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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

125 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 7

Fire Brigade Administration

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

Mr. Francis A. Tuck, Divisional Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, has taken up his residence in Tamworth, which is the…

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Sawmill on Fire. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

A terrinc nre broke out at [?] words' Timber Company, [?] down, this morning. Fifteen [?] narrowly escaped being rossted [?]…

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Emigrant Ship on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 7

Marines boarded the steamer Kanawha and suppressed a mutiny among the passengers taken off from the burning steamer 'Gairnons…

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Destroyed by Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 9

Connecticut County Gaol was destroyed by fire. Six firemen perished in the flames…

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Cry of Anguish. Fire Scenes at Croydon

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 4

Giving evidence on Monday, January 24, at the inquest at Croydon (Eng.) on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Barnshaw, who lost their lives in a fire at…

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Fire Relief Fund

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

The treasurer (Mr. A. A. Veness) acknowledges, receipt of an additional 5 to the Fire Relief Fund from "Anonymons." making a total of…

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Disastrous Fire. New Zealand

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

A big grain store at K[?], South land, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated to cost from £10,000 to £12,000…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

Several thousand pounds worth of damage resulted from a fire in an engine-room of the Kailangah coal mine, New Zealand,…

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Destructive Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 6

A destructive fire has occurred at Lake Charles, Louisana. Two thousand people are homeless. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 dollars…

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Big Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 9

The damage done by the fire at Omori, Japan, is estimated at two million pounds…

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Fire at Coonamble

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 9

The railway station building at Coonamble has been destroyed by fire…

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That Fire Ball

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

A big fire-ball, followed by a clap of thunder that would have awoke Rip Van Winkle himself from his 20 years' sleep in the Katskiil…

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Fire Heroine Rewarded

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

In recognition of the prompt and efficient aid rendered by her at a fire to South Lambeth last year, when a [?] was burnt to death, Miss Beatrice Daisy…

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Fire Brigades

The Inverell Times · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 2

With the inception of the now Fire Brigades Act, considerable alterations have been effected in many of the country fire brigades. In regard to…

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The Latest Cables London, Monday. Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 7

Bush fires have caused great destruction in Canada. 30 miles of territory were swept and several villages destroyed. The damage is estimated at…

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A Fire

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 7

The Promises of the Commonwealth that factory, Marrackville, was totally destroyed by fire last night…

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Flour Mills on Fire!

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

Just as we had gone to press on Friday last considerable excitement [?] by the ringing of the fire-bell. Upon inquiry we found that the…

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Fire on a Mail Coach

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

When the mail coach from Cooma was about six miles from Nimitybelle on Monday, a lady, who was the only passenger, discovered that some…

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Cablegrams. London. Monday. Bush Fires in Canada

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

Bush fires have -caused great destruction in Canada. Thirty miles of timber territory were'swept, and several villages destroyed…

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Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

The premi es of the Commonwealth Hat Factory at Marrickville Were totally destroyed by fire Jast night…

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