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Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Dreadful Domestic Tragedy an Inhuman Mother. Murders Three Children. Sets Fire to House. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 2

The story of a ghastly tragedy was told to the police at Bendigo this afternoon, when Cornelia McCluse aged 30 years, who had been living…

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Fire Fighters, Old and New

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 8

The latest Donnis turbine fire engine alongside a fire squirt dated before 1700. The man is wearing the uniform of the Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company, dated 1696…

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Destructive Fire. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1910 · page 2

A big [?] occurred in Claren[?] early this morning, when the two top floors of the glass and ironmongery warehouse of Lyon and Milling were…

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Fire at the Farm. Students' Quarters Burnt to the Ground

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1910 · page 2

A blaze of fire at the Experimental Farm by which ten of the Students' bedrooms were burnt out, caused considerable alarn on Monday night. The…

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Items of News. Fire Insurance Charges

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 2

The Wagga Municipal Council's letter to the Fire Underwriters Association of New South Wales, asking for a re-classification of the town of Wagga to…

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Important Special Cable News. the Brussel's Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

The damage done by the fire at the Brussels international exhibition is estimated at five million pounds sterling. The magnificent buildings…

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Exhibition on Fire. Destruction at Brussels. London, August 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out last night in the international exhibition, Brussels. The British, French, and six other sections are still burning…

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The Exhibition Fire. Grave Results. Financial Panic Apprehended. Brussels, August 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 2

Following the heavy losses of those interested in the Exposition, Belgians are demanding that an extra session of Parliament be called to prevent a…

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Mysterious Fire

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 2

A mysterious outbreak of fire, the second within a very short time, occurred the tramway workshops at Randwick. The shops and contents were damaged by…

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The Brussels Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 4

The London "Times" asserts that the watchman has admitted that be caused the fire at the Brussels Exhibition when lighting his pipe. The total loss by the…

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Great Suffering From Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 2

The entire states of Idaho and Montana, on the Northern Pacific line, are one streak of flames. The rails are red hot and Warping, and…

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Steamer on Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 2

A steamer from South Africa arrived in the Port river, South Australia, on fire. The outbreak was got under by the fire brigade. The vessel…

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A Town Burning. Great Forest Fires. Vancouver, Aug. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 2

Fores fires completely ba[?]llied the soldiers and inhabitants of Wallace, Idaho (U.S.) and the entire town is burning. Women and children were…

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Calamitous Fires. Wallace Town Destroyed. One Hundred Persons Burnt to Death. Frightful Scenes of Torture Trains and Passengers Burnt Vancouver, August 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 2

The disastrous forest fires at Idaho, U.S.A., have proved ono of the worst visitations in the history of America. It was reported yesterday that the…

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Hotel Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

The Central Hotel at Brisbane was partly destroyed by fire, together with several adjoining shops…

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Another Steamer Fire

The Worker · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 19

Fires on steamers have been frequent lately, the latest having happened on the Indrani at Newcastle. It started in the bunkers, the steamer having just loaded…

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Two Days of Lighting. Wandering Thunderstorms Death and Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 7

A remarkable series of wandering thunderstorms raged throughout the South of England and on parts of the Continent early in the week (said…

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Big Fire at Temora. Eight Shops Destroyed. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 2

A big fire occurred in Hoskins-street before midnight. Hample's refreshment restaurant Robertson's boot shop. Byron's tobacconist shop, Spier's…

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Fire at Temora. Eight Shops Burnt Down. Water Supply Fails. Temora

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Hoskins street last night. It started about 11 o'clock in Mrs. Bampel's refreshment rooms. The fire brigade soon arrived,…

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Artillery Fire Indoors

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 7

Our two sketches show an ingenious apparatus, which is the invention of a French artillery officer, Lieutenant Le Masne. The country in which the…

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