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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Disastrous Fire. £100,000 Gone in Smoke. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 2

Some paper mills have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £100,000…

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"Fire-water." a Legal Conundrum. Whisky Trials

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

Striking evidence was given at the Clerkenwell Sessions on 30th May as part of the answer to the legal conundrum, "What is whisky?"…

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Public Opinion. the Roy and the Wolf- East Moree and the Fire. (To the Editor)

The Moree News · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

SIR,-- Cash a false stain of a fire field night before for meeting to be included to be rated reply tightly. twice to any knowledge be East Moree he has the misform to giving to give a such an alarm of fire…

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A Girl Murderess. Trial by Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 3

On 24th May. the correspondent of the "London Daily Mall" wrote from New York:- The defence of Josephine Terranova…

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"Fire Tactics."

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

THE unpropitious state of the weather on Saturday evening no doubt prevented a large number from attending the Mechanics' Institute,…

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Moree Fire Brigade

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

The following [?]tees were present:-The Chairman (Mr. J. T. Crane), Trustees Dobbie, Magee, Morgan, and Weston…

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A Flourishing Fire Office

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

The facts and figures disclosed at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Coy., Ltd., were…

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Country Fire Brigades

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

At the last meeting of he Moree Council a discussion followed the reading of a letter from a Mr. Taylor, of Sydney, in reference to the Fire…

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Fire Brigade Trustees

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

The trustees of the Moree Fire Brigade met on Tuesday night at the Council Chambers, there being present Trustees Crane, Cameron, Magee,…

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Strange Fire. Contents of a Box Burning. Suspected Incendiarism

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 6

A strange fire, reports the "Daily Mail," of July 30th, occurred last night at the Cranbourn street, W.C., Post Office…

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A Good Fire-fighter

The Moree News · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

The great abundance of feed this year is sure to bring along, with the advent of summer, the [?]ring [?] friend. Recognising this the commit…

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The Great Whisky Fire. Streams of Burning Spirit

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 6

Never in the history of Dundee has a fire of such dimensions been witnessed as that which, as reported in the "Daily Mail" of 21st July,…

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The Fire Fiend

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

As an indication of what dangers are anticipated by landowners because of the prolific season, we notice that some Show committees are offering prizes for the best…

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Art Treasures Burnt. Fire at Milan Exhibition

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

The Building of Decorative Art at the Milan Exhibition was destroyed by fire on 3rd August, in consequence of a defect in the electric light wiring…

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New Zealand Fire. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

The damage caused through the New Zealand fire is estimated at upwards of £1000,000…

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Art Treasures Burnt. Fire at Milan Exhibition

The Moree News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

The Building of Decorative Art at the Milan Exhibition was destroyed by fire on 3rd August, in consequence of a defect in the electric light wiring…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. By a fire in Kansas City, Missouri, 20 persons perished and 50 were injured

The Moree News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 2

The British Admiralty has placed 53 battleship cruisers on the nonreflective list ; and orders have been issued to reduce the first and second squadress of cruisers from…

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Fight at a Prison Fire

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 6

The principal buildings of the convict prison of St. Aubin, a few miles from Neuchatel, were burned to the ground yesterday amid wild scenes of panic…

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Forte[?]cus's Such Fire-Fighter

The Moree News · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 3

The appalling calamities that have been occasioned by bush, fires in Australia are a constant source of terro[?] to the pastoralist; and as the summer…

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Cricket. MOREE C. C. V. Fire Brigade

The Moree News · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 6

The following are the scores, in addition to there previously published, in the match included last Saturday, the Fire Brigade winning by 81 runs on the first innings:--…

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