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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Bush Fires. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

A RETURN received by the State Premier shows that some of the recent disastrous bush fires were caused by phosphorised pollard laid as a bait for rabbits…

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Mine on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 4

A fire has occurred in the Broken Hill Junction mine. The men were withdrawn. The extent of the outbreak is unknown…

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A Mine on Fire. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

A FIRE has occurred in tha Broken Hill Junction mine. The men were withdrawn. The extent of the outbreak is unknown…

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A Fatal Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 4

A hotel at Dalby, Queensland, was destroyed by fire last night, and the licensee, John Ryan, perished in the flames…

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Fire Extinguished

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

Morgan and Smith's warehouse, in Clarence-street, narrowly escaped being burned down last night. A quantity of twine and rope in the…

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Destructive Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

The railway workshops at Moxton New Brunswick, have been destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at £ 200,000…

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Rurgian Disturbed by Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

[?] damage was [?] by a [?] in the [?] London. A remarkable discovery was croops officials. on the [?]…

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Fire Extinguisher Trial

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

AN interesting exhibition of the Underwriters Fire Extinguisher was given on Friday afternoon by the Sydney manager of the company, Mr. P. A. Howard. A number of packing cases were built…

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Refuning to Fire— Severe sonter[?] LONDON,friday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

SIX artileerymen have been sentenced from 10 to 20 years impisonment at Odess[?] for refusing to fire upon revolutionaries. Twentyfour artillerymen have been sentenced to…

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A Disastrous Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

Owing to the present fire in the broken Hill Proprietary mine, the capital value of the mine has declined by —190,000 on the Stock Exchange…

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Terrible Disaster. Coal Mine on Fire. [?] London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

The most terrible mining disaster for many years has occurred at Ceurrieres, France, 1219 lives being lost. Recent heavy rains in the north of…

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Fire at an Asylum

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

A swag store attached to the Liverpool Asylum was destroyed by [?]re this morning, 800 swags being consumed in the James. The damage is…

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What a Fire Revealed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

A fire in a prison hospital at Moscow revealed that some political suspects among the patients were chained to their beds, with iron rings round their ankles…

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Fire on a Warship

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

A FIRE was on the afternoon of the 10th October discovered in the foremost 6-in. shell room of H.M.S. Argonaut at Chatham, and immediately after a 6-in. shell…

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Destructive Fire. ULMARRA, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 5

RETALLOCK'S two-storey dwelling, general store, and a bulk store, together with Brennan's hotel at Ulmarra, were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney. the Loss Estimated at £200,000. Sidney

The Inverell Times · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

A great fire occurred last night in the city. Edwards, Dunlop and Co's., James Stedman, and several smaller premises,…

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Great Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

A GREAT fire occurred in Sydney early on Saturday morning, Edwards, Dunlop, and Co.'s warehouse, Mr. James Stodman's, and several smeller premises extending from…

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Great Fire in Sydney. ABOUT £200,000 Damage. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A FEARSOME fire broke out in the city last night, when the promises of Edwards, Dunlop and Co. (printers' brokers), James Stedman and Co, (wholesale confectioners) and…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Damage £200,000. SYDNEY, Saturday Morning

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

A GREAT fire broke out in the City last night, when Edwards Dunlop and Co. (stationers and paper merchants), James Stedman's (confectioner), and several…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney. the Loss Estimated at £200,000. Sydney

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A great fire occurred last night in the city. Edwards, Dunlop and Co's., James Stedman's and several smaller premises…

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