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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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Terrible Fire. 150 Lives Lost in One Hour. Panic-stricken Factory Girls. Leap From Ten-storey Building. Dreadful Scenes. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

A fire, which resulted in fearful loss of life, broke out yesterday in a triangle of premises in Washington, in a 10-storey place used as a factory by…

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Cross Roads. Bush Fire Brigade Meeting

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 5

A Bush Fire brigade meeting, was held at the hotel Cross Roads, on Saturday night to complete the business of the year. The Brigade…

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Disastrous Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

A conflagration causing the death of 150 persons, mostly girls, Occurred at a clothing factory in New York. A terrible scene was…

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Fire Alarm Handcuffs

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

For a person to be handcuffed every time an alarm of fire is sent in over the wires from a street box and for the person to receive it in…

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Fire at North Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

A fire occurred at North Wagga yesterday morning, when a weatherboard cottage, the property of Mr. Hubert M'Hudson, was destroyed…

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Metals That Give Off Fire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

The famous inventor of the Welsbach gas mantle discovered that the metals of rare earths, of which incandescent mantles are composed…

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Lake Albert Bush Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held in the Lake Hall on Monday evening last, when there was a good attendance of members. Messrs…

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Disastrous Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

The State Capital at Albany (United States) was partially destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at two million pounds,…

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Unsafe Buildings. Inadequate Fire Escapes. Owners Arrested. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

As the result of activities following the New York holocaust the city building inspector has ordered the arrest of twelve owners of buildings…

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Serious Fire. DAMAGE £2,000,000. Priceless Documents Lost. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

The State capitol at Albany was partly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £2,000,000. Priceless documents were lost…

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Capitol Fire. Albany (U.s.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

There is no trace of Abbott, the night watchman of the State Legislative Buildings. It is feared he perished in the flames…

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A New Fire Appliance

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 3

One of the latest fire appliances is the water tower, an ingenious device for throwing water on a burning building from a high altitude…

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Peculiar Railway Accident. Engine Fires Flooded. Breakdown Near Junee. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

A mild sensation was caused on the south-western passenger train this evening about two miles from Junee. Suddenly, near the racecourse, the…

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Fire Victims. 75,000 People in Funeral Procession. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The funeral rites of the 150 victims of the fire at the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory were celebrated to-day. Over 75,000 factory hands joined in the…

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Turks in Albania. Pacification by Fire and Sword. May Lead to Strained Relations. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The Vienna correspondent of the London "Times" says that, unless Turkey pacifies the insurgents otherwise than by fire and sword,…

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Humiliating Exposures. Fire Brigade Board's Extravagance. Commissioner's Report. Boots and Cloths at Public Expense. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

The report ot the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the administration of the Fire Brigades' Board was made public to-day…

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Fire in Mine. Many Men Entombed. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

Between 50 and 60 men were entombed by a fire in a mine at Thoop, Pennsylvania. No hope of rescue is entertained…

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Sad Fire Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Mary Woodbury, 22 years age, while washing clothes before a fire at home it Mangrove Creek, beyond the Hawkesbury River, this morning, was…

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Fire in Japan

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out in the Yoshswara quarter of Tokio, and is still raging. A high wind and a shortage of water make the situation critical. The…

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Calamitous Fires. 5000 Houses Burnt. Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred in the Toshiwara quarter of Tokio, 5000 houses being destroyed. Six thousand women are homeless, as a result of…

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