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Fires & bushfires, 1904

1,913 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 96

The New Guinea Affair. Shooting of the Natives. Judge Robinson Was the Last to Fire

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 5

The inquiry, which was formally opened on Monday into the circumstances attending the occurrences at Goar[?]bari Island, in British New Guinea, on March 6, 1904, when a…

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The Fire Eaters

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 7

Sir,—"What things a man sows the same also shall he reap," is a dictum of Divine Wisdom deserving everlasting remembrance. The fruitage of one species of seed-sowing…

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Fire at St. Petersburg. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 2

The electric cable and wire factory of Felten and Guilleaume, at St. Petersburg, has been destroyed by fire, the damage done being estimated at £250,000. A quantity of…

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Fire in St. Petersburg. Naval Material Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Messrs. Felten aud Guillaume's electric cable wire factory in St. Petersburg has been totally destroyed by fire, the estimated, damage being a…

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Fire at St. Petersburg. Russian Munitions Destroyed. London, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 7

The electric cable and wire factory of Felton and Guilleaume, at St. Petersburg, has been destroyed by fire, the damage done being estimated at £250,000 A…

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New Guinea Commission Three Natives in a Canoe. Did Judge Robinson Fire Upon Them?

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 6

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the occurrences at Goarl[?]ari Island, British New Guinea, on March 6, 1904, when a collision between the natives and a…

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Excitement at an Election Meeting. a False Alarm of Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 6

PEAK-HILL, Thursday.--During the course of Mrs. Rhys Davis's address here last night to advocacy of reform, and while the building was crowded with a mixed audience, a false…

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The Battle of Ta-shih-chiao. Terrific Artillery Fire. the Bayonet at Work. Japanese Night Surprise. Russian General's Despatch. London, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 7

General Zabourieff, Chief of the Fourth Siberian Army Corps, commanded the Russians who fought the Japanese in front of Ta-shih-chiao on Saturday and Sunday,…

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The Fire at the Commonwealth Mine. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 9

An inquiry has been held by the inspector of coal mines into the fire at the Commonwealth mine, Lidsdale, and it was found that the mine had been wilfully set on fire. It will…

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A Sensational Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1904 · page 8

A stirring account of a fire on shipboard comes from San francisco. The three-masted American wooden barque Fannie Adele suddenly burst into flame whilst lying at one of the wharves there and on the eve of…

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Fire at Newcastle. Robbery From the Building. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1904 · page 8

About half-past 4 this morning Constable M'Vicnr discovered an outbreak of fire in a produce store occupied by Messrs. T. Garrett and Sons, Hunter-street West…

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Fire at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 6

About 4.15 a.m. yesterday Constable M'Vicars discovered a Are on the premises of T. Garrett and Sons, produce merchants, of Hunter-street West. An alarm was given…

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Forest Fires in France

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Disastrous forest fires are raging in the south of Franco, in the vicinity of Toulon…

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Fire in a Redding Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 13

Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in a bedding factory at 232 Church-street. Camperdown, occupied by Waller Lyons. In response to a call through the…

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Sunday's Great Battle. Terrible Artillery Fire. Showers of Shells. How Keller Died. Troops Suffer From Heat. London, Tuesday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 4

The latest despatches from the Far East state that in the battle fought on Sunday Russian batteries on the left flank fired no fewer than 4842 shots in four hours…

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Disastrous Fire. Near Windsor

Evening News · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 6

WINDSOR, Thursday.:—A disastrous fire occurred early yesterday morning at the homestead on the Burdekin Estate, familiarly called the "Stone House," situated at Lower…

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Fire in a Bedding Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 4

A fire occurred yesterday morning in a bedding factory at 232 Church-street, Camperdown, occupied by Mr. Walter Lyons. The outbreak was confined to the flockroom on the ground…

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The Country. Fire at Wilberforce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 9

WINDSOR, Thursday.--Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire broke out in the homestead known as "Stone House," on the Burdekin Estate, Lower Wilberforce. The…

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Country News. Fires. a Hawkesbury Landmark Destroyed. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 11

Early on Wednesday morning the building known as the Stone House, the property of the late Mr. Sydney Burdekin, situated at Lower Wilberforce, was destroyed by fire, nothing…

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New Zealand. Destructive Fire. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 7

The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association's storehouse at Timaru has been destroyed by fire. The association's loss is estimated at £2000…

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