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Fires & bushfires, 1914

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Items of News. Lockhart Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 2

In our report of the Lockhart fire, which occurred on Tuesday evening in a motor garage at the Commercial Hotel, it was stated the owner, Mr…

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Disastrous Fire. Shops and Bank Burnt. Ariah Park

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Ariah Park yesterday morning when several shops and the bank were destroyed. The damage is…

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Fire at Ariah Park. Eight Buildings Destroyed Ariah Park

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 3

A fire started in the centre of a row of shops on the west side of Coolamon-street, at 2.80 o'clock this morning. Seven shops and one bank were…

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Fire at Ariah Park. Number of Business Premises Destroyed. Ariah Park

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 2

A serious fire occurred here at 3 a.m. to-day. Seven of the chief business places were burnt to the ground, including the new building of the…

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Fire Brigade Control

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 4

"At a large attended meeting of councils interested in the present Fire Brigade administration, held in the Queen Victoria Markets, Sydney, on…

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Fire at Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 3

On Tuesday night at about 9.45 a fire occurred in the wooden buildings at Ore rear of Mr. Arthur Bolter's Commercial Hotel. The buildings were…

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Fire in Heart of Sydney. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 November 1914 · page 3

Fire last night caused damage estimated at £3000 in Cary's Buildings, in George-street. Miss Harriet Batham, theatrical…

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Destructive Fire. Damage Estimated at £50,000. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out at Parramatta early this morning, at Meggets, Ltd., oil mills. The main portion of the premises is six…

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Big Fire at Parramatta. Oil Factory Burned, Damage. £50,000. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

A big fire took place at Parramatta this morning, when Meggitt's linseed oil factory was burned to the ground, and damage to the extent of £50,000…

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Tasmanian Hotel on Fire HOBART

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

Buckley's Royal Exchange Hotel at Zeehan was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The inmates were roused by the boots, and escaped in…

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German Cargo Steamer on Fire. Syracuse

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

A fire, involving all the cargo, has broken out on the German steamer Albany, bound from Australia to Amsterdam…

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Public Opinion. the Necessity for a Fire Brigade. to the Editor

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

SIR,—Within the space of a few months the fact of two outbreaks of fire having occurred in Lockhart should rouse the townspeople to the…

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Fire on a Station

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 2

A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Walbundrie Station, 20 miles from Culcairn on Sunday. Eighty tons of bay and over 200 begs of chaff, also a…

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Proof Against Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 4

It is an old and trite saying that, "When your neighbour's house is an fire, look after your own" Have you ever thought what would occur if your…

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Big Fire. Confectionery Factory Burnt. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 5

Hogarth's confectionery factory at A[?]nandale has been practically destroyed by fire, together with its contents…

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Proof Against Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 6

It is an old but trite saying that, "When your neighbour's house is on fire, look after your own." Have you ever thought what would occur if your…

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Fire at Manly Hotel. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 December 1914 · page 3

A fire, threatening serious results, broke out at the Grand Pier Hotel at Manly last night, getting a strong hold on the building. But the prompt…

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Setting Fire to House. Mother-in-law Inside. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Percival Bible was remanded at the police court to-day on a charge of having set fire to the house of Elizabeth Burns, his mother-in-law. The…

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Under Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Every one of us must have wondered how he would feel in battle for the first time. We may get some idea of how the average man feels…

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Fire in Gurwood-street

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Shortly after 10 o'clock last evening a fire occurred at a cottage in Gurwood-streer, occupied by Mr. Albert Murphy and family. The house is…

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