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Fires & bushfires, 1919

279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 14

Fire Alarm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 2

An alarm of fire was received at the Wagga Fire Station, through the fire alarm box at the corner of Morgan and Baylis streets, at 11.30 a.m…

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Fire Victims Buried. Pitiful Scenes. Whole Town Mourns. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 2

One hundred and thirty-one victims of a kinema hall fire at Valence, where the audience stampeded, were buried yesterday. The little town suspended…

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Disastrous Fire. Cargo at Liverpool Ablaze. Million Pounds Damage. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 2

Portion of Liverpool Dock and a large quantity of cargo was destroyed by fire, the damage amounting to a million sterling…

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Liverpool Fires. Liner Scuttled. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

The damage in the big fire at the Liverpool docks includes the burning of the liner Norline, which was scuttled…

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Fire at Gundagai. Three Shops Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

Another disastrous fire occurred in the main street of Gundagai on Tuesday, when the business premises of Messrs. E. C. O'Sullivan, news agent and…

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A Fire Bug. Gundagai Is Alight Once More Three Shops Burnt Wilfully Set On Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

It was about 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning — an hour Gundagai was sleeping peacefully — that the church bells were heard ringing…

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Big City Fires. Marchant's Printery Suffers. Damages £50,000. Mysterious Explosion Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

The premises in Kent-street occupied by Marchant and Co., Ltd., general printers, and the office of the "Farmer and Settler" newspaper, were…

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Another Big Blaze. Three Shops Gutted. "Who's the Jonah?"

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

"WELL, you must be a Jonah," said a friend good naturedly to one of the victims of Tuesday morning's big blaze. "I don't know whether…

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Big City Fire. Damage Estimated at £100,000. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

One of the most disastrous fires experienced in Sydney occurred last night. In less than an hour an eight storied brick building in…

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Gundagai's Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

The damage done by the Gundagai fire is estimated at over £2500. Losses and insurances:— Mr C H. Mudear, stock £800;…

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Fire in Gurwood-street

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

Shortly before mid-day yesterday an alarm was received at the Wagga Fire Station, through the telephone exchange. The motor engine was…

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Factory Fire. Building Completely Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

A fire broke out at a two-storied blouse factory in Belmont-street, Alexandrai, to-night. The building was completely destroyed…

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Another Fire At. Gundagai. Three Shops Burnt

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

Another, disastrous fire occurred in the main street of Gundagai on Tuesday, when the business premises of Messrs E. C. O'Sullivan,…

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Fire at Alexandria. £10,000 Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 2

The damage done by the Alexandria are fire last night when Rose factory ws destroyed is estimated at about £10,000…

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British Open Fire. Monster Battleships Go Down. Baden Alone Afloat. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 2

The Admiralty reports that all the battleships and battle-cruisers were sunk except the Baden, which is still afloat. Five light cruisers were sunk and the other three…

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Counting the Cost What the Fire Bug Has Done. Nearly £14.000 Damage.how Gundagai Town Has Suffered

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 2

The "fire bug" has played havoc with Gundagai In less han six months' time the insurance companies have paid to…

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The Late Fire. an Admission

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 2

THE big fire of last Tuesday morning, which consumed property of an estimated value of £5000, has since been the sole topic of…

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Another Big Fire at Gundagai. Three Shops Burnt. Wilfully Set on Fire

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 2

Gundagai had another big fire on Tuesday morning last, by a peculiar coincidence originating in the same owner's shop where the first fire,…

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Flying Fatality. Seaplane Catches Fire. Mechanic Drowned. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 2

The great French seaplane Orion, which cost £40,000, and weighs 4 tons, and which was built for bombing submarines, was taken for its trial flight…

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Recent Fires. Accidental Causes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

The Inspector-General of Police and the Chief Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigades conferred this morning regarding the…

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