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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

209 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 11

Fire From Slaked Lime

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1915 · page 4

Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is sufficient to…

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Fire. Cottage on Glen Innes Road

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 2

The local Fire Brigade got a call through the local exchange at 12.28 this morning, to a cottage occupied by Mrs. William Irvine, on the Glen…

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Bush Fires Again. Conditions Around Dorrigo

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 2

Conditions have slightly improved during the past week at Dorrigo. Thirty-three points of rain were registered in the township, but the fall in…

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Fire on Albion Hill

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 5

Mr. J. McIlveen writes:— I wish to correct a statement contained in the correct a statement a Mrs. Irvine's and published in last Friday's issue. I do…

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Fire at The Knoll

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 4

A fire broke out at 2.35 p.m. yesterday at Mr. Owen McCosker's house at the Knoll, containing nine rooms and a kitchen. The fire originated in the…

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Big City Blaze. Hotel Australia Damaged. to Extent of £10,000

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 5

A fire broke out in the Hotel Australia, Situated in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday morning…

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Father Fires at Son

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 5

At Matung (Vic.) one day last week's Philip Hancock, a middle-aged man, who had recently been drinking heavily, made an attack on his son and a…

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Drum-fire Artillery

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 6

Prince Oscar, the fifth son of the Kaiser, has written a little book called Winter Battle, in which be describes the hard fighting of the 3rd German…

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Destructive Fire at Albury

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 December 1915 · page 4

A destructive fire occurred at Albury early yesterday morning, resulting in the total demolition of, Mate and Co's general emporium…

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