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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

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Fire Brigade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the Dnbbo Fire Brigade was held at the station last Friday evening, with Captain Bitter in the chair. There was a good attendance of…

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No Fire There

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 6

THE wife of a sergeant in a certain regiment stationed at Aldershot was not fond of early rising. Consequently, her husband always found her in bed and…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Fire. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 3

THIS morning a fire broke out at John Bridge and Co,'s wool stores. One hundred bags of wattle bark was burnt, and a large quantity of wheat damaged before the flames were…

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Fire

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 August 1903 · page 2

A block of building at Rutherglen, Victoria, was destroyed by fire on Saturday, The damage is estimated at £10,000…

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Fire Brigade

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Fire Brigade was held last night to consider the matter of erecting a fire station. The Brigade has now in hand £68, and it is hoped that this sum…

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Dubbo Fire Brigade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 August 1903 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening last, Captain Ritter in the chair. There was a full attendance of members…

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Fire Brigade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1903 · page 4

TEH usual Monthly meeting of the Dubbo Velunteer Fire Brigade was held last Friday week with Captain Ritter in the er in the chair. There was a splendid attendance of eu a splendid afctsndaaoe of…

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Fire at a Gambling Casino

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 August 1903 · page 3

A Casino at Trouville (France), was destroyed by fire on Saturday, causing an indescribable panic among the gamblers. The damage is estimated at £80,000…

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Fire on Shipboard

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

This morning the ship Earl Dunmere was discovered to be on fire. After a long struggle in which the men were eventually driven back by the flames the captain decided to beach the…

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Fire Near Sutherland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

The Cronulla Beach Hotel near Sutherland National Park, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Inmates barely escaped with their lives…

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Town Band and Fire Brigade Uniform Funds. a Successful Entertainment

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

That the Cobar Town Band and the Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade are both popular, useful, and deserving institutions was most decidedly borne…

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Catastrophe in Paris. Two Underground Trains on Fire

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 18 August 1903 · page 3

London. Tuesday. —Two trains are on fire on one the underground railway lines in Paris. A deplorable loss of life in inevitable,…

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Fire Superstitions

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 3

WHERE a fire burns on the hearth Germans say the lighting will never strike, and evil beings will not dare to enter the house. In the North of England we have a…

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The Paris Tunnel Fire. One Hundred Deaths

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 3

Two trains caught fire an Sunday on an underground railway in Paris. The fire originated in an electric locomotive, when near Ceurounes, the flames igniting the…

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District Works. Dubbo Fire Brigade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 2

MR. S. PHILLIPS, M.L.A., writes as follows:--"In answer to my application to the Chief Secretary (at the request of Mr. J. Ritter) for a apodal grant to the Dubbo Fire Brigade, I…

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Gilgandra. The late Incendiary Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 3

MR. and Mrs. J. S. Jenkins and Joshua Carroll, an employee, who are now under arrest on a charge of willfully setting fire to the property known as Jenkins' Hotel, Gilgandra…

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Fire Brigade Station

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 4

The tender of Messrs. Kennard Bros, at £99 12s 6d has been accepted for the erection and completion of the fire station for the Wellington Fire Brigade, to be erected…

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The Fire Brigade

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 4

Mr. A. Deveson, Captain of the Fire Brigade, recently applied for a Government grant for the Brigade, and has received the following reply from the Chief Under…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at Mr. Leah's office on Wednesday evening. Captain Grif[?]ths occupied the chair, and there were 12 others present…

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Fire Brigade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

A MEETING of the Fire Brigade was held recently, Mr. J. Ritter presiding, and there was a full attendance. Correspondence was read from Mr. S…

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