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Fires & bushfires, 1901

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Shipbuilding Strike. a Disastrous Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" says the workmen in the Baltic Shipbuilding yard have struck work, requiring the Government to have vessels built. The Russian and other yards…

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Correspondence. Those Fire Bells. To the Editor of the Junee Democrat

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 3

SIR,-- Seeing that the Borough Council cannot do anything towards the erection of firebells at the North and South ends of the town, I am…

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Fire in Russia

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 2

An area two miles In circumference was consumed by a fire, which is still raging in Galevory dock yards, St. Petersburg. Enormous grain reserves,…

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Fire on Albury Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a stone cottage situated on the Albury-road, owned by Mr. T. Gow, of Wagga. A man named Post and his…

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Fire Near Lake Albert

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

A fire occurred early yesterday morning by which two stacks of hay, containing about 75 tons, the property of Mr. Edward Graham, were totally destroyed at his farm…

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The Auckland Fire. Startling Evidence at the Inquest. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

The evidence taken at the inquest concerning the cause of the fire at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, in which several lives were lost, indicates possible remarkable…

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The Auckland Fire. a Startling Statement. Alleged Incendiarism. Auckland (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

At the inquest to-day on the destructive fire, both as regards life and property, at the Grand Hotel, on May 31, Jessie Minn, employed at the hotel,…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Anthony Hordern's Destroyed. a Leap Into Space. One Man Killed. Loss of Over a Million. Business in the City Suspended. Gasometers Threatened. Sydney, Wednesday Morning

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 2

A fire broke out a little after 8 o'clock this morning in one of the buildings if Anthony Hordern's Haymarket estab­lishment. It was thought that the…

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Another Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

A fire broke out at midnight yesterday in the premises of the Imperial Manufacturing Company, Kent-street, By the time the brigades had arrived…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

The whole of Anthony Hordern and Sons' Haymarket Emporium and stock were destroyed by fire on Wednesday last…

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Another Big Fire. SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

Another fire occurred in Kent-street at midnight, by which the Imperial Manufacturing Co.'s premises, with the stock, was almost completely…

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Another Big Fire. SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

Another fire occurred in Kent-street at midnight, by which the Imperial Manufacturing Co.'s premises, with the stock, was almost completely…

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Destructive Fire in Sydney. Anthony Horderns Destroyed Less of Life Enormous Damage

The Junee Democrat · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE Sensation was caused in use on Wednesday morning when it [?] from the DEMOCRAT wires the well known premises of Anthony…

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Terrible Fire Anthony Hordern’s. Completely Destroyed. SYNDNEY. Wednesday, 10 a.m

Coolamon Echo · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

Great fire raging at the Haymarket, Anthony Hordern and Son’s establishment being ablaze. Total destruction property threatened…

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Great Fire to Sydney. Anthony Hordern and Sons' Burned Out. Over a Million Lost. Tragic Scenes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY, 9 a.m. A great fire is raging in Anthony Hordern and Sons' mammoth stores in the Haymarket…

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Disastrous Fire. at Anthony Hordern and Sons. Estimated Damage £1,000,000. Tragic Death of an Employee. [Daily Telegraph.]

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning one of the biggest fires that Sydney has ever known consumed almost the whole of Anthony Hordern's immense buildins at the Haymarket. It…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Anthony Hordern and Sons' Burned Out. Over a Million Lost. Tragic Scenes. Sydney, Wednesday, 9 a.m

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

A great fire is raging in Anthony Hordern and Sons' mammoth stores in the Haymarket. The whole block is threatened with…

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Hordern's Fire. Later

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 19

The Mayor has ordered that all blasting operations must cease at Hordern's, and says the wall must be pulled down…

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Details of the Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

After several years' immunity from large fires a serious conflagration occurred in Sydney on Wednesday, when one of the most extensive retail businesses in the…

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The Sydney Fires. Four Others Reported Missing. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

It is to be feared that young Clegg's was nob the only life lost through the fire at Anthony Hordern and Sons'. Four other employes are reported missing, namely,…

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