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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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A Leading Fire Office

The Moree News · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 3

The estimation pastor are have calculating the early aruguments wealth of Australian by reason of the brirghter times the better markets and the magnitient…

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Army Stores Burnt. the Great Portsmouth Fire

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

It is estimated that damage to the extent of over L250,000 was done by a fire which occurred on the military section of the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth during the…

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A Disastrous Fire

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Port Hacking on Saturday morning, the Yowie Bay Hotel being practically destroyed…

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A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 7

The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages, including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…

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Fire at Somerton

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 3

THE hotel at Somerton, 23 miles from Tamworth, was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. No particulars of the fire are at present…

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Bush Fires

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

UNDER the heading of "Interesting Decisions" the following is given in the Australasian :--Are you liable for consequences of lighting a…

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Fire at Somerton

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

THE hotel at Somerton was de[?]royed by fire early on Monday morning. The licensee was Mr. W. Dooley, and the owner Mr. R. J…

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A Mansion Fire Englemere London Valuable Picture Stroyed

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

Englemere Lodge, the Sir William Miller, Bart destroyed, by fire early morning, 7th March. Many…

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Electric Safety Lamp. Deadened to Prevent Fire In Mines and Powder Magazines

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

A type of incandescent lamp designed to give as nearly absolute security against fires or explosions as possible…

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Fire Drill in Schools

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 5

A YEAR or more ago most of the city schools introduced a system calculated to show the pupils that in case of fire systematic hurry was more effective…

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A Mansion Fire. Englemere Lodge. Valuable Pictures Destroyed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 4

Englemere Lodge, the residence Sir William Miller, Bart, was to destroyed by fire early yesterday [?] ing, 7th March. Many thousand…

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Electric Safety Lamp. Designed to Prevent Fire in Powder Magazines

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 4

A type of incandescent lamp designed to give as nearly absolute security against fires or explosions as possible has been devised by Dr. D. Tomassl of…

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Preparing for Bush Fires

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

IT may seem somewhat previous to be discussing bush fires, still some are already moving, no doubt urged on by the dear experiences of bygone years…

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Fire at Maitland

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 4

A FIRE occurred at West Maitland at an early hour on Thursday morning in the premises occupied by Fred Marsh, paperhanger, in what is known as the…

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Fire in Melbourne

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

A FIRE scare occurred in the recently re-opened Bijou Theatre at 20 minutes to 11o'clock on Saturday night during the progress of the…

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Big Fire. LONDON

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

A fire occurred among the wooden hotels at Jamestown while they were crowded with visitors to the exhibition…

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Destructive Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred in Clarence-street last night on the premises occupied by Gordon and Sons, shirt…

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Fire !

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

SCREAMS of " Fire !" caused a rush of eager people to Messrs. Crichton and White's fruit shop shortly before 6 o'clock on…

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Fire and Mutiny!

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

HOW A SKIPPER LOST HIS SHIP. From the Pacific coast comes the story of how one man's will saved the lives entrusted to his keeping in the…

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The Indispensable Fire

The Moree News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 8

We are all interested presumably in What the Russian Revolution means; and our only differently had [?] left in our minds at the fact…

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