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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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Inquest Into a Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and a jury of five, on Thursday recorded a verdict that the residence of Joshua Holland, situated about three miles from the…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions, in proso and verse, for publication in THE WORKER'S Camp Fire column. Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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Extension of the Fire Brigades Act. [To the Editor.]

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

SIR,—Would you kindly grant me the privilege of making a few remarks through your columns, relating to the extension of the Fire Brigades Act to our town…

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The Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

At a meeting of the Fred Brigade held on Thursday night, the tender of Mr, William Brown, engineer, was accepted for the erection of a steel bell-tower,…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions in prose and verse for publication in THE WORKER'S camp Fire column. Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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The Tale for To-day. Coals of Fire

The Temora Star · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 6

It was a calm, clear night, and the moon shone with unclouded glory over the large grounds of the Grand Hotel, Dale-on-Sea…

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New Fire Brigade Apparatus Smoke-helmet and Telephone

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 5

The speediest method of subduing fires is to get at the seat of the outbreak with a jet of water. If the way was clear for the fireman to get…

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Coolgardie Sensation. Attempt to Fire a Powder Magazine. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 4

A sensation was created at Coolgardie to-day by an attempt to burn Strelitz Bros.' explosive magazine. At about 1 o'clock in the morning Thos…

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Later News. Storming Port Arthur. Trenches Taken and Retaken. British Steamer Runs the Blockade Successfully. Russian Transports and a Battleship Set on Fire at Wangtu. Ammlleby Duels Daily South of Mukden. the Storming Party. London, Nov. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

The Chinese leaving Port Arthur state that the trenches have been taken and re-taken. Thr Russian guns remained silent…

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Latest News. "Fire Away!" London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

The correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' at Tangier says that a naval officer relates that Admiral Rozhdevensky, of the Baltic fleet, was…

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Russia and Britain Fleets Exchange Signals. "Keep Off, or We Will Fire." British Reply, "Fire Away." London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 2

The Tangier correspondent of the "Daily Mail" Kays that a naval officer has related an interesting story in connection with the Baltic fleet. The…

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Fires

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last the stable, loose boxes, and cart sheds at Mr. Richardson's Billapalap Station containing several vehicles, a lot of harness, a chaff…

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Life for a Love Token Two Girls Perish. Pathetic Fire Tragedies

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 5

Two young girls lost their lives in a fire at Crouch End on Saturday afternoon, August 27. In the most deplorable circumstances. Both had ample notice of…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 8

The Editor of the Workers invites literary contributions, in proas and Tana, for publication in I'm Worker's Camp Fire column. Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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A Ship on Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1904 · page 2

A sensational fire has occurred on the cargo steamer Elberg, of the German-Australian line, on the voyage from Melbourne to Capetown. Several…

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Fire at Sea. Serious Casualties. Sensational Incidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1904 · page 3

A sensational and serious fire ocourred on board the cargo steamer Elbing, of the German-Australian line, during her voyage to Port Melbourne…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions, in prose and verse, for publication in THE WORKER'S Camp Fire column Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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Fire on Gobbagumbalin

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

About nine o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in No. 99 paddock of Gobbagumbalin Station, which is situated near the river, not far from…

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A Fatal Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

The residence of Frederick Dobbins a farmer, of Yastla (Queensland), wa, destroyed by fire on Saturday night and his three children were bornt to…

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The Mount Stewart Fire. Marine Courts Decision

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

The Marine Court to day concluded its inquiry into the fire on the ship. Mount Stewart. The Court came to the opinion that if the watchman had been more…

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