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Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire on Grubben

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A large gross bra broke out on Grubben Station, near Yerong Creek, on Thursday morning, at 9.30 o'clock. It rapidly gained a firm hold, and…

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Fire at Tamworth. Clothing Store Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

Messrs. Neal and Perry's Clothing establishment, with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire this morning at Tamworth. The shop was insured for…

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Victoria. a Revengeful Swagman. Starts a Bush Fire. Fined £100

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

A swagman named George Sluning, was fined £100 or 6 months gaol at Elmore to-day on a charge of wilfully setting fire to grass on Colbinabbin Estate…

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Fire in a Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

A fire occurred at the Molong Hospital last night, the infectious ward being burned to the ground. There were no patients in the ward at the time of the…

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Fire at a Hospital

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

On Saturday a fire at Molong Cottage Hospital destroyed the infection ward. There were no patients in the ward at the time of the fire…

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Bush Fires. Serious Outbreak at Golgeldrie Selectors Burnt Out. Whitton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

A serious fire occurred on Golgeldrie Station. It was checked on North Golgeldrie and Yanco boundaries. It is now burning along…

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Recent Fires

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

An inquest will be conducted by Mr. Wilkinson, P.M., at The Rock to-day into the circumstances surrounding the recent fores at Glen Rock, in…

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Fire Bridge's Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

The Rev. R. M. Turnbull, Rector of St. John's, has donated £10 to the Fire Brigade's Demonstrations Funds. A notice is advertised in to-day…

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Thf Rock Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

To-day Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., the District Coroner, will proceed to The Rock to conduct an inquest into the circumstances surrounding a series of fires…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

Matters in connection with the Fire Brigades demonstration, to be held at Wagga on Monday and Tuesday, 28th and 29th instant, an promising…

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The Latest Report. Fires Still Burning. Deaths Under 100

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

Reuter's latest report states that the fires are still burning, though they are confined to the docks, and are being energetically fought…

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Appalling Disaster. Earthquake in Jamaica, city of Kingston Destroyed. Outbreak of Fire Military Hospital Burnt. Many Lives Lost. Sir James Ferguson Killed Consternation in New York Fire Still Burning London, Jan 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

A very severe earthquake occurred at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, one of the British possessions in the West Indies, on Mondays last. The city was…

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Locating Bash Fires

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 4

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

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Bush Fires—novel Shelter

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

Fires in Charleville district have done much damage, over a thousand sheep on the station being burnt to death. A woman and two children…

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Fire Still Burning

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

Reuter's latest message says that the fire is still burning, though it is now confined to the docks, and is being energetically fought by the…

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The Ballowra Fire. [To the Editor.]

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of yesterday you mention that the recent bush fire started from some of the miners' camps on T[?] Oaks. I must deny this, as the nearest…

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Fires at the Rock a Crown Inquiry. Farmer Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., on Thursday conducted an inquest at the King's Own Hotel, the Book, concerning the occurrence of four…

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Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m. a City of Desolation. Subsidence Into the Sea Feared. Averting a Pestilence. Fire Fanned by Wind. Deaths Estimated at 1200. LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

The earthquake lasted four minutes. He water mains burst, thus paralysing the operations of the firemen. To add to the horror of the scene the debris…

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A Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Two large tanneries at Smithfield, owned by Page and Lee, were destroyed by fire this morning…

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