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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1904

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Town Band Festival

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

One of the Town Band's solid supporters remarked that they had not spent so jolly a New Year's Eve for many years. They had done their work first,…

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Appalling Fire Chicago Theatre Burned. Six Hundred Lives Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

A terrible calamity is reported from Chicago. The Iroquois Theatre was burned yesterday during a performance, and many of the spectators and actors…

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Appalling Disaster. Tragic End to a Pantomime. Chicago Theatre Burnt. 600 Lives Lost. Fearful Struggles to Escape. Dead Piled in Heaps. London, Dec. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

One of the most awful fires recorded in the annals of the stage occurred last night in Chicago. The scene of the outbreak was tho Iroquois Theatre, which was burned to…

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Social and Dance at Sunny Springs

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

A correspondent writes that a most enjoyable social and dance took place at the residence of Mr. Martin, Sunny Springs, Book Book, on New Year's night. There…

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An Appalling Catastrophe. Destruction of a Theatre. Six Hundred Lives Lost. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

AN appalling tragedy occurred in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, hundreds of lives beo=ing lost. The building-modelled on the Opera Comique, Paris,…

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The Chicago Theatre Fire

The Temora Star · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Later details of the terrible tragedy in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, serve to show that the loss of life is even larger than the…

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The Moonlight Dance. "Lead Kindly Light." London

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

Later particulars on the fire in the theatre at Chicago state that the operator in charge of that electric light for a moonlight dance states that he saw an arc between the carbons…

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Disastrous Fire. Theatre at Chicago Burned. 600 Lives Lost

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

London, Thursday.—An appalling tragedy occurred last night in the Iroquos Theatre, Chicago, hundreds of lives being lost…

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Appalling Disaster in Chicago. Fire at a Theatre Over 600 Persons Killed London, January 1

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

A torrible calamity is reported from Chicago. The Froguois Theatre was burred on Thursday, during a performance, and away of the spectators and ectors were…

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Ball at Spring Grove. (Communicated.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

To wind up the Christmas festivities a nice little dance was held at Host Bourke's place, "Spring Grove," near Roto, on Wednesday night, December…

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Austral Guards Band

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

As announced elsewhere in our columns, the second division of the Austral Guards (Salvation Army) are 10 visit Wagga on Sunday and Monday. The visit to Wagga…

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The Town Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 2

The Wagga Town Band, under the conductorship of Mr. H. L. Jewell, held a band recital in the Town Hall Gardens on Wednesday night. Notwithstanding the…

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Band Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

The Citizens' Band played the following programme on Tuesday evening at the intersection of Baylis and Morgan streets:—Contest march, "Union for Ever" (Scouton);…

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Citizen's Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

The Citizens Band played the following programme on Tuesday evening, at the intersection of Baylis and Morgan-streets, comprising: Contest March,…

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Town Band Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2
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An open-air concert was given in the Town Hall Gardens on Wednesday evening, and notwithstanding the showers which fell during the night, there was a good…

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The Cootamundra Band. (To the Editor of the Temora Star.)

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

Sir.--If you will allow me, through the columns of your paper, to reply to a letter from the Temora Brass Band I would think it a great favor…

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Concert and Entertainment

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

A musical and dramatic entertainment will take place in St. Joseph's Hall, on Wednesday, 10th February, under the auspices of St. Michael's Literary and…

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Band Labour Question to Be Discussed in Parliament. Mr. Deakin Resented. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has promised that a full discussion will be allowed in Parliament before the bill to sanction the importation…

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Citizen Band

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 2

The Citizen Band, under the conduction of Mr. E. Homann, held an open air concert at the intersection of Baylis and Tompson Streets last night…

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