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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

185 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 10

Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Chapter 1. Sweethearts

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 7

"Don't you think we've been courting long enough to get married?" said Jim Cranston to his sweetheart, pretty M[?] Worsley, as they wended their way [?]…

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A Great Fire. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 5

THERE was a great fire at Mount Gamer, Egypt. 1000 houses and 200 shops were destroyed. 50 people were killed. The damage amounts…

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Fearful Fire. Fifty Lives Lost

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 4

A great fire has occurred at Mietgamr in Egypt, a thousand homes and two hundred shops being destroyed. Fifty persons were killed, and the damage is…

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Fire at Hillgrove. (By Wire). Hillgrove

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 5

A fire occurred at 2 o'clock this morning in Brackin-street. One shop of five rooms was destroyed, and another, adjoining, was…

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Fire at Manly. a Woman Burnt to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 5

A weather-board cottage at Manly was destroyed by fire this morning. Subsequently, the remains of a widow named Fulton were found in the…

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A Fire. BALRANALD

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

THree was a fire yesterday in the outhouses of the Commercial Hotel, Bal ranald. Mr. Crick's (Minister for Lands) baggage and addresses…

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Fire Belief Fund. (To the Editor of the Argus)

The Inverell Argus · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 6

Sir,—The distribution of the Fire Relief Fund should be a fairly simple matter. There were—how many ? say, 15 persons burnt out. One or two were insured to the. full value of…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

The Inverell Times · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 7

The opening chapter introduces the trader to pretty Madge Woraley, a factory girl employed at Messrs. Weft and Warpley's, in Parklae, L[?]ds, and Jim Cranston, her sweetheart, also engaged at a Leeds…

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Oil Fuel for Fire Engines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 7

THE Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council report that for some time past experiments have been made by the chief…

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The Great Fire in Hamburg, 5th to 8th May, 1812

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 6

[?]From the Mercury's Singleton Representatives.] On the 5th May, 1842, shortly after midnight, a fire broke oat in the important commercial city…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

The Inverell Times · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 7

The opening chapter introduce the reader to poetry [?]dge Wo[?]ley, a factory girl employed at Messrs. W[?] and Wa[?]pley's in Park-lane. L[?] and him C[?]ton, her sweetheart, also engaged at a [?]…

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Farmer and Grazier. Branding without Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 3

A PLAN of permanently marking cattle, which will do away with the necessity of using a firebrand, is said to he in use in the Southern States of America. It is a liquid…

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Fire in a Factory

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 5

Armor's lard factory, in Chicago, was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £200,000…

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Fire at Glen Innes. Glen Innes, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 5

THERE was a fire in the witness room at the Glen Innes Court House this morning. A wooden press in which official papers and documents were…

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The Fire Fiend! the Local Court House in Jeopardy

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

THE sound of the alarm-bell at 6.30 yesterday morning was the signal for, the Fire Brigade to concentrate, and many of the townspeople to excitedly rush in the…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

The Inverell Times · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 7

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pre[?]ts Madge Worsley, a factory girl employed at Messrs We[?] and Warpl[?], in Park lane, Leeds, and [?]m Cranston, her sweetheart, also engaged at a [?]…

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The Court House Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1902 · page 3

A MAGISTERIAL enquiry in reference to the fire which occurred at the Court House on Thursday morning last, was conducted by Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M., yesterday…

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A Terrible Fire. ADELAIDE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1902 · page 5

A FIRE occurred at midnight on Saturday at Brinksworth. The loose boxes at a local hotel were completely destroyed, and a man who…

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Another Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 2

THE clanging of the alarm-bell at about 7 o'clock on Monday evening caused a mild sensation among the townspeople, coming as it did so quickly after the Court House incident. The fire this time was…

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Through the Fire; the Talk of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

The Inverell Times · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 7

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pretty Madge Worsley, a factory girl employed at Messrs. Weit and Warpley's in Park-lane Leeds, and Jim Cranston, her sweetheart, also engaged at a Leeds…

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