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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

155 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 8

Fire

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

The Railway Department's electrical signally depot at Wellington, New Zealand, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is £8000…

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The Hlligrove Fire. Coroner's Inquiry

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 3

The Coroner (Mr. Wm. Morgan) held an inquiry on Friday last into the cause of the recent fine at Hillgrove…

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The Canadian Forest Fires

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 4

By the terrible forest fires which have been sweeping along the northern frontier of Minnesota, in Canada, at least five towns have been…

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Fire at Cullendore

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 2

MR. Staff-surveyor Bishop, who had his camp pitched at Cullendore, in one of Mr. George Fagg's paddocks, while he surveyed some adjoining land, had…

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A Female Fire Chief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 9

No capital in the a world save St. Peters burg can boast of a municipal fire brigade commanded by a member of the fair sex, but for the last 18 months…

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Fire at Texas

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 2

The total destruction of the cheese factory on Thursday evening last was the first big fire we have experienced here (says the Texas correspondent of…

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Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred late last night at the premises of Messrs. Fuerth and Nall, printers and cardboard box manufacturer, off…

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Steamer on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 4

The steamer Erina, lying at Long Wharf, Balmain, was partly destroyed by fire this morning. Thomas Childs, jun., son" of the owner, was…

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Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 2

Mullany's bulk store at Katoomba was destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage to estimated at £5000…

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A Disastrous Fire. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 2

Another disastrous fire has occurred st Hobert. Ferguson's [?]and spirit stores were completely destroyed and the three [?] premises…

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Fire at a Picture Show. Seven Persons in [?] MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 2

A film [?] as a [?] show at Owing [?] fight. The [?] stamped [?] the doors, but [?] an attendant…

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Fire at Katoomba

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mullany's bulk store at Katonmba was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £5000…

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Geelong Film Fire

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 7

Three of the victims of the Geelong film fire are in a precarious condition and their recovery is considered hopeless…

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Fire at a Picture Show

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—An exciting fire occurred in the picture pavilion at Geelong (Victoria) last evening. There was an audience of about 300 present. The second film was…

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Fire at a Picture Show

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 4

Three victims of the Geelong film fire are in a precarious condition, and their recovery is considered hopeless…

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The Fire

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 8

For at least five years Cyrus Laird had resided at the exclusive Beauchamp Hotel, and had any one demanded of the hotel employes an account of his…

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Cablegrams. London. Thursday. the Ontario Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

The victims of the forest fires in Ontario include 200 employees in the Dome mine, in the Cobalt district, who were denned in the shafts…

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Fire at Glen Innes.—Man's Heroic Rescue Efforts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. J. VV. Shephard, a resident of Glen Innes, was terribly injured in heroic efforts to rescue his wife and nine children from a burning house. One girl…

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Terrible Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 6

The fires in northern Ontario are under control. It is estimated that 500 people perished, and that 20,000 are homeless. The flames swept an…

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Fire at Parramatta

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon.—A fourteenroomed house, occupied by Mr. G. Scouller, one of the Prospect Reservoir engineers, at May Hill, Parramatta, has been destroyed…

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