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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire at Moorong Considerable Damage Done. Numerous Hay Stacks Burned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

The exceptional weather which has been experienced all over the southern district of New South Wales this summer has accounted largely for the…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 4

RECEIVED.—The Desertion of Johnston. As They Sketched. A Night in a Salvation Army Shelter. The Stranger. A Bid for Promotion. East Lynne. The Old…

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A Hovel Fire Escape

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 7

A novel fire-escape which has been erected at a school iu Louisville. It consists of a steel cylinder and a spiral slide, which is so constructed that it controls…

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Fire Demo Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 2

Fires are still raging in the Charlesville district, and a large. area is devastated. Selectors are shifting stock…

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Cable News. Fatal Fire in Switzerland. Whole Family Burned to Death. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. watson, an Englishman, and his wife and their five children were incinerated in a fire which occurred at a boarding-house at Steinach, on the shore of…

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The Kingston Earthquake. Claims for Fire Insurance

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

Fire claims from Kingston against British Insurance Companies total £1,500,000…

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Bush Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

Fires have been raging out in the Temora district, about Gidginbung. On Saturday a fire started in the neighbourhood of the town common, the…

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The Fire Demon

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

Bush fires have destroyed a large area of grass between Morven and Charlesville…

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The Rock Fires Michael O'mahoney on Trial

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 3

Before His Honor Judge Rogers and a full jury last Tuesday, Michael O'Mahoney, farmer, residing at The Rock, was placed on trial at…

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Wagga Quarter Sessions Tuesday February 19th, 1906. (Before Judge Rogers, K.c.) a Charge of Arson. Fires at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

The Wagga Quarter Sessions were continued at Wagga to-day. Mr. W. L. Merewether was Crown Prosecutor; Mr. C. F. Bolton represented the…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

The "Careless Use of Fire Amendment Act," by the State Parliament at the one of last session, contains some stringent provisions, and all persons…

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Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 2

We have been handed the following letter for publication :— Sydney, February 4th, 1907. Sir,—I have the honour to report that I visited…

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The Mayor and the Fire Brigade (To the Editor.)

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

SIR,—I am directed by a full meeting of the working members of the Tumut Volunteer Fire Brigade to refute certain statements made at a meeting of the local Municipal…

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Careless Use of Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 2

At Benalla court a swagman was fined £20 for the careless use of fire…

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Wagga Fire Brigade Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 2

A meeting of the late Wagga Fire Bragade Demonstration Committee was held on the 26th instant. when the secretary presented a balance-sheet of…

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Around the Camp Fire. to Contributors

The Worker · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 3

BECEIVED.—The Gambler's Luck. Town of Success. Ghosts. The Sick Man and His Friends. Dan's Desperate Thirst. Jim Turn's Dog. Looking for a Wife…

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Bush Fire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 2

A FIRE broke out at the end of last week at Ivanhoe, having originated from Mr F. Villa's store-yard, where some rubbish was being burnt. The…

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Fire Fighting Apparatus

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 7

A combination of water tower and fire escape for persons trapped in high buildings has recently been devised. In the apparatus the principle of the lazy tongs has been…

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Fatal Fire at a School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 2

A school at Hochelaga (Montreal) Caught 6re; 250 children were penned in by the flames. Miss Maxwell, the principal, perished in endeavouring to…

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Country Fire Brigades Deputation to Government. Minister Favors Central Control. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

A deputation representing the Volunteer Fire Brigades waited on the Chief Secretary to-day on the subject of the Fire Brigades Bill. It was pointed out…

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