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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

247 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 13

Suspicious Fires

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 2

Three hay stacks, valued at £300, about 12 miles from Swan Hill, and a house, valued at £350, three miles further on the property of Mr. Standea…

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Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 2

While chaffcutting operations were proceeding on Mr D. McDonald's holding near Berrigan, one day last week, a fire broke out…

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Big Fire at Gundagal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred on the south side of Sheridan-street, Gundagal, about 3 a.m. on Sunday, when nine shops, occupied by seven business men,…

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Big Fire at Gundagai. Nine Shops Destroyed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 41

A disastrous fire occurred on the south side of Sheridan-street, Gundagai, about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, when nine shops, occupied by seven business men, in…

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Fire Brigades Board Policy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C., president of tho N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board, opened the new fire station at Casino on Monday. It is a very fine structure…

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A Fire in a Chicken House

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 11

Gloomy night had spread its sable pions over the red-tiled roofs of the Lilliputian hamlet. Silence brooded o'er the scene; a silence vast, impe[?]trable, and…

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The Cairo Disturbances. Troops Obliged to Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

During the disturbances at Cairo the troops were obliged to fire on the mob, killing nine, and wounding 56…

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Katoomba Fire. Mr Joynton Smith's Property Katoomba

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

Early this morning the premises of the Italia Motor Company caught fire, and the damage is estimated at £1500. The property was owned…

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Fire at Kyogle Causes Great Damage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 44

A disastrous fire at Kyogle destroyed six big places, occupied by Messrs. Junor and Cummins as a general store, the Forestry Department, Dr. Evans, Readford and…

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Fire at Finley

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 2

On Monday morning a four-roomed weatherboard cottage, situated at the corner of Denison and Woolaamai Streets, Finley, belonging to Mr. J…

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Fire at Finley. a Dwelling Destroyed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 3

On Monday morning, at about 8 o’clock, a fire broke out in a dwelling house, at Finley, owned by Mr J. T. Close and ocupied by. Mr R. Long…

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The Shepparton Freezing Works Fire. Speedy Insurance Cheque

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 1

Although the fire at the works at [?] of the Goulburn Valley [?] Company Limited ,[?] [?]…

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Coal Trouble. Hanging Fire. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 6

The passion regard to the coal industry is still unsettled and obseure. Further developments are unlikely for the next few days…

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Fire on Electric Tram Little Girl Killed. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 3

A fire occurred on an electric tram. The passengers jumped off. Lily Robertson, aged 10, was killed, and her sister was injured badly…

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Big Fire at Yokohama

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

A conflagration at Yokohama destroyed 3600 buildings, doing damage , placed at £7,000,000…

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Ammunition Dump on Fire Shells Still Going Off. Brussel, May 6

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 May 1919 · page 3

An ammunition dump exploded at Groenendael, and several farm houses were destroyed and a wood set on fire. Six hundred German prisoners escaped, and 150…

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Rescued From Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

A big fire occurred at one of the leading music halls in England. Captain Merryon, a British officer home on leave from his post in India, rescued a dancer…

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Two Sydney Fires Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

Two fires occurred in the city this morning within 300 yards of one another. By one the premises of the Austral Honey Company, Elizabeth street, city, were…

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Malting Premises on Fire Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 3

A fire broke out at 5.17 a.m. to-day, in the promises of J. White and Co. pty. Ltd., [?] Bockeby streetm Collingwood, a four-storied building of brick…

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Soaked A Rag In Turpentine and It Caught Fire. Sydney

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

A woman named Francols Clery, a resident of Surry Hills, in order to obtain relief from a sore throat, soaked a piece of linon in turpentine and tied it round…

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