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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

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A Big Blaze. LONDON. Sunday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 5

By a fire in the premises of Mercer, Vanderbyl, and Wienst, at Capetown, damage to the extent of hundreds of thousands of pounds was occasioned…

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Soldiers Ender Fire

The Inverell Argus · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 6

" The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for so many…

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Soldiers Under Fire

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 5

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost Irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for an many…

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Soldiers Under Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Phillppines, "and that accounts for so many…

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Bear on Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 7

During a terrible forest fire at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a bear was seen to emerge from the woods with its shaggy coat all aflame. The sagacious animal…

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Burial Under Fire

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 5

High on the ridge where the marines pitched their tents on the shore of Guantanamo Bay (says the Chicago "Evening Post"), the first Cuban soil taken by…

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Bear on Fire

Guyra Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 11

Daring a terrible forest fire at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a bear was seen to emerge from the woods with its shaggy coat all aflame. The sagacious animal…

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Burial [?]der Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 2

High on the ridge where the marioners pliched their [?]on the shore of Gu[?]me Bay (says the Chicago "Ev[?]ing Post"), the first Cuban soil taken[?]y…

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A Fatal Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 5

During a fire in a house at Hackney Road, London, Nathan Zavsmer and his wife and daughter wera suffocated…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration. Railway Passes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 4

Captain Webb, of the local Fire Brigade, writes as follows in reference to the granting of free passes on the railway for firemen intending to…

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The Missing Steamer Ovalau. Caught on Fire and Foundered. All Hands Saved. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

NEWS has been received to-day that the overdue steamer Ovalan from the Fiji Islands to Sydney caught fire and foundered off Lord Ho[?] Island on…

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Disastrous Fire in New York

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 5

At a fire in a crowded tenement in New York 25 persons, chiefly women and children, were suffocated…

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Cablegrams. London. Monday. Fire at the Vatican. Several Rooms Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 5

A fire at the Vatican destroyed several rooms in the library, bat the books and manuscripts escaped damage…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 4

A general meeting of the committee of citizens in connection with the Fire Bri[?]de Demonstration was held at the Conucil Chambers on…

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Bush Fire Protection

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 3

THE more one sees of the wonderful growth of grass in the northern districts, the more pressing does the need appear of prompt and vigorous measures being…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Inter-state Fire Brigade Demonstration. Free Passes to Armidale for 450 Firemen

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1903 · page 4

The Premier says he had a talk yesterday with the Railway, Commissioners with regard to the question of free passes to firemen to enable'them…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 2

WEDNESDAY'S Armidale "Chronicle" says:--The matter of granting free passes on the railway to firemen competing at the fire brigades' competition at Armidale on Boxing Day has thanks to the…

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Coals of Fire

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 6

It was not exactly, the minister's fault that the sermon which he delivered that morning was not entirely his own. He had copied a part of the original draft himself,…

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Disastrous Fire at Nelson

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

A large hotel and the Union Company's new offices at Nelson, New Zealand, were destroyed by fire. The inmates of the hotel escaped…

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Fire in a School. Extensive Damage

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

At a fire in a school at East Ham, London, the damage amounted to £50,000. Two thousand children, who were…

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