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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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Destructive Fires. Row of Shops Burnt. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 4

A destructive fire occurred at Mungindi, in the noth-west of the State, this morning, when a row of six business premises was totally burst…

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Destructive Fire Six Buildings Destroyed at Mungindi. No Fire Brigade to Stem Flames. Mungindi

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 4

A destructive fire at Mungindi this morning destroyed a row of six buildings, owned by Sylvester Buller, and occupied by Messrs. Crane and Co…

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Fire at Railway Station

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 2

Just after midnight last night the fire bell rang out for a fire at the local cleaning sheds. A small store room attached to the main store room…

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Fire on Bombala. BRISBANE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 2

The steamer Bombala, while on the way from townsville to Brisbane, caught fire. A tin box was found close to where the fire broke out…

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Mysterious Fires on Ships Were They Caused by Germans? Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 2

Official explanations that the fires on the steamers Ortclic, Urilla, Bombala and Norfolk were caused by spontaneous combustion does not satisfy the public…

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Disastrous City Fire City Illuminated by Flames. Damage Estimated at £100,000. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Sydney carly this morning, when six stories of a boot warehouse, occupied by George Cull and Sons, Pitt Street were gutted…

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Disastrous Fire. Conflagration in Pitt-street. Business Premises Gutted. Narrow Escapes of Firemen and Spectators. Damage Estimated at £100,000 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 3

Further particulars of this morning's disastrous fire show that the warehouse of George Cull and Son, was gutted, together with premises occupied…

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Being Bombarded. Bewteen Two Fires. "It's Coming!"

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

Two miles outside Soissons I arrived of Monday, september 11. right in the midst [?] an English convoy and French troops—mostly Zo[?]ves and Tureos (wrote Albert…

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Big Fire in Sydney SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

The watchhouses occupied by George and [?] and Co., [?] street and by john [?] and Son [?]…

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Heaping Coals of Fire. Tax Collected and Then Returned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

Further particulars of the levying of the tax on Czernowitz show that for a whole day the city fathers and priests travelled the countryside,…

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Marching to Death. Four Lines Mowed Down. Terrific Enfilading Fire. Dunkirk

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 2

During the storm on Tuesday night, the Germans between Ypres and Labaasee crept towards the English trenches in open one. The enemy s artillery…

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Coals of Fire. Heaped on Teuton Heads. Russian General's Ruse the Comely of Czernowitz. a Levy That Was Returned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 5

Further details have been received of the triumphal entry of the Russians into Czernowitz the capital of the Australian Crown and of Bukovina, south of…

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Fire in Melbourne. Clothing Manufacturer's Gutted. Three Firemen Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 3

The premises of S. Schwartz, an underclothing manufacturer in Melbourne, were gutted by fire this morning. Two or three other buildings…

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Freezing Works Fire SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

The freezing works at Millthorpe were totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A hundred crates of rabbits stored at the works were…

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Fire in Wool Shed. Hay

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 1

A fire occurred last night at Corogan's wool-scour works, which had been closed for the night. About 9 o'clock an odor of burning wool was…

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The Russian Advance Incessant and Desperate Fighting. Artilltry Fire and Bayonet Charges. Tremendous German Losses. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

A Petrograd paper says the Russians are continuing their irresistible advance, characterised by incessant and desperate lighting. The German…

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Fire in Lockhart Motor Repairing Shop Destroyed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 1

Last night, about 9.45, a fire occurred in the wooden buildings at the rear of Mr Arthur Bolton's Commercial Hotel. The buildings were…

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Steamer on Fire Serious Damage Prevented Kerosene Shavings Under a Bunk. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 4

An attempt to set fire to the steamer Willochra was discovered at Wellington (N.Z.),in time to prevent serious damage. Shavings saturated with…

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Fire at Lockhart. LOCKHART

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 2

About 9.45 o'clock last evening a fire occurred an the wooden premises situated at the rear of Mr. Arthur Bolton's Commercial Hotel. The…

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Suspicious Fires Ships Being Searched Before Leaving Port. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 3

The news of the discovery of fire on on the Willochra, at Port Chalmers, following on fires on other vessels, is causing ship owners and agents much…

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