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