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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Narrow Escape of Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

MR. T. O'BRIEN'S old shop, now occupied by Mr. North, appears to have escaped destruction, by fire on Tuesday night or early Wednesday…

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Fire at Werris Creek

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

THE Werris Creek railway refreshment rooms and station buildings narrowly escaped total destruction by fire on Tuesday night…

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Fire at Newcastle

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

A FIRE occurred at Newcastle on Monday morning, When David Cohen and Company's warehouse Was destroyed. It broke out about…

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A Big Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

An immense fire at Chelsea, Boston, has destroyed a square mile of the suburb. Thirteen churches several public buildings, many…

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The American Forest Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

According to Professor Cleveland Abe, the great forest fires in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan covered an area of five thousand square miles, and the hot air and smoke…

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Big Fire in the City

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

A LARGE fire occurred in the city on Monday morning, when a seven-storey building, extending from Clarence-street to Kent-street, and…

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Fire in a Hat Factory

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

The premises of the United Hat Factory, which is situated in Devon-shire-street, was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning…

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Wonderful Rapid-fire Gun of New Design

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 9

The latest machine gun is the invention of Major W. H. Fitzgerald, of England, who has devoted himself for many years to devising and improving…

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Mending the Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

Two men were hunting "big game" in British" Columbia. Toward morning one of the sportsmen awoke shivering with the cold. The fire was very low…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Disastrous Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

A DISASTROUS fire broke out at the large works of the Medow Bank Manufacturing Company at Meadow Bank…

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Fire at Tingha Five Shops Gutted. Damage Estimated at £10,000. TINGHA

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred at Tingha yesterday afternoon. Five shops were gutted A large shop adjoining was…

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Fire at Tingha

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

LATER particulars of the fire which took place at Tingha on Monday afternoon show that six buildings, owned by Dr. Tet Fong, were…

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Losses by Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 2

The losses by fire at Port au Prince Hayti, amounted to £ 2,000,000…

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A New and useful Fire Detector

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 7

A new fire detector, of unusual kind is a fine copper wire encased in fusible metal, which, in turn, is covered with insulating material and enclosed in a…

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Great Bush Fires. London

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

Great bush fires are raging in British Columbia. The town of Fer[?]ic was destroyed and 70 lives lost, Other towns threatened…

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A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

The possibility of a prairie fire is not in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…

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Fearful Fires

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 5

Fires are raging in the pine forest pf Minnesota end Wisconsin, United States America. The town of Chisholm has been destroyed, and Duluth…

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Bush Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 4

Bush fires are raging in Hughenden (Queensland) and Glendower station is almost entirely burnt out…

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Fire Risks

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 4

We have had occasion to refer to the great popularity and enormous strength of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd. We…

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Bush Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

Another disastrous bush fire has swept away several holdings in Ayrshire Downs, Queensland…

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