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Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Fires at Broken Hill

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 6

Two more houses have been destroyed by fire at Bfri&en Hill, making four premises burnt within 24 hours…

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Busk Fires. — A Serious Position. Winton(Q:)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 5

ENORMOUS bush fires have devastated an immense area of country. The fire appears to have broken out at Rosevale selection, thence to Toorak,…

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Fire Risks

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 6

We have had occasion to refer to the great popularity and enormous strength of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd. We…

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Canadian Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 8

The Ottawa correspondent of, the London "Times," telegraphing to that journal on August 7, thus turns up the situation in connection with…

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Bush Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

Another disastrous bush fire swept several holdings in the vicinity of Ayrshire Downs, Queensland…

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Burnt Out

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 6

On Saturday last, Messrs. G. Stapleton and W. Barrett, who have been prospecting and shooting at Kangaroo Flat, had the misfortune…

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Fire I[?] a Colliery

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 3

A destructive fire broke out in Ke[?] Siberia One hundred [?] believed to have published…

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Fire in a Colliery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. — A fire occurred in a colliery in Siberia, and it is feared that 100 miners have been killed…

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Nearly a Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 6

Owing to the flames of a fire breaking through the fireplace the residence of Mr. C. Gesell would have been destroyed on Friday but for…

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Forest Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 4

Forest fires in Michigan (U.S.A.) destroyed five villages. A wall 0f flame ten miles wide swept across she speninslar, Fifty persons…

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Peer's Loss by Fire. Lord Brassey's Mansion in Flames. Treasures Burnt. Owner Directs Firemen From Tower

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 8

A destructive fire broke out this afternoon at Normanhurst Court, Lord Braesey's Sussex seat near Battle. The great part of the eastern portion of the…

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The Broken Sill Mine Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The fire in block 14, one of the Broken Hill mines, is believed to be now under control. It is feared that W. Eddy, a miner, lost his life, as he is missing…

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The Beauty of Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 7

Men scarcely know how beautiful fire is, Shelley save and talks of a flame as "a precious stone dissolved in ever-moving light" But it…

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A Fire Caused by Sea-waves

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 7

IN spite of apparent impossibility, such a thing actually happened some few years ago on the west coast of Ireland. The rocks along the coast, which the…

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The Wagga Fire."

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 4

The Coroner found that the drill hall at Wagga,' which was recently burnt down, was wilfully set ott fire by some person or persons unknown…

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Disastrous Fires. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 2

P. J, FIRTH'S cardboard factory at Red fern was completely gutted by fire early this morning. The roof and back walls collapsed, and nothing was saved. At 4…

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Large Fire at Moree

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon. — A large fire broke out at Moree last night. The Commercial Bank, a wooden building, which was undergoing additions, was completely…

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Factory Gutted lay Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Firth's card-board box factory at Redfer[?] was gutted by fire this morning, about 100 employees, nearly 70 of whom are girls, being thrown out of…

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Military Tournament. and Camp Fire

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 2

The local Half-Squadron of Light Horse will hold their annual Tournament in the Show Ground on Monday next, The Secretary (Sgt. Krahe) informs us…

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Destructive Fire at Moree. Two Bank Premises Destroyed

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 2

A fire occurred at Moree on Wednesday night as a result of which the buildings of the Commercial Banking Company and the Bank of New South…

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