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Fires & bushfires, 1913

481 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 25

Fire at Livery Stables SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

Spearman's livery stahles. Redfern, were destroyed by fire this morning. The horses had a narrow escaps, being removed just in time…

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Church Set on Fire. Suffragettes Supposed to Be Offenders. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

At Hampstead Garden suburb the Free Church was found to be on fire. The police extinguished the outbreak. The Scotland Yard authorities had…

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Fire at Coolamon. Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

At 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Mr. H. W. Dack's bicycle premises. The fire originated next door to Mr. Duck's place, which…

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Mrs. Pankhurst Imprisoned Wild Harangue in Court. Man-made Laws Justify Revolution. Another Suffragette Fire. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 2

Two unoccupied houses in Hamp-stead Garden suburb were discovered to be alight early yesterday morning. The flames were extinguished, and…

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Outbreak of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade were called out shortly after 10 o'clock last night, a fire having occurred, in a six-roomod shop and dwelling house at…

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Suspicious Fire. Shopkeeper Committed for Trial. Grenfeal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

A coroner's inquiry into the cause of a fire at W. Rumble's shop in Main-street, Grenfell, on Easter Monday night occpied the court-house…

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Fire in Wagga. Shop and Residence in Murray Street Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

About ten o'clock last evening the fire alarm was given in Wagga, flames having broken out in brick premises at the corner of Murray and Darlow…

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Another Fire at Boree Creek

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

Following upon the unfortunate destruction of Mrs Taylor's residence, Boree Creek people heard with great regret on Saturday morning that the…

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Town Fires

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 2

Late experiences, locally, point to the fact that it is time something was done to minimise the danger of fire in the town. Some…

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Another Fire at Coolamon

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 2

About 1 a.m. on Sunday the Church of England bell clanged out loudly, and it was found that a fire was in evidence at the rear…

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Cooking Without Fire. The "Econocooker."

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 April 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 in Fitzmaurice-street

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 4

An alarm of fire was sounded shortly after 6 o'clock last night a fire having broken out in a detached shed at the fear of Messrs. Rake and…

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Votes for Women. and How They Seek Them. Fires on Trains. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

A canister containing live cartridges exploded and set fire to a third class compartment on a passenger train at Kingston on Thames…

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Fire on the Makoura. Twenty Mail Bags Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

During the Voyage of the steamer Makoura from Sydney to Auckland a fire broke out in the hold where the mail matter was stored. All hands…

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Exciting Fire. Priest Saves Housekeeper London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 8

Exciting scenes were witnessed at a fire that broke out in a Roman Catholic presbytery occupied by the Rev. Rooney, at Sheffield, yesterday…

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Fatalities at a Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred at an hotel in Malone City, U.S., and seven persons were burned to death in their beds. One woman saved herself by jumping…

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Fires to Order. £800,000 Damage Yearly. Faulty Insurance

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2

Astounding allegations as to the widespread ramifications of the "fire bugs" are contained in a report on "Incendiarism," just submitted by Mr Joseph…

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Disastrous Fire. Seven Victims. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

In a fire at an hold in Malone city seven persons were burned in their beds. One woman saved her life by leaping from a third storey window…

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An Argument That Misses Fire

The Worker · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 15

THE "S.M. Herald" jabs her threateningly at the fourth proposed ; Constitution amendment, and shrieks that it amounts to "an indirect method of…

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Fire at Germanton

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

At about 6.30 p.m. the inhabitants of the town were warned by the ringing of the Church of England bell, that a fire was in progress. It…

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