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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Fire at Narrabri

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 2

A terrible fire at West Narrabri on Tuesday night destroyed the whole of the principal business portion of the town. The damage done is estimated…

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Fire at Murrcmburrah

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 4

A. big fire occurred at Murrumburrab early this morning, when a block of buildings in which seven different businesses were being carried on, was…

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The Narrabri Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

On Wednesday night, as was briefly told in last issue of the "Times," the whole business portion of the town of West…

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Disastrous Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 2

A large boarding establishment at Mona Vale, near Newport, was totally destroyed by [?] early this morning. About 30 boarders were on…

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Big Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon.—A fire occurred this morning at Brookes' Mansion, Mona Yale, near Newport, which had latterly changed hands and…

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Fire in Toronto

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A fire in Toronto (Canada) destroyed a number of premises in the centre of the wholesale district. Only the efforts of the…

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State Fire Brigades

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Captain [?] Secretary of the New South Wales [?] [?] Employees Union, [?] that [?] [?] the State are [?]…

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Great Fire

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The Head Office of the Equitable Life Assurance, New York, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. All the securities were found to be intact…

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The Recent Fire at Glen Elgin

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

At the conclusion of the council proceedings on Tuesday night, a public meeting was held with respect to rendering assistance to the [?]…

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Disastrous Fire. Equitable Building at New York Destroyed. New York

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

The marble Lead office of the Equitable Life Assurance, in Broadway, has been gutted, and 10 lives are known to hare been lost. The…

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Fire at Tubbamurra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

A two-roomed cottage at Tubbamurra, the property of Mrs. L. Archer, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning at about 3.30. The…

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Fire at the Showground

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

At the present time the grass in the Showground resembles a crop of hay, and owing to the continued dry weather is in a condition for burning…

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Destructive Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Further particulars of the fires in the Tweed district show that 3700 tons of cane trere destroyed. The planters' Josses are tremendous…

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The Osaka Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 8

Additional details of the disastrous fire at Osaka by which over [?] houses were destroyed, and [?] [?] rendered homeless, show that…

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Fire on the Suevic

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

A telegram received in Melbourne from Wilson's Promontory, stated that the White Star steamer Suevic, which left Sydney on Wednesday, had…

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Osaka Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 7

TOKIO, Tuesday Evening.—Additional detail of the disastrous fire at Osaka, by which over 5000 houses were destroyed, and 30,000 persons rendered…

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Telegrams Another Big Fire at Narrabri

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—-There was another devastating fire at Narrabri yesterday, when 11 buildings, in the main business portion of the town, were burnt…

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Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Bush fires in the hills near Adelaide swept through the estate of the late Sir Richard Baker, and interfered with divine worship. An aged…

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Fire at Narrabri. ENORMOUS [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 6

At 2.45 o'clock [?]ing another [?] out in [?] in the [?] business portion of [?]…

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Another Blaze in Narrabri

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

Narrabri is rapidly gaining an unenviable reputation for fires. Only recently we chronicled the practical destruction of West…

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