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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1916

202 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 11

Fire!

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

What might have been a serious fire occurred fortunately about 5 o'clock yesterday in the stable behind Dr. Seldon's residence in Auburnstreet…

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Somme Struggle Australians Heavily Engage Gain Footing in Pozieres. Deadly German Machine Gun Fire. Losses Fairly Light. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at the British press camp says that after a heavy bombardment last night the British and Anzacs attacked towards Pozieres and…

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Fire at City Glass Works. Started by Faulty Glass Blower. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out on the premises of the City Glass Works at Camperdown shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon…

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Big City Fire. Confectionery Works Destroyed. Damage Nearly £150,000

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the confectionery works of James Stedaman and Col,. in Clarence-street, nearly opposite…

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Pozieres (Terrific German Shell-fire on Village. Heroic Stretcher-Bearers. Australian Wounded Bright and Cheerful. "Don't Make Us Heroes." (Per Capt. C. E. W. Bean). LONDON, July 26, 12.10 p.m

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 4

British Headquarters in France, July 23 I went to the Pozieres battlefield this afternoon with a young French officer. I wish people in Australia could have…

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Mail Coach on Fire. Serious Damage. INVERELL

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 8

A fire occurred on the mail coach proceeding from Inverell to Glen Innes this morning. When about three miles out of Inverell the driver, C. Bates, became…

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Pillar of Fire. Munitions Blown Up. Many Persons Killed

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday,—A terrific explosion which occurred at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning shook Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey cities. It…

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Woman Perishes in Fire. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Waxman perished in a fire, which destroyed her house at Queenstown Tasmania this morning Her son Jeck scaped…

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Mail Coach on Fire

The North Western Courier · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 2

The driver of the mail coach from Inverell to Glen Innes. C. Bates, when a few miles out on Wednesday, discovered the coach to be on fire…

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Fire inquiry

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 3

An inquisition was held by Major Crane, P.M., at the Court House yesterday into the circumstances attending the fire which occurred on the 24th…

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Big Queensland Fire. Serious Damage, at Kingaroy. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 2

A fire which broke oup at mi[?] in the main portion of Kingaroy Queensland destroyed a block of buildings. The flames spread to the Queensland…

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Fires Too Frequent. Coroner's Warning to Insurance Companies. MAITLAND

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

At the inquiry concerning the fire which recently destroyed an unoccu[?] cattage at Bellbird in the South Maitland coal mining district the…

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Greek Liner on Fire. (Reuter's Telegram.) ATHENS

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 2

The liner Eleftheren bound from Salonika to Volo with a cargo of petroleum and 1200 passongers, mostly Greek demobilised men, caught, fire off…

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Forest Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

It is reported that a fire is raging in Internova forest traversed by the Austrian trenches…

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Woolshed Destroyed. Big Fire at Frogmore Park. GUNNEDAH

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

On Saturday night the sheaving shed at Frogmore Park, the property of Mr. Sidney Perrett, with its contents, was completely destroyed by fire. Shearing…

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Fire at Frogmore Park

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

On Saturday night about 11.30 p.m. the woolshed at Mr. Sidney Perrett's Frogmore Park, Gunnedah district, property was destroyed by fire. The…

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Enormous Fire Insurances. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

Since the beginning of the present year the insurance involved in six serious fires have reached the enormous total of nearly £700.000…

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Fire at Botany Damage Estimated at £10,000 SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

One of the wings of a two-storey building at Botany, owned and occupied by Bayley and Sons, tannerss, together with the contents, consisiting of…

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The Latest Advance From Pozieres. Under Appalling Fire. Australians and British Push On. "Like Ferreting Rabbits." (United Service) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

A correspondent at headquarters describing the original advance from pozierces on the 4th and 5th, says the Aus= tralians and British were under an…

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Frogmore Park Fire. Gunnedah

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 2

The inquiry into the fire at the shearing shed at Frogmore Park, belonging to Mr. Sidney Perrett, was opened to-day and adjourned. Mr. Perrett has…

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