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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Redfern Fire Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

A building of three floors at Redfern, used as a store for cork and other material, was discovered on fire at noon to-day. The blaze spread with great rapidity,…

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Tug Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The tug Magic was pa[?]dy destroyed by fire this morning while moored at the foot of Liverpool-street. But for the timely arrival of the brigade it would have been…

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Tug Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The [?] Magic was [?] destroyed by [?] [?] [?] while [?] at the foot [?] [?] [?] for the timely ar[?] [?] [?] [?] have been…

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Big Furniture Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 10

The school furniture factory of Forbes and [?]on, Camperdown. was destroyed by fire [?]ist night, and two adjoining cottages were [?]rnt out. The damage is estimated at…

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Big Furniture Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 10

The school furniture factory of Forbes and [?]on, Camperdown, was destroyed by tire [?]st night, and two adjoining cottages were [?]urnt out. The damage is estimated at…

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Fire Brigades' Board. Bill to Effect Reforms. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 4

In conseqence of the report of the Roval Commission, which recently inquired into the administration of the Fire Brigades' Board, the Acting Chief-Secretary has…

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Fire Brigades' Board. Bill to Effect Reforms. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 4

In consequence of the report of the Royal Commission, which recently inquired into the administration of the Fire Brigades' Board, the Acting Chief-Secretary has…

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A Disastrous Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Deep's drapery and boot store, Cowra, was destroyed by fire yesterday. There was £400 worth of stork in the building, which was insured for £3000…

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A Disastrous Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Deep's drapery and boot store, Cowra, was destroyed by fire yesterday. There was £400 worth of stock in the building, which was insured for £3000…

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A Cottage Destroyed. Child Sets Fire to Curtains. Armidale

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

Word was received from Hillgrove this morning that a cottage, occupied by W. Dixon, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning. It appears that a child set fire…

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A Cottage Destroyed. Child Sets Fire to Curtains. Armidale

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

Word was received from Hillgrove this morning that a cottage, occupied by W. [?]on, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning. It appears that a child set fire…

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The Bangor Fire. Bangor, Maine, Tuesday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

Estimates of the damage in the fire of yesterday vary, but it is at least £1,250,000. No further loss of life is reported. Rain and the change of the wind solved the…

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The Bangor Fire. Hangor, Maine, Tuesday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

Estimates of the damage in the fire of yesterday vary, but it is at least £1,250,000. No further loss of life is reported. Rain and the chance of the wind solved the…

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New York Holocaust. 160 Girls Killed, Fire in Crowded Factory. Leaps From Ninth Story Windows. Attempts to Escape Along a Wire. Graphic Account of Awful Tragedy

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

News by mail contains a graphic account of the awful fire tragedy in New York on March 25 last, when 160 girls were killed in a fire which broke out in a ten-story factory…

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New York Holocaust. 160 Girls Killed, Fire in Crowded Factory. Leaps From Ninth Story Windows. Attempts to Escape Along a Wire. Graphic Account of Awful Tragedy

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

News by mail contains a graphic account of the awful fire tragedy in New York on March 25 last, when 160 girls were killed in a fire which broke out in a ten-story factory…

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Fires in Canada. Vancouver

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

Owing to forest fires scores of settlers are homeless in Prince Albert, the chief settlement of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada…

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Fires in Canada. Vancouver

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

Owing to forest fires scores of settlers are homeless in Prince Albert, the chief settlement of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada…

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Great Fire in Japan. Tokio, Tuesday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

Two thousand houses were burned, and it is feared many lives were last in a fire which practically annihilated Yamagata City, in the province Uze…

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Great Fire in Japan. Tokio, Tuesday Evening

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

Two thousand houses wore burned, and it is feared many lives were lost in a fire which practically annihilated Yamagata City, in the province Uzo…

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Big Fire in Manchuria. Half a Town Destroyed. Pekin

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

Half the town of Kirin, in Manchuria, which is principally built of wood, has been destroyed by fire. Many persons perished in the flames, and immense…

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