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Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Panic at Picture Show. an Alarm of Fire. Women Trampled Underfoot. New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

During a picture show in New York a boy raised an alarm of fire, where upon 400 persons became panic stricken and stampeded for the doors…

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Dust and Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

A terrific dust storm followed the heat at Broken Hill yesterday. A four roomed house was destroyed by fire. Adjoining premises were damaged,…

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Destructive Fire. Hotel Burnt. Exciting Incidents. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Clarencetown (Hunter River) last night. The Crown Hotel was burnt to the ground, as well as the adjoining…

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Tragic Fire. Three People Burned to Death. Mother, Daughter and Grandchild. Willaura (Vic.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

A shocking burning fatality, resulting in the loss of three lives, has occurred at Lake Bolac. About midnight on Tuesday, the…

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Mitchell Shire Council. the Traction Engine. Responsibility for Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 6

The above council met yesterday, when there were present, the President Mr. A. Hurst, Councillor of D. M'Dougall, T. T. Burt[?], A…

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Workhouse on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

The workhouse at Tredegai was burnt. Four hundred inmates were asleep, but escaped. Several of the officials were injured. One jumped…

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Under Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

Behind Reilly's command was a bulletorn jungle, through which it could not move as a brigade; ahead of it were Spanish trenches on hills. Reilly considered that…

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Crystal Palace Fire. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

An inquiry will be held by the Coroner on Friday morning into the recent fire at the Crystal Palace…

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COMEDY & Tragedy. Fire in a Procession. London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 8

During the progress of carnival at Taraasa, in Spain, a masked individual started firing confetti from a pistol persisting in this pastime until he set fire…

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Fire in Arsenal Quarter. 200 Houses Destroyed. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

A fire broke out in the arsenal quarter of Constantinople. Two hundred houses were destroyed. Foreign blue-jackets helped to quell the flames,…

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Big Blaze!

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 2

The post and telegraph office, Barnes' store, and other business places at Murrumburrah were destroyed by fire this morning. The…

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Fire Inquiry

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 2

The coronial inquiry into the Crystal Palace fire on New Year's Eve has been opened, and the company's representative slated that they had no…

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Mexican Rebellion. Fierce Fighting. Grave Developments. British Legation Under Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 2

The Federal troops in Mexico City re-opened the fighting, attacking the arsenal at daylight. A fierce engagement followed and hundreds were…

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New Zealand Bush Fires SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

Bush fires are sweeping large tracts of country to the north of Auckland and in the Poverty Bay district where sawmills and other buildings have…

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Bush Fires. Raging in New Zealand. Heavy Losses in Buildings and Stock. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

Bush fires are sweeping large tracts to the north of Auckland. In the Poverty Bay district sawmills and other buildings have been destroyed, while…

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Fire at Murrumburrah

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Murrumburrah early yesterday morning, resulting in the total destruction of the post office and three adjoining shops…

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Crystal Palace Fire. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

An inquiry has been opened concerning the recent fire at the Crystal Palace Picture Theatre. Mr. Williamson said the company courted the…

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Not Sufficient Evidence the Crystal Palace Fire. Open Verdict by the Coroner. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

A coronial inquiry into the cause of the Crystal Palace fire on New Tear's eve was opened. The Company's representatives stated they had no…

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A Vindictive Settler. Sets Haystack on Fire. Committed for Trial. Wellington (N.z.). Sat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

An extraordinary act of revenge occurred an Darinvirke, where a farmer named Kershaw is alleged to have set fire to a haystack belonging…

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Costly Traction Engine. Causes Bush Fires. Shire Council's Responsibility

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

THE Mitchell Shire Council (Wagga) finds itself in a somewhat serious difficulty with regard to the use of the traction engine during the…

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