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Fires & bushfires, 1911

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A Big Blaze

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 2

The now markets nt Adelaide were 'lostroyod by firo last night. Insurances amount to £9,000…

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Clergyman's Sudden Death Running to Fire. a Dramatic Incident. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

A fire of a serious nature occurred yesterday at Minto, on the property of the Rev. Jabez Ashmead, when a weatherboard cottage, which was let…

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Fire in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out in the house of Mrs. Mary Ann Baker, Best-street, yesterday, under rather peculiar circumstances. The house is one of a…

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Fire at Hay. Hotel Outbreak. Hay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

This morning the office at Tattersall's Hotel, Hay, was discovered to be on fire. The hotel appliances were quickly placed in use on the alarm…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. Letting Off Fire Works

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 4

Henry Price and Thomas Ticehurst were charged with letting off fireworks in Hoekins-street, Wallenbeen, on 27th May…

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Fire in Sydney. a Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

A fire was discovered in the basement of M'Carron, Stewart's large printing warehouse in Pitt-street, early this morning. Fortunately the…

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Films on Fire. £35,000 Worth Destroyed. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

One hundred and forty miles of moving picture films were to-day destroyed by lire in the Powers grounds, Seventy artists, rehearsing a picture…

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Suspicious Fire. Workman Dismissed. Alleged Act of Revenge. Man Committed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

All investigation was held concerning a suspicious fire at a building on the Cooper Estate, Bellvue Hill, last month. Denis Teefy, contractor,…

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Public Opinion. Fire Brigade Movement. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 5

SIR,—Under the shades of Parassus or other classic relms,why do our public function effervese and our publicly subscribed funds eveporate?…

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Calamity in Mexico. a Terrible Earthquake. City in Ruins. Hundreds of Dead Bodies. Devastation by Fire. the New Liberator Staggered. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

A terrible earthquake occurred in Mexico City yesterday doing tremendous damage. Two hundred bodies have already…

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Fire in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 2

Brooks' sawmill at Malvern, Victoria, was partly destroyed by fire this afternoon. The damage is estimated at £2000…

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Steamer on Fire. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 2

Un the Amur River a steamer was burned with 700 Korean railway navvies, aboard. In the panic 60 men perished…

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Sensational Fire. Whisky Vats Alight. Panic-stricken People. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

A lamp bursting near a huge vat fired a whisky distillery on the outskirts of Lisbon, The flames spread to other vats and the building was…

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Fire at Warialda. Narrow Escape From Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 2

A store at Warialda, belonging to an Indian named Mung Atah, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A man sleeping on the…

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Trampled to Death. Terrible Scenes Follow False Alarm of Fire. Fight to Escape. Children Killed and Injured at Picture Palace Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 6

Two young people were killed and many were injured in a terrible panic at a cinematograph theatre at Middle brough on Monday night (says a London paper of…

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Disastrous Fire. Hundreds Thrown Out of Employment. St. Louis

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday. Four blocks of the manufacturing section of the city were destroyed. The damage…

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A Fire in Sydney. Brigade Men Injured. £20,000 Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

A fire broke out to-night in Messrs. Angus and Cootes' mail order department, a four-storey building, in Kent-street, and destroyed goods…

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Town on Fire. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1911 · page 2

The town of Maricopa, in the United States has been partially destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £50,000…

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Big Hotel Fire. Quoits Dash to Safety Attired Only in Their Night Clothes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 3

Fire broke out on Tuesday night in to Hotel Bristol at Beaulieu (says a Lo[?] paper of April 2). There were about two hundred guests in the building, and…

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Chain of Fire. England Illuminated by Bon Fires. From Land's End to John of Groat's

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. Asquith's little son, Anthony, at 10 o'clock last night telephoned to the Festival of the Empire giving the word for the signal to be given to the home…

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