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Fires & bushfires, 1905

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The Fire in Forsyth's Buildings. the Inquiry. Ii. Solomon Gives Evidence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 3

The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire in Forsyth's Buildings, Fitzmaurice-street, occupied by Henry Solomon, on the 18th…

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Tumut Plains Fatal Fire

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 3

THE fire at Mr. W. J. Shelley's residence, "Hillside," Tumut Plains, on Monday night and its shocking fatal results have been the chief theme of…

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The Wagga Fire. Alleged Incendiarism. a Suggestion by the Police. Henry Solomon Before the Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 2

AN inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire which occurred in the store in Forsyth's Buildings, Fitzmaurice-street, occupied by Henry…

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Fire at Tumut. a Baby Burned to Death

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 2

The residence of William John Shelley, at Tumut Plains, five miles from Tumut, was on Tuesday night totally destroyed by fire, and his daughter's child, Amy Bircheroft,…

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The Wagga Fire. an Ex-gundagai Storekeeper Arreseed

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 2

AT Wagga police court on Monday Henry Solomon was charged with having, on September 18th, maliciously set fire to a shop then in his possession…

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Fatal Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 3

A but is which an old man named Hanlon lived, near Benalla (Vic.) took fire A passer-by burst the door open and found the old man sitting on the…

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The Wagga Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 4

WHEN the inquiry concerning the fire in the store of Henry Solomon, a Wagga, was resumed, evidence was given by Solomon…

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Destructive Fires. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 2

Twenty seven Japanese army storehouses have been destroyed by fire at Hiroshima, the damage being estimated at £1,000,000…

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Big Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 2

Twenty-seven army storehouses at Hiroshima, in Japan, have been burnt, the damage being estimated at a million pounds. Incendiarism is…

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Fire at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

The firebells rang out their warning at about a quarter past 8 o'clock last night, when it was ascertained that, a two-roomed weatherboard dwelling,…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Thursday 5 October 1905 · 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 it postage is…

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Terrible Fire Three Lives Lost. a Missing Boy. (By Telegraph.) BRISBANE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 2

A terrible fire occurred at South Brisbane about midnight. It broke out in a fruit shop owned by Webber, in Melbourne-street, close to the Palace…

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Terrible Fire. Three People Burnt to Death a Fourth Missing. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 2

A fire occurred early this morning at South Brisbane, close to the Palace Hotel, and five two-storied wooden shops were destroyed. The fire broke out in…

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Self Immolation. Living Pillar of Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 6

On the 23rd of July the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Miss Lucy Moore, aged twenty-six, the…

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Fire—gordon's Hotel Destroyed. Springdale

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 2

About 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning a fire occurred at the Springdale hotel, of which Mr. George Gordon is the licenses, when the building was totally destroyed…

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H. Solomon's Fire Conclusion of Inquest. Solomon Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 3

The inquest concerning the fire which broke out in H. Solomon's general store, Fitzmaurice St., was continued by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. District Coroner, at…

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The Fire in Forsyth's. Buildings. Inquest Concluded. Solomon Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 8

The District Coroner (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M.), yesterday, at the Court House, continued and concluded the inquiry into the circumstances…

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A Strange Death Fire and Water. Ballarat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 4

The body of a man nanmed William Moore, aged about 45 years, was found on Sunday morning in about 4½ feet of water in the cellar of the Old Town Hall…

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The Wagga Fire. Alleged Incendiarism. Solomon Committed for Trial. Wagga

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 3

A INQUEST concerning the fire in Henry Solomon's store on September 18 was concluded to-day, when further evidence was produced by the police…

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