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Fires & bushfires, 1897

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Fire at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

A FIRE broke out in a detached building at rear of the North Wagga Hotel, on the Junee Road, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. It resulted in the total…

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Fire Inquiry at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the recent fire at North Wagga was held at the North Wagga Hotel yesterday morning, before Mr. G. H. Tempest, District…

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The Fire at North Wagga. the Inquest

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 2

An inquest was held at the North Wagga Hotel yesterday before the Coroner for the district, Mr G. H. Tempest, into the circumstances of a five which occurred at the hotel…

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Fire on Board the Bothwell Castle. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 2

The fire on the steamer Bothwell Castle caused a stir at Port Adelaide on Saturday. The steamer was moored to one of the buoys off the North Arm, so as to be out of the way…

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Berrigan. Wednesday. Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 2

A large fire occurred in Chanter-street last night, when eight buildings occupied as shops and dwellings were burned. The block, which consisted of brick and…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above took place at the fire station on Tuesday evening, Captain Edney presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Intercolonial Items. the Fire at Berrigan

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

OF the fire at Berrigan which occurred on Tuesday night and was briefly reported in our last issue the following particulars are taken from the Herald:—One of the most…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A SPECIAL meeting of membors of the Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet of the brigade, and…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade. Resigned in a Body

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon the members of the Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade, in accordance with their expressed intention, handed over the whole of the property…

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West Australia. Wednesday. Fire at Cooloardie

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Coolgardie on Monday, when Kennedy's Hotel was totally destroyed. Within a few minutes of the alarm beng given the building was…

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The Paris Fire. London, May 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 4

The further particulars which are published in this morning's papers respecting the disaster in Paris yesterday show that the calamity was fir more terrible than was at…

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The Paris Fire. London, May 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1897 · page 2

THE ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame yesterday in connection with the funeral of the victims by the disastrous fire on Tuesday was of the most impressive…

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The Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 2

AN impression appears to have got abroad that the members of the late fire brigade, although they have resigned and completely dissolved as an organisation, have agreed to…

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Fire at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A FIRE occurred at North Wagga on Saturday night between 9 and 9.30 o'aluck which resulted in a kitchen, a the rear of a cottage, occupied and owned by Mr…

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The Paris Fire. London, May 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 2

Tiie Paris newspapers are full of charges of cowardice and inhumanity on the part of some of the men at the terrible fire at the bazaar in Paris on the 4th inst…

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Fire Brigade at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 5

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday evening, the special sub-committee appointed to deal with the matter of the disbanding of…

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Fire Brigade Question. Special Committee's Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 3

AT the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday night, the report of the Special Committee appointed some weeks ago in regard to the disbandment of the…

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Fire Brigade at Wagga. a Public Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 2

A sparsely attended public muting was held at the Wagga Town Hall on Thursday evening, his Worship the Mayor (Ald. Hayes) presiding, to devise some scheme to protect…

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