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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Miles of Fire. in the Young District. Crops Damaged. Young

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

A big bush fire is raging between Wallendbeen and Wombat, near Young. It lias done considerable damage to the crops. The fire is…

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Destructive Bush Fire. COOTAMUNDRA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 2

A huge bush fire is raging out beyond Berthong. The fire is believed to have started yesterday morning at about 11.30…

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Fire at Whitton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 6

On Monday morning at about 4 o'clock, Mr. John Jocobs' bulk store at Whitton was discovered to be on fire. A number of willing workers…

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Suffragette Madness. False Alarm of Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 8

The suffragette who gave a false alarm of fire in London in order to draw the attention of the claims of the votes for women advocates, was…

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Tragic Fire. Fifty Girls Succumb. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 2

Fifty girls were roasted to death in a fire in a weaving mill in Lisbon. The victims were caught in the upper storeys and made frantic attempts to…

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Sequel to Fire. Four Children Buried Alive. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 2

A fire occurred in a jute warehouse at Dundee on Christmas morning. Damage to the amount of £10,000 was done…

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Fire in Stable. Five Racehorses Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 6

A fire in stables at Reefton race-course destroyed five racehorses…

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A Calamitous Fire 40 Lives Lost. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

Forty persons are supposed to have perished in a fire in a lodging-house at San Francisco…

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The Fire Assessment

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 2

Our Junee correspondent writes:—"It is quite feasible that the various municipal councils should have just cause for complaint against the…

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Disastrous Fire. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 2

A workmen's lodging house at Moscow was destroyed by fire. Fourteen inmates were burned…

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Fire at Harrington's Photo Graphic Warehouse

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 3

The clients of Harringtons' Ltd., throughout the State, and seasonal visitors to Sydney will learn with satisfaction that the great fire which burnt out…

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Dog As Housemaid. Pomeranian Collects Sticks, Paper, and Coal to Make Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

The old problem whether a dog's "mind" is moved by nervous autumn t sin or intelligent reflection, is raised by an interesting story of a black Pomeranion…

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