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Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Fire in Tarcutta-street

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

An alarm of fire was founded about noon on Saturday. A tank used for boiling tar in the municipal material yard, Tarcutta-street, having boiled…

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Destructive Fires. Five Shops Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Summer Hill early this morning. Five shops owned by Hodgson. Smith, and Co., drapers and general store storekeepers…

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Ships on Fire. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred in the paint store of the French steamer Pacifique, lying in Mort's Duck, this morning. The brigades turned out but a good deal of…

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Local and General News Fire at Gasworks

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

When the fire-bell rang on Saturday at about midday, and it was heard that, the cause was an outbreak of fire at the gasworks, considerable alarm was felt…

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Disastrous Fire. Damage put Down at £10,000. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A disastrous tire took place at Summer Hill this morning, when five shops, owned by Hodgson, Smith and Co., drapers and general…

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Destructive Bush Fire Some Narrow Escapes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

A destructive bush fire broke out at Wahroonga yesterday afternoon. It raged rapidly before it was got under control. Several homesteads…

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Box Factory Fire. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

Hood's box factory at Waterloo was gutted by fire this morning…

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Fire! Mr. L. V. Solomon's Chemist Shop

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

For the second time this year the peals of the fire bell could be heard about 10.15 on Thursday night, and a large number of people answered…

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Destructive Fires. Many Buildings Burnt. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 2

A great fire occurred at San Sebastian, Spain. It destroyed a theatre, municipal library, the museum, ne[?]demy of music, and several other…

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Oxford Street Fire. Edgar Edmunds Arrested. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

An inquiry was opened to-day concerning the explosion and fire at Edmunds Bros,' chemists. Oxford-street. Edgar Edmunds, who was…

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Cables. a Fearful Fire. Hotel Burnt Down. Twenty Lives Lost. Two Guests Insane From Fright. Omaha, Nebrask

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

A fire which resulted in a series of fatalities, occurred here last night, when a hotel was burnt to the ground. The building was of wood, and blazed…

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Disastrous Fire. TOKIO

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 2

Word has been received that a fire destroyed the whole town of Nunaza. The damage is estimated at £6,000,000…

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Women Ejected From Meeting. Students Fire a Building

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 2

The Right Hon. J. Burns, President of the Local Government Board, speaking at a City Council election meeting at Battersea, was constantly…

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The Balkans War. Bulgarians Fire at Steamers. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 2

Bulgarians fired upon British, French, and Italian steamers in the Sea of Marmora. The French vessel was slightly damaged…

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Fatal Fire LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 2

At a fire in a London bootmaker's shop, a girl was burned to death. Several of the occupants jumped from the windows. One has since died. A…

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Cooking Without Fire. The "Econocooker."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

Every person concerned in the cooking of food knows how much time is spent in watching the food and guarding against burning, boiling over, and…

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Fire Fiends. Big Profits of Shameful Trade. Amazing Revelations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 1

The confessions of the American incendiary Stein have thrown a startling light on the causes of the prevalence of fires in New York. Stein…

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Mitchell Shire Council. Contract and Plant Work Compared. the Fire at North Wagga. Destruction of Trees on Roads

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council was held yesterday in Wagga. Clr. Geo. Lindon, the new president, was in the chair, and there…

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Disastrous Fire. Two Hundred and Fifty Buildings Destroyed. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Yokohama. The Exchange and several silk factories were destroyed. Altogether 250 buildings were burnt. The…

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Under Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 7

When Sir Evelyn Wood was a young man he very narrowly escaped losing his life in the Crimea, He was climbing over a parapet…

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