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Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Fire in New Zealand. Damage £150,000. WELLINGTON

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out in the Auctioneer Company's Mart, Lambton, Quay, Wellington, early this morning, and resulted in the destruction of…

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Destructive Fire in New Zealand. Thirteen Business Premises Totally Destroyed. Insurances £50,000. WELLINGOTN

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out in Wellington early this morning, as a result of which thirteen business premises in the heart of the capital were totally…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 7

Note.—MSS. will be returned per post only when stamps are enclosed. MSS. not called for within three months of rejection will be delayed…

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More New Zealand Fires. Invalids' Home in Danger. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 2

Another disastrous fire occurred in the city this afternoon. Four houses in Mein-street caught alight from a blazing washhouse, and owing to a…

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Fortescue's Bush Fire-fighter

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

The appalling calamities that have been occasioned by bush fires in Australia are a constant source of terror to the pastoralist; and as the summer…

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Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

In a fire in an apartment over the chamber of commerce at Kansas city, U.S, twenty persons, perished, and fifty others were injured…

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Country Fire Brigades

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 8

The Finance Committee of the Council reported to the meeting of the Council on Thursday night that it had considered the following from the…

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Fire in Kansas. Twenty Killed: Fifty Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out in a department over the Chamber of Commerce, in Kansas City, United States. Twenty people were killed, and fifty…

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His Majesty's Mails on Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

The Cross Roads mail had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Sunday afternoon last. A Chinese passenger had been smoking during the…

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Municipalities and the Fire Brigades Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 4

In view of the grout dissatisfaction felt by the municipal councils through, out the State with the provisions of the Fire Brigades Bill now before…

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Around the World. London, Sunday. a Ship on Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

The steamer Haversham Grange, of 7000 tons, has been abandoned at sea. She caught fire while on a voyage from New York to Australia. The…

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Fire Brigades' Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

The Fire Brigades' Demonstration in January will be a red-letter day in Wagga. It is expected that with competitors and others the visitors will…

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District News. Lake Albert Bush Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 1

The annual general meeting of members of the Lake Albert Bush Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday night at the public hall, Lake Albert. There…

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Public Servants and Politics. Bush Fires and Matches. Parliamentary Election. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 2

In the Assembly this evening. Mr. Carruthers, replying to Mr. Neilson said the railway employees would not be permitted to take any active part…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 7

RECEIVED.—Trip to the Northern River. Men of Trade. In the Toils. Our Cook. About Potatoes. National Pride. The Pearl Thief. To Emigrants…

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Effective Fire Breaks

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 3

While in Sydney, recently (says the Parkes Examiner), our attention was directed to a device employed by some Chinese, gardeners near the metropolis,…

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Big Chinese Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 5

A fire which has occurred at Canton burnt 500 houses and caused damage estimated at a million dollars…

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The Mayor at Bathurst the Fire Brigades' Act

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

At the regular meeting of the Borough Counci' on Thursday, the Mayor (Ald. Hayes) stated that at the request of the Council he had attended a conference…

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Received at 1 A.M. Disastrous Fire in Canton. London, Nov. 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

A fire occurred in Canton, the second largest city in China, which destroyed 300 houses, and caused damage to the extent of a million dollars…

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Fire at Yathella

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 2

It was reported in town yesterday that Mr. Walter Thomson's residence at Yathella was completely destroyed by fire, with the contents. The report was…

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