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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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New Site for Fire Station

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

The Fire Brigades Board drew the attention of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night to the bad condition of the road in front of the fire station which caused…

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New Site for Fire Station

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

The Fire Brigades' Board drew the attention of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night to the bad condition of the road in front of the fire station which caused…

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Fire Alarms in the Town

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

A letter was received from the Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday night's Municipal Council meeting requesting the council to bring the matter of erecting fire alarms in…

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Big Melbourne Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred in a Melbourne blouse fatory and within a few seconds spread to the adjoining premises, oaccupied by a hatter…

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Big Melbourne Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred in a Melbourne blouse factory and within a few seconds spread to the adjoining premises, occupied by i hntter…

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Blaze at West Tamworth

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning some residents of the higher levels of the northern portion of the town noticed a blaze at West Tainworth, but did not take…

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Blaze at West Tamworth

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday morning some residents of the higher levels of the northern portion of the town noticed a blaze at West Tamworth, but did not take…

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Forest Fires in Canada. Towns Threatened with Destruction. OTTOWA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

The Porcupine mining camp in Canada is threatened with extinction by forest fires. The whole country is a mass of flames…

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Forest Fires in Canada. Towns Threatened with Destruction. OTTOWA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

The Porcupine mining camp in Canada is threatened with extinction by forest fires. The whole country is a mass of flames…

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Queensland Colliery Fire

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 4

A fire broke out at the Fairbank Colliery in the Ipswich district, Queensland. The flames are belching twenty feet into the air from the funnel mouth. Dense smoke…

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Queensland Colliery Fire

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 4

A fire broke out at the Fairbank Colliery in the Ipswich district, Qneensland. The flames are belching twenty feet into the air from the funnel mouth. Dense smoke…

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The Balkan Blaze. No Interventions Powers. Belligerents Fighting Furiously. Reported Bulgarian Victories. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

It has been agreed that there shall be no Intervention by the Powers in the fresh Balkan trouble, and that the belligerents should be left to fight the matter out…

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The Balkan Blaze. No Intervention by Powers. Belligerents Fighting Furiously. Reported Bulgarian Victories. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

It has been agreed that there shall be no intervention by the Powers in the fresh Balkan trouble, and that the belligerents should be left to fight the matter out…

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Troops Fire on Strikers. 100 Killed or Wounded. Later

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

The settlement was effected none too Boon, for although a night of horror was succeeded by a strangely quiet morning, there were sinister forebodings…

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Troops Fire on Strikers. 100 Killed or Wounded. Later

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

The settlement was effected none too soon, for although a night of horror was succeeded by a strangely quiet morning, there were sinister forebodings…

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West Tamworth Fire. Magisterial Inquiry. Origin a Mystery. "Tamworth's Unenviable Notoriety."

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., at the Tamworth Courthouse yesterday morning held a magisterial iuquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed a weatherboard…

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West Tamworth Fire. Magisterial Inquiry. Origin a Mystery. "Tamworth's Unenviable Notoriety."

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., at the Tamworth Courthouse yesterday morning held a magisterial inquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed a weatherboard…

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Our Wires. FIRE

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 4

A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the building occupied by the T.T. Electric and other firms in Clarence-street. The whole place was…

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Playing with Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Emily Harris left her four children playing in the kitchen at her home at Manly, while she went to visit a neighbor. Returning a little later she saw her little…

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Playing with Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Emily Harris left her four children playing in the kitchen at her home at Munly, while she went to visit a neighbor. Returning a little later she saw her little…

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