“Barbarous Coal Fires.” How to Banish Fogs
The “Daily Mall.” writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
89 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
Phosphorus and Bush Fires
Mr. T. Brown, M.P., who has just returned to Sydney from a visit to the western portion of his electorate in the direction of Condoblia, gives a graphic account of the work of the fire fiend…
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Several disastrous bush fires this seaton are abated to have originated from the use of phosphorus rabbit poisons, and as a consequence a great amount of correspondence of the subject has appeared both in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glascow Fire Tracedy. Death Roll Thirty Mine Lodging-house Panic. Firemen Beaten Back by Frantic Men. Blind Man’s Gallant Rescue
The most disastrous Are experienced m Scotland for half, a century occurred yesterday morning at a model lodging house for men in Watson street, in the…
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A wire from our Araluen correspondent yesterday states that a rather serious fire took place there about 2 o’clock on Monday morning on the No. 1…
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Frederick John Seidel, for whom Mr. Gee appeared, pleaded not guilty to careless use of fire. Constable Keating deposed that last…
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The Consolidated dredge in Upper Araluen was observed to be on fire at 3 o'clock on Monday morning, and the alarm was soon spread, and a number of men mustered on the scene and used every effort…
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The recent fine display of Aaron Borealls in Great Britain and on the American continent and elsewhere recalls to mind the magnificent pageant which immediately succeeded the great magnetic…
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The Coroner, Mr. Elliatt, held an inquiry at Madigan's Hotel, Araluen, on Friday last regarding the cause of the fire which occurred in Araluen on Monday, 5th instant, on the No. 1 dredge of the…
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On Monday night, a weatherboard residence, the property of Mr. John Southwell, together with the whole of its contents, was totally destroyed by…
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Our Araluen Correspondent writing on Saturday states:—A serious fire occurred here last night about 11 o’clock, when the residence of Mr. J…
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J. W. R. Clarke, of Newtown, Sydney, has the following in the last "Truth" :— Many years ago I had reasons for pointing out to the squatters, farmers and settlers that if the…
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ON Friday last Mr. Coroner Gale held an inquest at Mr. W. H. Jones' Top Store, Hall, concerning the fire which, on the 19th inst., destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Mr. Southwell's. Coroner's Inquiry
ON Friday last, Mr. Coroner Gale held an inquiry at Hall into the circumstances surrounding the recent fire at "Ottocliffe," the residence of Mr. John…
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On Saturday morning the most destructive fire, since Hordern’s premises in George-street, Sydney, were burnt down, took place in Clarence-street, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Telegrams. Sydney. Earthquake at San Francisco. Immense Damage Sustained. Large Fire Raging in the City. Great Loss of Life. Thursday, 11 a.m
A terrible earthquake has occurred at San Francisco. One thousand people were killed. Half of the city is in ruins. 7.30 p.m…
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MOST alarming reports continue to come from San Francoise. A telegram on Thursday morning stated that the city was practically destroyed,…
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ONCE more the United States furnish the spectacle of tragedy—even Nature's tragedy on the grand scale. On Wednesday morning a great shock…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the Q.V.F.B. was held on Friday night at the Fire Station, Superintendent McPherson presiding…
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“R. L. O.” writes in the “West minster Gazette”:— “Districts in Victoria are being swept by bush fires. Many lives have…
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