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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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The Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 2

For at least five years Cyrus Laird had resided at the exclusive Bcauchnmp Hotel, and had any one demanded of the hotel employes an account of his…

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A Year's Fires in London. Over 15,000,000 Gallons of Water to Extinguish Them

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 3

It is unsatisfactory to note from the official return of the work during. 1910 of the London Fire Brigade (issued on Monday) that malicious false alarms are again…

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Appalling Fires. Several Towns Destroyed. Many Lives Lost. 1800 Persons Homeless. the Great Heat. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 2

Thirty persons have perished by the forest fires in Northern Ontario. The towns of Cochrane, South Porcupine, and Pottsville were destroyed and the…

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Canadian Bush Fires Enormous Destruction of Life and Property. Toronto

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 2

The bush fires in the Porcupine district are the worst in Canada's history. They death list is over three hundred, and the property loss amounts to many…

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The forest Fires. Appalling Scenes. Over 300 Deaths. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

Further details of the great forest fires in Toronto are appalling. Over 300 deaths occurred in the Porcupine district…

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Fire at Glen Innes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

A building occupied by a family named Shepherd was destroyed by fire at Glen Innes on Saturday night. The inmates consisted of…

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The Forest Fires. Nova Scotia Swept by Flames. Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

An outbreak of serious forest fires is reported from Amherst, Nova Scotia. The fires have a frontage of over eight miles, and are rapidly…

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General Cables. the Forest Fires. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1911 · page 2

The disastrous fires in the Porcupine district of Ontario arc ascribed to the carelessness of prospectors…

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Riots In Cardiff. Fire in Liquor Warehouse. Disgraceful Scenes. Military Called Out. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1911 · page 2

Disgraceful scenes were witnessed during a fire in a beer and spirits warehouse In Cardiff. Many of the lowest characters in the town and…

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Destructive Fire

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 2

The southern end of Cowabbee Street was brilliantly illuminated on Wednesday by an early morning c[?] which…

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The Fire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 3

For at least five years Cyrus Laird had resided at the exclusive Beauchamp Hotel, and had any one demanded of the hotel employes an account of his…

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Tumut Fire Brigade Competition

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 2

THE postponed competitions amongst the members of the Tumut Fire Brigade included in the Coronation Day Celebrations, which were not then…

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Rescued by Telephone. Fire at a Parramatta House. Miraculous Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 2

The house Occupied by Mr. George Scouller, one of the Prospect reservoir engineers, at Parramatta, was destroyed by fire this morning…

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Disastrous Fire. 67 Lives Lost. Toronto

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 2

A bush fire disaster at Porcupine is believed to be due to a castaway cigarette. The known deaths total sixty-seven…

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Fire in Sydney. OVER £10,000 Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred at the timber yard and cooperage of A. W. Cormack, Maintain, this morning. Despite the efforts of a strong…

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Strike Outrages Canefields Set on Fire. Non-unionists Assaulted. Cairns

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 4

Three fires occurred at Hambledon yesterday. One was in cane belonging to the mother of the young man who was assaulted by a mob of…

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Big Blaze at Balmain. a Sawmill Destroyed. Good Work by the Brigades

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 3

A fire broke out early on Saturday at the sawmill and timber-yard of A. W. Cormack, at Longnose Point, Balmain. The mill and its contents…

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Special Cable News. Big Fire. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

Two square miles of the city of Constantinople, roughly estimated to com[?] [?],000 houses was destroyed by fire yesterday, the fire…

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The Great Heat. Fires in England. Effect in Germany. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

Heat fires at Aldershot devastated a thousand acres of pine forested Five hundred acres were destroyed in Cannock-Chase…

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Great Fire in Stamboul. Constitution Festival Marred. Criminals Use Petroleum. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

The celebrations of the anniversary of the Constitution were marred by a great conflagration in Stamboul. Hundreds of houses are already destroyed…

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