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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Terrible School Fire. the Ohio Holocaust

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 3

Speoial news by mail jast received from Frisco gives details of the school fire disaster at Cleveland, Ohio. The tragedy occurred on the morning of…

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Fire in the City

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 4

A large fire occurred in the city this morning when seven-story building extending from Clarence-street to Kent-street, and occupied by W. W. Campbell and Co…

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Large Fire in the City. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 5

A LARGE fire occurred in the city this morning. A big seven-storey building, extending from Clarence-street to…

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Telegrams Big Fire in Sydney, Furniture Warehouse Destroyed. Sydney, Monday 10 a.m

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

MESSRS W. W. Campbell and Co's big furniture warehouse in Kent Street, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. Nothing is left but the standing…

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Fire Extinguish by Snowballs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 7

PROBABLY the moat remarkable manner of extinguishing fire has occurred at Boswell, a mining town in Pa., America. Hundreds of men, women,…

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Incendiary Fires in Berlin. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

Two hundred incendiary fires have occurred in Berlin since February. The police are watching 7000 houses with a view to catching the offenders…

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Destructive Fire. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

A BIG fire destroyed six business blocks and two hotels at Atlaxa, Georgia. The damage is set down at £250,000.J…

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Another Serious Fire. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

CARTER'S general store at Smithfield, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The total damage is estimated at £2,000. This is the third serious fire that has…

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Too Many Irons in the Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

Most women have too many irons in the fire. Just as the woman with too many strings to her bow, may be ultimately left without a target, so the…

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Run of Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

Another fire occurred at Broken Hill last night, being the sixth within five days…

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Another Broken Hill Fire. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

ANOTHER fire occurred at Broken Hill last night, being the sixth within five days…

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Great Fire at Grafton. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 4

THERE was a disastrous fire in Grafton last night, in the heart of the city. M'Cann's general store was burned to the ground, while Weiley's hotel and Webb's mercery…

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Record in Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—There have been 12 fires at Broken Hill within the week, making 20 for the month…

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Destrictive Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

A destructive fire took place at Mullimbimby last night five buildings being destroyed…

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A Big Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

The large work of the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, near Ryde, were destroyed by fire at three o'clock' this morning…

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A Fatal Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

A Chinese, named Charlie A[?] Show, was burned to death at Nimitybelle, in a fire Chat consumed his store…

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Mending the Fire

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 3

Two men wore hunting "big game" in British Columbia. Toward morning one of the sportsmen awoke shivering with the cold. The fire was very…

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Wonderful Rapid-fire Gun of New Design

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

The latest machine gun is the invention of Major W. H. Fitzgerald, of England, who has devoted himself for many years to devising and improving…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Ellis's Sawmill at Nambueca Heads was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night the damage being estimated at £3000…

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The Mullumbi[?]by Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Important developments are anti cipated at the inquiry into the Mullumbimby fire…

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