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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Blaze in Sydney

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 9

A destructive fire occurred in Clarce-street last night in the premises occupied by Gordon and Sons, shirt [?]kers. The three top floors, with the…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 4

A destractive fire occurred in Clarence-street last night in the premises occupied by Gordon and Soma, shirt manufacturers, three top…

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Mysterlous Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

A mysterious fire has oconrred on board the French battleship Hocbe at Toulon. The fire was discovered close to the magazine…

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Fire Brigade Social

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

The fires of fun and merriment promise to blaze brightly at the Masonic Hall next Wednesday night, when the local firemen will make their initial attempt at conducting a…

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Fire at Candelo. CANDELO

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 8

Residents were aroused early this morning by an alarm of fire. Mr. Collins, of the Queen;s Hotel, was the first to notice smoke issuing from Mr. H. P…

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A Fatal Fire. Three Lives Lost. Thrilling Expertences

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

A SAD fire fatality has happened at Port Chalmers, New Zealand.—The coutbreak occurred in a two-story wooden building occupied by William Hiberfield, his wife,…

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Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

A fire, threatening to assume serious proportions, broke out at the corner of Margiiret-street and Wynyand lane this morning, but the…

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Coach Destroyed by Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 7

The Bourke Wilcannia mail coach was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, the whole of the mails being burned. The drives was sheltering from a storm, and when he went…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Fatal Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

Mrs. England, wife of a farmer at Yallangip (Victoria), was shockingly burned yesterday, and died shortly afterwards…

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Fire Brigade Social

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 3

THE member of the Glen Innes Fire Brigade art to be congratulated upon the happy result that attended their initial efforts at conducting a social. The event under notice…

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Great Blaze

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

Victoria, the capital of British Coa[?] has been visited by a tu[?] five [?] buildings, including two [?] were laid to [?]…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

A hot occupied by Thomas Faulkner, in the Burrawong district, has been burnt down. It is believed that Faulkner perished in the flames…

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Fire and Mutiny! How a Skipper Lost His Ship

The Uralla News · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

From the Pacific coast comes the story of how one man's will saved the lives entrusted to his keeping in the face of fire, mutiny, and storm. It all…

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Disastrous Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 4

Coney Island, the popular New York pleasure resort, has been devastated by fire. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million…

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Fire on a Steamer

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 4

A fire broke out last night on board the steamer Ville De La Ciotat lying at Circular Quay. The seat of fire was located in the sail locker…

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Fire on a Steamer. the Hold Flooded

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

IN Connection with the fire aboard the French mail steamer Ville de [?]a Giotat, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning one of the fireman, with a smoke he[?],…

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A Fatal Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 4

A sixdays-old infant was burned to death by a fire at Rutherglen (Vic.), which also destroyed the residence of a miner named Alexander…

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Collision of a Fire Engine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 4

A fire engine collided with a telegraph post at Melbonrne last night, while proceeding to an outbreak of fire. All the firemen were thrown…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 4

The Ubion Oil Engine Company's show-rooms and works, at Woolloo mooloo Bay, were demolished by fire last night. A series of load explosions…

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Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

A big fire occurred in Sussex street at midnight, the premises occupied by Dudley and Co, C. A. Murray and Turner and Co. being totally…

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