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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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"All Aboard!" and "Fire!

The Worker · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 15

Just as the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Kanowna was on the point of leaving the Melbourne wharf for Adelaide and W.A. on Saturday evening, a fire was…

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Fire in Sydney. a Big Blaze. Damage £4000. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

A disastrous fire, which resulted in the total destruction of the factory of Thomas Harris, furniture-maker and joiner, and the partial destruction of a…

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Fire Brigades

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

A bill providing for a central board of control over fire brigades throughout the state is being prepared, provision to be made for enforcing…

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Fire Demon. Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

Bush fires are raging in the Long reach district, and the country for a hundred miles is on fire, constituting, it is believed, the biggest conflagration…

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Fire at Lismore

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 3

There was a big fire in Lismore yesterday. Several business places were destroyed, and there were several narrow escapes from death…

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Fire at a Mine

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 3

The mill at the Eclipse mine, Kalgoorlie, has been strucK by lightning. The structure caught fire and was totally destroyed. The damage is…

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Fire at Lismore. Damages £2000. LISMORE

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 4

A fire occurred in Woodlark-street, Lismore, this morning, and destroyed the following shops: J. Carroll, saddler; Angelo Ivelis, oyster saloon; W…

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Twenty-five Tons of Powder Explosions and Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 2

At the time of the catastrophe there were 25 tons of powder, several charged torpedoes, and many shells aboard. During the luncheon hour the doors…

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Appalling Disaster. Battleship Blown Up. Twenty-five Tons of Prwder Seven Hundered Men Aboard Imprisoned by Fire and Shot. Scenes of Indescribable Panic. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 2

Toulon, the French seaport on the Mediterranean, where is situated France's largest naval dockyards and arsenal, was yesterday the scene of an…

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Colony Destroyed by Fire. Narrow Escape of Inhabitants

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 3

The Socialistic Colony in New Jersey, United States, founded by Mr. Upton Sinclair, whose book "The Jungle" brought about the revelations in…

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Socialist Colony. Sensational Fire. Narrow Escapes. London, March 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The buildings of the Socialist Colony established in New Jersey by Mr. Upton Sinclair, author of the sensational novel, "The Jungle," have been…

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The American Floods. Accompanied by Fires. Damage £2,000,000. Twenty-thousand Homeless. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The big floodS which have prevailed in parts of America are subsiding. The damage at Pittsburg, where a large number of factories along the banks of…

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Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m. Big Fire in London. Damage £200,000. LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 3

A fire in City Road, London, has destroyed three large warehouses and damaged other buildings. The loss is set down at £200,000…

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Destructive Fire. Heavy Damage Done

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 2

A destructive are occurred ot Fader and Company's bulk stores, Bingara this morning. The building, which was of wood, was completely destroyed,…

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Fire at Forbes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

Messrs. J. Manason and company's drapery establishment at Forbes, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night…

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Destructive Fire. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

Manson's large drapery establishment at Forbes was totally destroyed by fire to-day. Damages, £7000…

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Serious fire. Several Racehorses Burnt. London, March 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred at Sheep's Head Bay, New York. Eleven racehorse were burnt, including Fine Cloth a brother of the famous Syonsby…

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Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 2

In the early hours of Thursday morning (4 o'clock), while the police and night watchmen were at the railway station to meet the express to…

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Fire Demon

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

At a fire in an Italian lodging house at San Francisco yesterday seventeen occupants were burnt to death and eighteen were injured…

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General Cables. Fire at San Francisco. London, April 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

Another shocking disaster has occurred at Sun Francisco. A fire broke out in an Italian lodging house, the building being burnt down. Seventeen…

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