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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Who'd-have-thought-it Fire

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

A FIRE that demolished the Who'd-have-thought it hotel premises occurred during the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) morning. The…

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Fire at Saw Mills

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

IN the early hours of Wednesday the local Saw Mills were destroyed by fire. The outbreak was discovered by one of the…

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Fire Brigade and Water Supply

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

THE necessity of devising means to cope with an…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

THE final meeting of the General Committee, of tho Bush Fires' Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday, the 21st December, under the Presidency…

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Fire at Castlemountain

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 3

MR. J. W. FOOTE met with a serious loss on Saturday afternoon last. He was raising a fine stack of hay, when by some unaccountable means it caught fire, and was totally…

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An American Blaze

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The west Hotel at Minneapolis (U.S.A.) caught fire on Tuesday. There were 700 persons asleep at the time, and…

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Fair "Fire-fighters."

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 3

In England they have fire brigades for women. One such is illustrated in the sketch —a brigade which is located at Greenwich, and which is attended by some of the most…

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Destroyed by Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The barque Itala was destroyed by fire at Newcastle this morning. The vessel was grounded and the crew taken off…

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Fire Brigade Trustees

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

The trustees of the Mores Fore Brigade met on Tuesday night, when the following correspondence was dealt with:—…

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Train on Fire

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 1

When the 7 o'clock mixed train for Adelaide via Peterburg, had proceeded a little over two miles on its journey from Port Pirie on Wednesday…

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Fires at Curlewis

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

ON Tuesday last the residence of Mr. Jas. Parnell, with the whole of its contents, was completely destroyed by fire. The District Coroner (Mr. J. I. Links)…

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Cablegrams. Panic at a Fire. London

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

A cry of fire created a panic among the members of a colored congregation at Philadelphia, and during the stampede a staircase collapsed,, whereby…

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Bush Fires. Many Persons Badly Burned.—sheep and Other Stock Perish in the Flames

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

Large areas of country in the central and southern districts have been devastated by fires. Many farmers have…

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Bush Fires

The Moree News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

The bush fires which were burning last Sunday in the southern and western parte of the State did great damage. Alburr[?] reports state 6000…

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Bush Fires. Latest Accounts

The Moree News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

Latest reports of the fires in Victoria state that the six children burnt to death were the children of a farmer named Lonsdale. They were return[?]…

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Bush Fire Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

A message from Toora, in Gippsland-land (Vic.), states that a fire started there on Tuesday night, to the west of the town. It swept around Hoddlo…

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Demented Through Fires

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

To escape bush fires at Tooma three young men took refuge in a dam, and one become demented and attempted to cut his throat…

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Fire on a Warship. the Continental Way. Shell Explodes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

A fire was on the afternoon of the 10th October discovered in the foremost 6-in. shell room of H.M.S. Argonaut at Chatham, and immediately after a 6-in. We have in the matter of protection against adulteration, everything in learn from Continental notions. In France and Germany milk adulterators, for instance,…

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Fire, Heat and Thirst

The Moree News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

At [?]Mr H. B. Vales [?]again and [?]trying to [?]…

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Big Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The premises of Messrs Crooks and Brooker, of Port Adelaide, were damaged by fire yesterday. The whole stock, valued at thousands of…

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