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Fires & bushfires, 1900

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Fire near Ennonyhareenyha Machinery and Buggies Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 2

A DEST[?]UCTIVE fire, similar in some of its surrounding circumstances to that which consumed Mr. Geo. Maekaway's two sheds and their contents on Sunday evening,…

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Battle of Karle Further Details. Stubborn Fighting. Heavy Shell Fire. Enemy's Positions Carried

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

In as reported that President Steyn has arranged the burgners as Ladybrand. Further particulars raising to the…

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The War. Fighting at Karee a Severe Engagement. the Australians Under Fire. Boers Repulsed with Loss. London, March 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

LORD Roberts reports that a signal defeat has been inflicted upon the enemy. The Boers were known to be in strength at Brandfort, 22miles north of Glen, and…

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Fire Brigade

The Temora Star · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of members of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening. Mr. W. Nixen, J.P., occupied the…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THIS usual monthly meeting of the above Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Tuesday evning last. Present:—Captain Strusz, 1st. Lieut Spies, 2nd. Lieut. Hely,…

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Wagga Men at the Front. Mr. Annison Under Fire. a Tough Job. Narrow Escapes. Commandeering—not Stealing. When He Gets Back. Will Commandeer a Girl for a Start. on Very Active Service

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

The following interesting letter has been received by Mr. Chris. Anderson, of Lake Albert, from his brother Will, who left Wagga as a member of the First New South Wales…

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Coals of Fire. I.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

'Well, [?] how you can be [?]cruel as to say such horrid things about a young writer's work (I suppose he's young) passes my…

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Fire in Sydney. a Warehouse Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 6

A DESTRUCTIVE fire broke out on Thursday morning, at the extensive three-storied warehouse of Messrs. J. R. Love and Co., importers and tea merchants, in…

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Terrible Fire in Sydney. Estimated Damage £20,000

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 7

Messrs. J. R. Love and Company's stores in Bathurst street were destroyed by fire early this morning. Owing to the quantity of kerosene…

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Coals of Fire. I.

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 13

'Well, Charlie, how you can be he cruel as to say such horrid things about a young writer's work (I suppose he's young) passes my…

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A Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

There was a big fire at Kalgoorlia (W.A.) yesterday. Several shops were destroyed…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Henty. Fire at Wallandool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1900 · page 2

A serious fire occurred at the Wallandool Stables on Ryan's Wallandool Station on Sunday last at about 5 a.m., the whole of the building being destroyed, besides 5…

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The Ottawa Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

The Lord Mayor of London has opened a fund for the relief of sufferers by the Ottawa fire…

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The Ottawa Fire. Messages of Sympathy. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and the Marquis of Lansdown, the Secretary of State for War, have sent messages to the authorities at Ottawa,…

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TELEGRAMS. Home and Foreign. Disastrous Fire. London, April 29

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

A terrible fire has occurred acci­dentally at Ottawa, Canada. After the outbreak the fire hurricaned south­wards, until the city became one mass…

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The Ottawa Fire. Immense Destruction of Property. Fifteen Thousand Persons Homeless. Damage £1,500,000

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

LONDON, April 27. --A disastrous fire, has occurred at Hull and Ottawa. in Canada. The fire started in the lumber and flour mills in Hulk and…

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The Ottawa Fire. Immense Destruction of Property Fifteen Thousand Persons Homeless. Damage, 20,000,000 Dollars. London, April 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

THE fire winch broke out in Ottawa yesterday, speedily assumed the dimensions of a tremendous conflagration. The fire originated in Hull, the centre of an extensive…

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Great Fire at Ottawa. the Origin Accidental. Swept Along by a Hurricane. Firemen's Escape Intercepted. a Swim for Life. a Loss of £1,500,000. Fifteen Thousand People Homeless. London, April 27

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4

Firemen have been summoned from Montreal, Toronto, and elsewhere, to assist the local brigades, and the members of the militia forces are helping to fight the flames…

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The Ottawa Fire. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

Her Majesty the Queen, who has returned from Ireland bo Windsor, has sent a message of inquiry and sympathy to the sufferers from the recent fire at…

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