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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

247 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 13

Broken Hill Fire

The Independent · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

The inquiry into the recent fire at the South Broken Hill mine was concluded today. The coroner found that the mine was…

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Fire Branding of Cattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 4

it is impossible to estimate the tremen dous loss a money that has fallen upon stock raisers through out Australia owing to the crude and primitive method of…

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Woodlands Woolshed Burnt, Two Fires in One Year

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 4

The woolshed at Wood[?] on the bardwell castate 26 miles north-west of The Rock, was with all its contents, to tally destroyed by fire on Monday, the…

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Fire in Boot Factory Extensive Damage. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 2

The Darer and Haliday ltd. Bool Enetory in Brisbane was seriously damaged by the yesterday. The top [?], where the outbreak started, was gutted,…

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Big Fire at Peak Hill Hotel and Machinery Depot Destroyed, SYDNEY.Thursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at peak Hill this morning, resulting in the total destruction of Morris' Cambridge Club Hotel, and the Massey Harris machinery…

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Big Forest Fires in France. Paris, September 1

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 3

The great forest fires, which are attributed to incendiaries are still sweeping on in the South of France. Despite the fact that large numbers of troops are…

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Affairs in Russia. The British Withdrawal from Archangel. Big Timber Fire. Russia's Proposed Armistice with the Bolsheviks

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 September 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Odessa correspondent says that with the loss of Kieff, the Bolsheviks must abandon any hope of retaking Odessa, and indeed will…

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Big Timber Blaze

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 6

Shortly before midnight yesterday, the timber stores of John Robertson and Son was destroyed by fire, the damage done being estimated at…

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The Fire on the Wauchope Sensational Developments Expected. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 September 1919 · page 3

An officer from the Victorian Criminal investigation Department has been for ten days investigating the burning of the steamer Wauchope at Portsea few, months…

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Disastrous Fires

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

Disastrous bush fires have occurred at Dorrigo, and threatened the destruction of the butter factory…

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False Alarm of Fire. People Scared to Advertise Peace Loan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 September 1919 · page 2

The vigorous changing of the fire bell about 8.30 o'clock last night, caused quite a commotion in the town. People rushed from all parts to the corner of Dean…

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Fifty Years of "Blood and Fire."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 45

When first the Salvation Army began its great work of rescue, our officers and "lassies" had a very hard, time of it. They were often mobbed by the very…

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Through Fires of Conscience Gladys Brockwell at Melba Pictures To-morrow Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 October 1919 · page 3

Something really good is in store for picture lovers at the melba pictures on Tuesday night, in the Mechanics Theatre A most intensely dramatic Pathe…

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Fire at W[?]erers Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 3

Residents of Albury were rudely awakened at 12.30 this morning by the lone visiting of the railway engines and the noisy clanging of the fire bell. The fire…

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Fire in Hatty Street. Mr. Longfield's Residence Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 2

One of the worst fires in Hay for a considerable time past took place yesterday evening, when the fine eight-roomed bungalow residence occupied…

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Five Hundred. Fire Brigade V. Capstan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1919 · page 4

Played at Fire Station last night, and won by Fire Brigade by 20 games to 18 HIBERNIAN V. MATE AND CO. Hibernian Club defeated Mate and Co.'s…

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Man Injured in Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 28

At about 12.30 on Tuesday morning a shed at the rear of Mr. B. Pelin's Wanderers' Club, in Smollett-street, was demolished by fire. An elderly man, named…

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Wattle Seed Germinated by Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 16

It has long been a well-known fact that the seeds of the various varieties of wattle require to be subjected to great heat before they will germinate and grow into…

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Big Fire in Albury. on a Calico Screen at Melba Pictures

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 3

The big fire picture featuring Tom Sant[?]hi and Bessele Eyton in "The Fire-fighter" is one of the two star pictures to be screened in the Albury Mechanics…

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Big Fire in Albury. on a Calico Soreen at Melba Pictures

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 5

The big fire picture featuring Tom Santachi and Bessie Eyton in "The Fire-fighter" is one of the two star pictures to be screened in the Albury Mechanics…

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