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Fires & bushfires, 1903

1,918 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 96

Great Fire. Travnik Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 4

LONDON, September 6, 2 p.m.—A great fire has occurred at the town of Travnik, Bosnia. Six hundred houses, seven mosques, and one synagogue have been destroyed…

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State Fire Insurance. the New Zealand Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 3

WELLINGTON, August 30.--State fire insurance is the cause of dally excitement amongst us just now. I think I have mentioned in former letters that the Government measure of this year…

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Fire in Capetown. Damage Estimated at £100,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The promises occupied by Mercer and von dor Byl, and also by Wiener and Co., in Capetown, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at…

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Great Fire in Bosnia. Three Thousand Persons Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--About 900 houses, including seven mosques and a synagogue, have been destroyed by fire at Travnik, in Bosnia…

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Fire at Capetown. Damage, £100,000. LONDON, Sept. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 7

A fire occurred at Capetown yesterday, destroying the premises of Mercer and Skongen, Van der Byl, importers, and Wiener and Co., Limited, shipping agents…

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A Big Fire. 600 Houses Burnt, 3000 People Homeless. London

The Australian Star · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 4

A great fire has occurred at Travink, in Bosnia. Six hundred houses, seven mosques, and a synagogue were destroyed…

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Shocking Case of Child Murder. Smothered and Burnt on a Coal Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 6

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--A revolting case of infanticide was reported on Saturday afternoon. A married woman named Margaret Brown, aged 41, was arrested and charged at the police court…

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Fire on a Steamer. Outbreak Among the Coal. Several Men Burned and Scalded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 5

Shortly before 10 a.m. on Saturday a fire broke out on board Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s new steamer Kyarra, lying at Limestreet Wharf. The vessel arrived here from…

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Fire on a Steamer. the New Liner Kyarra in Danger. Five Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 7

Aft 9.45 a.m. on Saturday a fire was discovered on the new 7000-ton A.U.S.N. liner Kyarra, lying at the companys Lime-street Wharf. The vessel was timed to sail for West…

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Second Edition Great Fire in Bosnia. Many Buildings Destroyed. Three Thousand People Homeless. London, Sept. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 7

A great fire has occurred at the town of Travnik, Bosnia. Six hundred houses, seven mosques, and one synagogue have been destroyed…

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School Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 6
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COOMA, Monday.--On August 27 the half-time public school at Sandy Flat, near Jerangle, was destroyed by fire. At an inquest by the District Coroner, the evidence showed that the school…

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Fire in Capetown. Damage Estimated at £100,000

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A fire occurred at Capetown yesterday, destroying the premises of Mercer and Skangen, importers of ship chandlery, Dock-street; Van der Byl and Company,…

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Great Fire in Bosnia. Three Thousand Persons Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--About 900 houses, including seven mosques and a synagogue, have been destroyed by fire at Travnik, in Bosnia…

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Fire at Capetown. Damage, £100,000. LONDON, Sept. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 5

A fire occurred at Capetown yesterday, destreying the premises of Mercer and Skongan, Van der Byl, importers, and Wiener and Co., Limited, shipping agents…

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Great Fire in Bosnia. Many Buildings Destroyed. (Three Thousand People Homeless. London, Sept. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 5

A great fire has occurred at the town of (Travnik, Bosnia. Six hundred houses, seven mosques, and one synagogue have been destroyed…

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Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

An outbreak of fire took place on Monday evening, in a cottage, in George-street, owned by Mrs. Ellison, and occupied by Mr. Bowerman, fisherman. It has been for years known…

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A Fatal Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 7

By a fire in a boarding-house at Taihape a married woman named Mitchell was burned to death. Her husband was badly burned, and other inmates had narrow escapes…

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Fire on a Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 36

A rather serious accident, due to an outbreak of fire, occurred at ahout 10 a.m. on Saturday, on the steamer Kyarra, on which preparations were busily In progress for the vessel's…

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The Fire on the Alder-grove

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The coroner's inquiry into the fire on board the ship Aldergrove, in Newcastle Harbour, on the 22nd of August, terminated this afternoon. In his evidence…

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