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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Big Fire in the City Several Leading Business Places Destroyed. Sydney, Saturday 10.30 a.m

Guyra Argus · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 14

A devastating fire occurred in Clarence Street at 2 o'clock this morning, completely destroying Edwar[?]d Dunlop's, Steedman's, Legg's and…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

A great fire occurred early on Saturday morning in Sydney. Edwards, Dunlop and Co.'s, James Sternum, and several smaller premises,…

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A Big City Fire. Total Loss £150,000. SYDNEY

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 1

THERE was a tremendous outburst of fire in the vicinity of Clarence and Kent streets this morning at 10 minutes to 2 o’clock. An…

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The Fire Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

FOR some time past there has been an evidence of inharmonious conditions in connection with the workings of the Glen Innes Fire Brigade, a fact, in the interests…

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Destroyed by Fire. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5

A WOODEN cottage Mi North Sydney was destroyed by fire last night, and of three men, who were in the house at the time, two escaped. The other…

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Disastrous Fire

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred at Narrabri yesterday (Friday), when about 14 business and private resident were destroyed, including…

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Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

A fire broke out last night on the top floor of the Austral Chambers, in Pitt-street, occupied by the Bile Beans Company. The whole of the city…

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Destructive Fire at Narrabri

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

A big fire occurred at Narrabri this morning, when a block of fourteen buildings, comprising the principal business portion of the town, was…

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Cablegrams. London. Thursday. Fire at Woolwich Arsenal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

A fire occurred in the ordinance stored at Woolwich Arsenal, and a great disaster was narrowly averted. Six firemen were injured…

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Fire at Narrabri

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 3

A central block of buildings in Narrabri were destroyed by fire on Thursday night. Altogether 15 buildings were demolished, and the glare…

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The Very Latest. Progress of the Fire Checked Only One Fourth of the City Saved. London, Saturday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 3

Latest reports from San Francisco state that the spread of the fire has at last been checked. The Mayor hopes that one-fourth of…

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The 'Frison Fire. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

MR. TILDEN, a member of the staff of the Governor of California, and a Prominent relief worker, was shot dead in an autombile in San Francisco at dawn yesterday by six…

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Fire at Amosfield. Public School Destroyed

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 2

A LITTLE after 10 a.m on Wednesday, a fire broke out at the School shortly after it was opened. Mr. Court, the School Master smolt a peculiar, smoky smell in…

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The 'Frisco Fire. Auckland (N.z.) Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 5

THE New Zealand Insurance Co.'s losses at San Francisco are officially estimated at £500.000, subject to £125,000 re-instrances…

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Want of Fire

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

Several complaints have reached this office about the absence of a fire in the waiting room at the Walcha Road…

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Fire at Narrabri

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

Further particulars of the disastrous fire at Narrabri, on Friday, last week, shows that the fire started at about 1.30…

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Through a Sea of Fire. Wild Race with a Wave of Flames

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 2

At Cascade, on the Colorado River, in Western Texas, recently the elements combined to produce one of the most appalling scenes ever…

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A Soldier,s Baptism of Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

A commanding officer was taking his forces into action. He sent forward a small party of men to make gaps in a rail fence to avoid the…

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Fearful Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 3

Eight towns in Northern Wisconsin, the United States, have been devastated by forest fires. Thirty persons were killed. The damage, to property is estimated at…

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Surgeon's Work Under Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 3

SURGEOUS to the Trull Hospital, Biddeford (U.S.A.). performed an Operation while a fire was raging in the building. The fire broke…

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