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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Big Fire at Inverell. Part Town Destroyed. Reported Deaths in the Flames. Inverell

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

A disasteroux fire, occurred here shortly before one o'clock this morning right in the heart of the town. Luckily it was a calm night or the calamity…

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Fearful Fire at Inverell

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

A FATAL fire occurred at Inverell soon after midnight. A block, of fifteen buildings was consumed and the loss is estimated at…

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Big Blaze at Inverell Two Lives Lost

The Moree News · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

A terrible con[?]agration occurred early on Tuesday morning, half of O[?]ho-street, the principal business thoroughfare of the town, being…

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Big Fire at Iaverell. Nineteen Buildings Destroyed. Estimated Damage £30,000

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

A terrible conflagration occurred early on Tuesday morning, half of Otho-street, the principal business thoroughfare of the town, being…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Chapter 1. Sweethearts

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 1

"Don't you think we've been courting long enough to ger married ?" said Jim Cranston to his sweetheart, pretty Mudgo Worsley, as they wended their way…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Chapter I. Sweethearts

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

"Don't you think we've been courting long enough to get married ?" said Jim Cransion to his sweetheart, pretty Mudge Worsley, as they wended their way…

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Latest Cables. Disastrous Fire. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 3

A great fire has occurred at Mit Game, (3) Egypt. A thousand houses and two hundred shops were destroyed and fifty persons killed. The damage…

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Fatal Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 3

A fatal fire has occurred at Manly, a woman being burned to death…

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Public Meeting. to Establish 4 Fire Brigade

The Moree News · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 2

A fair number of townspeople attended the public meeting in the school of Arts on Wednesday evening, the object of which was to take steps…

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Moree Fire Brigade

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 2

In [?] to a resolution passed at the Moree Council, there was a public meeting held in the School of Arts on Wednesday, the 7th inst., for the parpose of forming a…

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Our Fire Brigade

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 2

IT is well to own anything! but the [?] should cause our [?] to enthuse a little…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 5
Also in Manilla Express

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pretty Madge Worsley, a factory girl employed at Messes. Weft and Warpley's in Park-lane. Lee is, and [?] Cranston, her sweetheart, also engages at a Leeds…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 1
Also in Manilla Express

The opening chapter [?] to pretty [?] Woraley, a factory girl [?] at Messrs. Welt and Warpley's. in Park-lane, [?] and Jim [?] her sweetheart, also engaged at a Leeds…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis Op Previous Chapters

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pretty Madge Worsley, a factory girl employed at Messrs Weft and Warpley's, in Park-lane, Leeds, and Jim Cranston, her sweetheart, also engaged at a Leeds…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 1

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pretty Madge Worpley, a factory girl employed at Messrs Welt and Warpley's. In Park-lane, [?] and [?] Cranston, her sweetheart, also engages at a [?]…

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By Cable. the Peace Negotiations. the Result Still Ranging Fire. London

The Moree News · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 2

The Boer Generals, Christian de Wet, and J. H. de la Rey, are still in Pretoria, but General Schalk Borger, the so-called Acting President of the…

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Through the Fire; the Tale of a Factory Girl's Temptation. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Manilla Express · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 3
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

The opening chapter introduces the reader to pretty Madge Worsley, a factory girl employed at Messrs. Wett and Warpley's, in Park-lane, Leeds and Jim Cranston, her sweetheart, also engaged at a Leeds…

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