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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Distressing Headaches. Had to Get Up and Sit by Fire at Night. Pr[?] to the Rescue

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 3

Mrs. Christion Hooper, of Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, S.A., writes:—"I am now 53 years of ag; and suffered for nine months from…

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Fire on a Steamer

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

All outbreak of fire occurred on the steamer Durban, at Adelaide, but was soon extinguished; otherwise the consequences would have been frightful, as the adjoining hold…

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Big Fire in Chicago

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 2

A disasterous fire swept the north-western part of Chicago, causing damage to the extent of £400,000 and rendered hundreds of families homeless. The North-Western…

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Fire at Eveleigh

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 2

A fire occurred this morning at [?]ve[?] railway work shops, considerable damage being dane in the b[?]ilerntakers' division. The cause of the outbreak was the fusion of an…

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Narrow Escape From Fire

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 2

Two house were destroyed by fire at Ballarat. Mrs. Bastow, who was lying ill in one, was rescued from the burning building with great difficulty…

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A Terrible Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 5

A terrible fire has occurred at the International Exhibition, Brussels. Magnificent buildings were reduced to…

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Artillery Fire Indoors

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 5

Our two sketches show an ingenious apparatus, which is the invention of a French artillery officer, Lieutenant Lc Masne. The country in which the…

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Big Fire

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 2

Three large business premises, together with the stock, were totally destroyed by fire at Warrack[?], Victoria…

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Appalling Fires

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

The entire Idaho-Montana Northern Pacific line is a streak of flames, the rails are fed hot, and many cars were destroyed…

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Forest Fires. London

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

It is estimated that up to the present 100 persons have been burned to death by the forest fires that destroyed…

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Forest Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

It is believed that over 200 perished at Idoho. Fresh charred bodies of 23 firefighters have been found at Setger…

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Forest Fires

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

It is believed that over 200 perished at Idoho. Fresh charred bodies of 23 firefighters have been found at Setger…

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Fire at Bundewitherdi

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

A Somewhat mysterious fire occurred at Gratti, near Bundewitherdi, yesterday afternoon when a 9 roomed house, valued at not less than £500,…

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Fire in the City

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 3

A fire broke out early this morning in the premises of Tyree. Spray and Bagesses and Co., Pitt-street, City. The flames were assuming serious dimensions, when they were…

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Mr. Wade Fires a Challenge

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 2

Mr. Wade invites Mr. McGowen to come out into the open and say whether he wants retrenchment or stoppage of public works and activity…

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Sunday Morning Blaze

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 2

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the dwelling of Mrs Rose. near the viaduct in Namo Street. The place…

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Battleship on Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

News has reached Newport that the bottleship Dakate is in Lower Chesspeak Bay with the bunkers on fire, and 75 men overcome with smoke and…

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Destructive Fire

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred among a valuable cargo of goods on a punt on Bellinger wharf. The damage is estimated at £2000. The river is strewn with floating goods and…

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Scenes at a Fire

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

A fire occurred in the dwelling of Mr. G. Griffen, of Newtown, Victoria, resulting in the total destruction of the premises. The mother, who was partly overcome by the…

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Fire at Wyalong

Tamworth Observer and Northern Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 2

The Coroner at Wyalong found that the premises of the Wyalong hotel, in which a fire recently occurred, were set alight by some person or persons unknown…

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