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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

321 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 17

Fire Brigades' Sports

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The privileges in connection with the Fire Brigades. Demonstration to be held on January 28 and 29, were sold by public auction at Nash's Hotel on…

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Grass Fires at The Rock. Police Investigating

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

Between the 30th December last and 2nd instant, a number of fires have occurred within about a mile radius at Clen Rock, nine miles the other side…

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In Search of a Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A[?]enlarm of fire was given about midday on Monday. The Fire Brigade turned out promptly, and pro[?]ceded at a sharp pace in the direction of…

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Assassination at Omsk. Devastation with Fire and Sword. Unspeakable Outrages. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The three assassins of Letyinoff, the Governor of Akinolinsk, in Central Asia, who killed him outside the Administration Office at Omsk, were…

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Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m. Litvenoff's Administration. Fire, Sword, and Outrages. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

The assassins who, at Omsk, the capital, last week murdered M. Litvinoff, the Governor of Amolinsk, Siberia, and afterwards escaped, were Circassians…

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Suspicious Fires

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

A bush fire near Germanton destroyed about 400 acres of grass. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing the fire…

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Locating Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. L. A. Fosbery writes:—"In connection with a lengthy paragraph in your last Saturday's issue, headed "Locating Bush Fires," I should like…

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Bush Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

A Temora report states that bush fire on Junee-road, starting from Mr. T. C. Carwright's spread the Old Hibernian, where it was got under control. Only…

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District Fires

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

No further definite information is to' hand in regard to the recent outbreak at Glen Book. At the fire which broke out near Yarragundrie the other…

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The Yarragundry Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

Later particulars show that the fire at Yarragundry commenced on Sunday morning about six o'clock. Some children on the Pomingalarna Station were…

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Fire in Siam

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

A fire in the Chinese quarter of Bangkok, the capital of Siam, did damage to the extent of £583,333…

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A Big Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

Stephenson's copra mills at Colombo have been destroyed by fire. The loss is set down at £50,000…

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Earthquakes and Fires. Liability of Insurance Companies

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

The Superior Court of California has upheld the contention of the Williamsburg City Insurance Company that the company is not liable for losses from fires…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 5

RECEIVED.—Butcher Bird. Passing of Daddy. Bogan Pig Hunt. Bad Loser. Scrub. Locust and Boy. Chow's Cake. Drifters. Queenslanders. At Night…

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Great Fire at Bangkok. Losses Over Half a Million. London, Jan. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

A dsastrous fire has occurred in the Chinse quarter of Bangkok the capital i Siam. A large amount of property was destroyed, tho losses being…

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Locating Bush Fires

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

On Mahonga Station, near Urana, an ingenous, device is arranged to locate the exact position of a bush fire, and it has…

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Location Bush Fires

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 6

On Mahonga Station, near Urana, an ingenious device is arranged to locate the exact position of a bush fire, and it has proved infalliable…

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Short Fire Escapes. Thirty Victims

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

The danger of tall apartment buildings was Illustrated by a terrible are at Kansas City early on the morning of f25th October. The fire started in the…

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Around the World. London, Wednesday. a Big Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The copra mills at Colombo have been destroyed by firs. The damage is estimated at £50,000…

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Bush Fires. Condobolin District Swept

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

A bush fire is raging in the Condobolin district. Some 3,000 acres of grass country was burnt on Newlands Station. A large fire on Mr. Dawson's property,…

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