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Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire at Shepardstown

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 2

A four-roomed house at Shepardstown, occupied by Mr. J. Brocco, and owned by Mrs. Brocco, Senr., was burned to the ground on Tuesday…

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A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 3

The "Express" reports that the extra, ordinary series of outrages, Including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…

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Science Notes & News. The Sun and the Fire

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 7

The idea that the sun puts out a fire is a very popular one, but practically a fallacy. Like most popular fallacies, however, it…

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A Big Blaze

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 2

On Sunday evening last about 7.3, a four-roomed cottage, owned by Mr. John Anderson, and occupied by Mr. Percy Gray, was, with all its…

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Disastrous Fire 150 Buildings Destroyed. Vancouver, June 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 2

One hundred and fifty buildings, including three Synagogues, were destroyed to-day at Rorrisov (Russia). The fire is supposed to be the work of…

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Important Special Cable News. [Per Independent Cable Service.] Big Fire. Vancouver

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 2

The Montreal 'Herald' building was destroyed by fire this morning; and it is believed that 35 persons were killed, the bodies being buried…

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The Montreal Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Montreal 'Herald' fire; and all have been identified except two girls…

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Hens in a Fire Pump

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 4

The following is a true story of a town which owopa a small fire apparatusL—Outside the fire limits is a small community that, on petition received an appropriation for the…

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Distressing Bronchitis. Had to Get Up and Sit by Fire ut Night. Pens to the Rescue

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 6

Mrs. Christina Hooper, of melbourne Street, North Adelaide, S.A., writes:—"I am now 53 years of age, and suffered for nine months form bronchitis. At first…

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Junee Fire Assessment. JUNEE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 3

The fire assessment for Junee has just arrived. It is £126 per annum of which the council contributes a third, £42 per year…

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Express Wrecked Carriages on Fire. Ten Lives Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

A shocking railway accident happened in France yesterday, the honors of a wrecked train being acce[?]tuated by the ignition of the debris…

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Trains in Collision Carriages on Fire. Ten Dead Bodies Recovered. London, June 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The express train from Paris to Granville met with an accident at Villepreux, to the west of Versailles. The express collided with a slow…

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Fire in the City. £1000 Damage to Tailoring Establishment. Sydney, Wednesday, Night

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 2

A fire broke out to-night on the [?]rmises of Aldermen John English and Co., tailors and mercers, George-street, Sydney, and caused considerable…

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Illustrated Notes [?] from all over the World Motor-car As Fire-engine

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 7

One of the latest developments in connection with the motor-car is quite in the line that might have been expected. The power at disposal is so…

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Canadian Forest Fire a Disastrous Blaze. Ottawa, June 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

A big forest fire is raging to-day near Fort William, Ontario. Two large camps have already been wiped out, and the loss sustained by…

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Fire Insurance

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The Central Insurance Company, Ltd, has appointed Mr. A. Wilkie Watson its local agent at Tumut and Adelong. Tbis company is a very…

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Holiday Fires Excitement at Manly. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused amongst holiday-makers at Manly today by a fire in the film store attached to West's open air cinematograph…

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Defects of Fire Brigades Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

In its 26th, and final, report, laid before Parliament last week, the Fire Brigades Board, referring to the 1909 Act, says:—"It is a more…

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A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

Late on the night of 9th November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who la accused of attempting to burn a large block of…

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Forest Fire and Loss of Life

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

A report from Levalee, Ontario, states that Fort Devlin is surrounded by a forest fire, and that over one hundred persons have been burned to…

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