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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1901

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Fatality at a Fire. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 4

Mrs. B. O'Farrell, in whose bedroom a fire broke out on Sutarday night, was found when assistance arrived suffocated by the smoke and her body burned…

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Disastrous Fire

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

By a big fire in Wellington 28 dwellings were destroyed, the inmates losing everthing…

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Big Fire. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 6

A. disastrous fire occurred last night at Wellington. It destroyed 23 dwellings, mostly of wood, which burned rapidly. The inmates lost everything…

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Fire at a Manufactory. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 6

The premises of the Layers Manufacturing Company at Fern Bay were destroyed by fire yesterday…

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A Fatal Fire. Sydney, May 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

A big fire occurred at Auckland last night, The Grand Hotel, one of the finest building in the city, was destroyed. The f[?] spread with appalling rapidity over the…

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The Late Fire. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 6

The body of Fred Ayres, bank inspector, who perished in the fire at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, has been recovered…

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The Fire on the Oruba. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 6

Of the mails which were brought to Sydney from the Oraba, only half a bag of newspapers was damaged by the fire in the mail room…

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A Big Fire. Sydney

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 4

About four o'clock this morning, an [?] of fire was discovered as Mason Brothers' premises, corner of Pitt-street…

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Thursday's Telegrams. Fire in the City. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 6

The premises of Mason Bros., the well-known merchants of Pitt-street, near Bridge street, were gutted by fire early this morning. The damage done and…

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The Grand Hotel Fire

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 3

In Auckland the Grand Hotel was burned, causing the loss of no less than five lives. Three fine children were cut…

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Fire in a Harem. London, June 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1901 · page 2

A fire broke out in the Sultan's Harem at Constantinople. The Sultan was sleeping in an adjoining room. The amount of damage is not stated…

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Inter-state. Fire at Auckland. Sydney, July [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 2

At the continuation of the iuque[?] Auckland, on the Grand Hotel fire, [?] Minus repeated her former sensational [?] ment, but the polico believe her to be…

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Anthony Hordern's Burnt to the Ground. Terrible Fire in Sydney. Loss of Life

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 5

The following descriptive account of the terrible fire at Anthony Hordern'e Palace Emporium, Sydney, is taken from the "Telegraph":—…

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Great Fire. Hordern's Establishment Destroyed. Sydney

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 5

A great fire is raging at the Haymarket. Anthony Horderns' establishment is a blaze. Its total destruction is threatened…

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Anthony Hordern's Fire

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 3

Latest files of Sydney papers state that the fire which demolished Anthony Hordren's premises started on Wednesday at 8.15 a.m. The flames were first noticed in…

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A Fire Brigades' Bill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

A Fire Brigades' Bill will be introduced into the State Parliament, to give the brigades greater facilities and an increased revenue…

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The Fire at Horden's

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

All efforts to demolish the walls of Messrs. Anthony Horden's premises, left standing after the fire, proved futile. Five charges of dynamite were exploded last night, but only a small…

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The Kent Street Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

The damage done by the Kent- street fire was extensive, and 70 hands have been thrown out of work…

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Fire at Anthony Hordern's

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

WE extract the following report of the disastrous fire at Sydney:-- On Wednesday morning one of the biggest fires that Sydney has ever known consumed almost the whole of…

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Another Fire. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

Another large fire occurred last night in a large six-floor building occupied by the Imperial Manufacturing Co., oatmeal millers, in Clarence-street. The…

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