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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1900

7 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

Destroyed by Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

MR. F. V. M NAMARRA'S residence, situated about two miles from Manilla, on the Tamworth road, was totally destroyed by fire early on Tuesday…

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Famous Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 3

In A.D. 70 the greater part of Jerusalem, including the Temple, was burned when the city was stormed and taken by Titus…

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A Disastrous Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion of Canada. The outbreak originated in some lumber and flour mills in…

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Terrible Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

LATER details of the great fire in Hoboken Dock, New York, reveal the terribleness of the disaster. It appears that a carboy of acid filed a number…

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From the Frying-Pan Into the Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

Smith: 'I say, old man, who is that ugly old cat over there ? Jones: 'Sir, that is my wife!' Smith: 'No, no. You mistake me…

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Bank-note Blaze

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 4

Many recent attempts to pass off valueless provincial and suburban bank, notes have been attended with failure (says an exchange). Enterprising magsmen, anxious…

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Bush Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 7

Bush fires have been raging for days on the hills along tho northern coast line…

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