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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Late on the night of the November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who is accused of at[?] to burn a large block of…

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Whirlpool of Fire. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

AS a result of toe Jamaica earthquake, an enormous fire has broken out in San Salvador, the smallest of the Central American republics…

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Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 6

Huge bushfires have been raging on Breeza for the last two days. It is reported that 300 sheep are burned, and 200 are badly scorched. Box…

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Fire Damp Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

Several miners have been killed by an explosion of fire-damp in France…

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Vessel on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

The German steamer Beidlitz, from Penang to Colombo, caught fire at sea. A passing steamer rescaed 104 passengers and the mails, aad escorted…

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A [?]Oyel Fire Escape

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

A novel fire-escape which has been erected at a school in Louisville. It consists of a [?] cylinder and a spiral slide, which is so constructed that it controls…

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TELEGRAMS Big Fire at Kempsey. Main Portion of the Town Destroyed. SYDNEY, Thursday 2 p.m

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A GREAT fire occurred at Kempsey this morning. Almost every building in the main portion of the town has been destroyed…

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Camp Fire

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. D. Maker gave them a surprise party, on Friday night, last week, and a very enjoyable night was spent. The dance…

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Juryman on Fire

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

During a trial, on Friday, at Adelaide, one of the jurors made a sudden spring to his feet, tripped on the step…

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Fire at Ballarat

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

Dawson and Son's ironmongery establishmentat Ballarat waa totally destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated £20,000, the…

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Destructive Fire at Kempsey

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 3

A terribly destructive fire broke out at Kempsey on Thursday morning. Before the conflagration could be got under control, a great portion of the…

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The Kempsey Fire. Half the Town Burnt Out

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

IN our Friday's wires it was staled that a great fire had destroyed a large portion of the town of Kempsey, occasioning a loss of over, £35,000. Later particulars state that it was…

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In Case of Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

SIR,--The terrible conflagration which nigh devastated the town of Kempsey lost week ought to set most country towns dunking hard. We read that the local, fire brigade…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse the statemented made by correspondents.] the Fire Brigade. (To the Editor Inverell Times)

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

Sir,--As a member of the Inverell [?]olunteer Fire Brigade, I would like to [?]illise a portion of your valuable space repudiate the statements made by…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

A great fire occurred at Adelaide early this morning, Harold Colton. Coy.'s big warehouse was completely destroyed, the damage being estimated…

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Another Blaze

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

A big fire is raging at Bundaberg (Q.). A distillery containing 150,000 gallons of rum, is stored in premises which are almost certain to be totally…

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A Big Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

The master of the steamer Indravelli was fined £300 at Melbourne for allowing three Chinese to enter the Commonwealth…

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Fire at Bundaberg

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

A big fire is raging in Bundaberg A distillery, in which 150,000 gallons of rum are stored on the premises, is almost certain to be totally destroyed…

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A Big Fire. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 5

The residence of John Wannamaka,the Philadelphian millionaire,has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £900,000…

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Bush Fires

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 4

Bush fires are reging in the Charle[?] (Qd.) district, all the selectors on the west side being completely burnt out…

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