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Fires & bushfires, 1919

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The Fire at Whitton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 October 1919 · page 2

We have received the following additional particulars of the destruction of Whitton School of Arts as already briefly reported in these…

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Fire in Chaff Trucks

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

At a result of a fire on a special train travelling between Narandera and Junee on Sunday, about 2½ tons of chaff and four tarpaulins and lashings were…

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Fire in Chaff Trucks

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 2

As a result of a fire on a special train travelling between Narandera and Junee last Sunday, about 21/2 tons of chaff and four tarpaulins and…

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Fires. Big Losses. Lawson House and United Furniture Factory Gutted. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 1

A fire broke out early this morning in Lawson House, a building of nine floors, in Clarence-street. Firemen soon had the flames under control…

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Sydney Fires. Heavy Damage Results. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 2

A fire broke out early this morning in Lawson House, a building of [?] floors in Clarence-street, Sydney. The firemen soon had the flames…

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Fire Insurance. Small Houses. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 4

According to the Government Statistician, the total premiums received by the New South Wales insurance companies in respect to fires and…

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Fire at Marrar

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 4

What might have been a very serious fire occurred during a heavy wind form at Hillview, Marrar, on Monday last. During lunch hour a spark from…

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Hospital "Blaze." Pouring on Kerosene. Ned Says the Meeting Was a Bogus One

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 2

There was an air of expectancy at the special meeting of the hospital .committee, fixed for Friday evening last to deal with I the report of the…

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Fire Escapes Necessary

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 2

The alleged unsatisfactory condition as regards fire escapes in certain holds in Wagga was commented upon at the Wagga Quarterly Licensing Court…

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Incendiary Fires. Four Fires Last Week, Prosecutions Now in Progress. BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 October 1919 · page 1

Prosecutions are now in progress at Cairns of men suspected of causing fires at Innisfail. At Cairns a further arrest was made…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 2

At 7.45 on Wednesday morning the whistles of the railway engines and the rinsing of the firebells gave the alarm of fire. The scene of the…

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Damage by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 4

As a result of a candle coming into contact with a curtain last evening a bedroom the residence of Mr Charles James Hale, Baylis-street…

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Twenty Killed Coal Mine Fire. Vancouver, Oct . [?]

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 1

St. Louisville. O[?] reports twenty deaths from a disastrous coal-mine explosion and dire at that city…

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Riots in Egypt Troops Fire on Crowd Disorders Continue Into Night. Mobs, Fearing Famine, Beseige Ships. Australian Cable Association

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 1

A message from Alexandria, Egypt, gives details of further serious rioting in that country, where, it will be remembered, there were strikes and…

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Fire Beaten. Wellington N.Z.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 November 1919 · page 1

The fire which broke out in the freezing chamber of the steamer City of Winchester off the New Zealand coast has been got under control…

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Egyyptian Outbreak Troops Obliged to Fire. Native Portion Now Controlled by the Military. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 November 1919 · page 1

A Hermsworth report regarding disturbances in Alexandria states that nothing was renewed on 25th October and that the troops were obliged to…

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Fire at Illabo

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 November 1919 · page 2

In the early hours of Monday morning the woolshed owned by Mr. G. Brunskill of “Carinya” lllabo, was totally destroyed by [?]re.. At 12…

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Items of News. Farm Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1919 · page 2

A telephone message from Illabo on Tuesday conveyed the information that the fine farm shed attached to Mr. G. Brunskill's residence, "Carinya," was…

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News in Brief. a Fire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1919 · page 2

Mr. Wm. Craig suffered a severe lesson Friday last. Camping at the Brookong Windmill, he took two of his dogs to a dam a short distance…

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Big Fire Loss

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 2

Two buildings at the old abbatoirs. Glebe Island, us as stores by Burns. Phillip and Co. were gutted by fire. A third building was saved by the…

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