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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

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A Fire King Read

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. James Shand who for many years occupied a senior position in the firm of Shand. Mason and Co., fire appliance manufacturers died at…

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Fire Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

A hoarding house At Auckland was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning and three boarders were burnt to death…

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Latest. Sydney. Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

Two grocer's shops, one at Newtown and the other at North Sydney, were destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 2

A fire at John Bridge and Co.'s wool store broke out this morning. One hundred bags ef wattle bark were burnt and a quantity of wheat…

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From South Africa. British Soldiers Under Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 6

Already the Pom-pom is trotting out of the farmhouse enclosure and the squadron of Dragoons extending on the plain beyond. The face of…

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Another Big Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

Another big fire occurred near Sutherland, the Cronulla Beach Hotel being totally destroyed by fire early this morning, the licensee, Davis,…

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Ship on Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

A fire broke out early this morning on the ship Earl Dunmore, lying in the harbor. The flames quickly gained a firm hold and spread with alarming…

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Fire Brigades' Expenses

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 5

Mr. E. W. De Gyulay, in the course of a lecture delivered under the auspices of the Corporation of Accountants in Sydney last week,…

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Solider [?] Fire

The Moree News · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 5

The temptation to sloop when under are is almost irresist[?]ie." said a ve[?] talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines,"and that accounts for so many…

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Trustees of the Fire Brigade

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 3

A meeting of the trustoes of the Morce Fire Brigade was held on the 7th instant, when Messrs. J. T. Crarne H. Dobbie, H. McGarry and the…

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Conservation of Fodder. the Danger of Fires

The Moree News · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 1

Mr. Fred Turner, F.L.S., writing to a Sydney paper makes the following portinent observations which should not be overlooked by graziers:…

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A woman Sets Fire to Herself

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

A TERRIBLY determined suicide took place at Mowbraytown, a suburb of Brisbane, about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. The attention of neighbors…

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Burial Under Fire

The Moree News · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 5

High on the ridge where the [?] their [?] on the shore of [?] Bay (says the Chicago " Evening Post"), the [?]…

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Moree Volunteer Fire Ur[?]

The Moree News · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 2

The Tr[?] of the above held a meeting on Friday last, there being present Tr[?] Crane [?] and Tru[?] Dobbie and McGarry…

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Fire in S.a

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 2

A fire broke out at Streaky Bay (S.A.), and spread over fifty miles of country…

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The Fire Brigades and Free Passes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 4

It was stated recently, on the authority of the Minister for Railways, that the Government would be unable to comply with the request of the Fire…

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Bush Fires

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

Bush fires have already made their appearance in the Grenfell district, where the country is described as one mass of inflamable vegetation…

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Big Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 7

A large hotel and the Union Company's new offices at Nelson (N.Z.) were destroyed by fire. The inmates of the hotel escaped by jumping from…

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A Sensational Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 7

A fire occured in a school at Eltham, London. The damage amounted to £50,000. Two thousand children were in the building at the time, but…

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Bush Fire. a Narrow Escape

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 7

A FIRE broke out in one of Mr. L. J. Bailey's wheat paddocks at New Mexico on Thursday afternoon. The…

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