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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 7

The permanent staff of THE WORKER being complete, articles on current social and political questions will only be paid for in cases where authors have been asked to…

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The Molong Fire. Arrest of Domeny

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

Dib Domeny, senior member of the firm of Domeny and Sons, drapers. etc., of Molong, has been arrested in connection with the fire which occurred…

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The Recent Alleged Fire and Robbery. an Important Development. Molong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 3

Domeny, the occupant of the premises lately burnt down, and who was arrested on Saturday night, was brought up at the Police Court this morning,…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 7

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…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Tuesday, 3rd instant, there being present—Captain Spices (in…

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Seeing out a Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 6

When a man rushed breathlessly into the sixth story room in which William M'Golly was correcting proofs, and cried, " The place is on fire!" M'Golly…

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Wagga Fire Brigade the Monthly Meeting. Arranging the Annual Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Tuesday last, there being present Captain Spies (chairman)…

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The Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 2

As to how the five which occurred at Mr. W. J. Boston's, on Sunday afternoon, started is a mystery. When Mrs. Boston went out there…

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A Big Blaze

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

A destructive, fire occurred at Petersham early this morning, ten shops being gutted. The flames spread with marvellous…

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A Disastrous Fire. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire occured at Annandale this morning. Ten shops were totally destroyed. The damage is estimated at £2000…

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Around the World. London, Sunday. Fire in Japan

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 3

One thousand houses were destroyed by fire at Yokohama…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 7

RECEIVED.—True to His Word Church Etiquette. My Country. The Magic Stone. Sympathetic. The Treasure Seekers. A Coquette's Error. The Mills…

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A Big Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 2
Also in The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate

A fire which occurred in Botany-street, Waterloo, early this morning damaged seven Chinese shops and dwellings…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 7

RECEIVED.—Ideal Woman, etc. In the Forecabin. The Bushman's Longing. A Cruel Fate. One of Many. The Loafer. Sunday in the Bush. Whitey's…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 7

RECEIVED.—The ex-Father. The Book Lover. The Races. Bees and Hungerford. A Casual Meeting. In the Night. Clogs and Clogocracy. If Wrong Were…

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The 'Frisco Fire. the Impressions of Mr. A. E. Wright

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 6

IN April last Mr. A. E. Wright, a student at the Bairnsdale School of Mines, who a few months ago spent a holiday with his brothers and sisters…

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Fire Brigade Annual Meeting

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Tumut Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Friday night. Members present: Capt J. Lees (chair),…

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Latest. LONDON, Monday. Big Fire

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 2

The Townsend-Hook Company s paper mills, together with seven cottages and two barges, were burned to the ground at Brodland, Kent, on Sunday. The…

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Under Fire

The Worker · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 4

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