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Fires & bushfires, 1916

374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 19

Car on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

While a motor car belonging to Messrs. Fitzgerald Bros'. Wagga Motor Garage, was standing in Baylis-street, near the Great Southern…

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Mysterious Fire. Lockhart Wheat Stacks. Second Outbreak Reported. Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 3

A little alter 11 o'clock on Saturday night a second outbreak of fire Occurred at the Lockhart railway station wheat stacks…

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I.W.W. Fires. Charge of Conspiracy. What Might Have Been. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

The trial of 12 men charged with alleged conspiracy to set fire to certain warehouses in the city was commenced at the Criminal Court to-day before Mr…

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Another Fire. in Lockhart Wheat Stacks

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2

Lockhart in becoming quite a not able place for excitements great and small. It is not so many weeks ago since there was great excitement over…

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Victors Garlanded with Flowers. Intense Allied Artillery. Enemy Trains on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 2

The inhabitants flung wreaths of flowers on the horses' necks of the Trench cavalry anil garlanded the Russian infantrymen…

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Bush Fires. Precautions Urged

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 4

Warnings to people to take special precautions against the danger of bush fires are being issued by the Victorian Lands Department. The…

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Suspicious Fire. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 4

A fire which destroyed the Belmore Timber Company's drying shed last night did damage to the extent of £800. which was not covered by…

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Another Suspicious Fire Belmore Timber Yards. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2

A fire, which destroyed the timber drying sheds at the Belmore Timber Company's works, Belmore, last night did damage amounting to £800, and…

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German Debacle. Re-conquest of Servia Begins. Disorderly Retreat Towards Prilep. Allies Cross the Cerna. 7,000 Prisoners Taken. Serbians Fire Million Shells. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 3

The "Daily Chronicle's" Athen[?]s correspondent states the far reaching effects of the capture of Monastir is already shown in that more than a third of New Serbia has been freed of Germans and Bulgars. 7,000 were prisonered in eight days, 1500 of whom…

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Lockhart Wheat Stack. Another Fire Outbreak

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 1

A little after 11 o'clock on Saturday night a second outbreak of fire occurred at the Lockhart station wheat stacks. An alarm was…

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Big Fire Prevented. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

A quantity of methylated spirits in a tank was damaged by fire on the 9th floor of Warwick building, in Hamilton street this afternoon. The…

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Fire in Brisbane. Extensive Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 1

A six-storey warehouse, occupied by Messrs. Cutler Bros., wholesale saddlery and harness merchants, Brisbane, was destroyed by fire. The stock…

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Fire at Glebe. Damage £600,000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 1

Hughes' wood-turning mills at Glebe were, destroyed by fire this morning. Owing to the inflammable nature of the contents the flames…

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Conspiracy Charges. Cotton Waste Fires. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

At the continuation of the I.W.W. cases, a doctor, a Government analyst, evidenced that the chemical provided him, if allowed to evaporate…

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Wheat Stack Fires. Outbreak at Borambola. Supposed Spark From Train

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

Another wheat stack fire is reported from Borambola Siding, on the Wagga-Humula railway line. There are two stacks at the siding…

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Gun Fire Increased. on Italian Front

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 3

The Italian official reports increased artillerying along the whole front. We destroyed the defences of Tonale, in the Camonica Valley region, and…

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Fire on Steamer. Probably Caused by Bomb. Cargo for Allies Saved. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 1

A fire on the Italian steamer Beginald Italia, lying at the wharf at Brooklyn, destroyed a cargo of wax, but did not destroy a valuable consignment of…

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District News. Up Angeline. Fire Brigade Meeting

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade was held at Mr. T. H. Blight's senr., residence on November 18th…

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City Fires. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 3

Two small outbreaks of fire occurred in the city this morning, but were promptly suppressed…

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More City Fires. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 4

A fire, early this morning, gutted the whole back part of Baxter's Residential Cafe, George—street, and the inmates were compelled to make…

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