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Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire on the Kanowna. Considerable Loss. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1907 · page 7

The A.U.S.N. Company's ship Kanowna was found to be on fire at the wharf on the Yarra this evening just as the men had completed loading her with produce…

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Outbreak of Fire On an Inter-State Liner MELBOURNE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 March 1907 · page 1

Just as the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Kanowna was starting from here for Adelaide and Western Australia smoke was discovered coming from the No. 1 hold…

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Bush Fires. Outbreaks in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 8

The bush fire is still raging on the Raceview selections, near Charleville. It is now spreading to Yarrawonga and Helvetia Park, and is doing an immense amount of damage…

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The Country. Fire at Broadwater

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 6

WARDELL, Saturday.--Brown's hotel and Thomas's store at Broadwater were burnt down on Thursday night. It is thought the fire originated in the spirit-room of the hotel. Most of…

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Fire at a Cricket Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 6

The No. 2 area at the Sydney Cricket Ground was the scene of a fire shortly before midday on Saturday, a wooden building used as a store and dressingroom being completely destroyed, and…

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Fire at the Cricket Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 4

A fire occurred at No. 2 Cricket Ground on Saturday morning, which resulted in the destruction of a small building used as a dressing-room and pavilion. Owing to the…

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Fire on the Kanowna. Damage in the Forehold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, just as the steamer Kanowna was about to leave the A.U.S.N. wharf, in the Yarra, for West Australia, when the decks were…

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Fire on the Kanowna. While in Port at Melbourne. a Thousand Tons of Cargo Destroyed Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 6

The ship is on fire" alarm was raised on board the A.U.S.N. Company's steamship Kanowna at 6 o'clock yesterday evening, just as the vessel, crowded with passengers, was…

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Fire at Grahamstown

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 9

ADELONG, Monday.--A cottage at Grahamstown, the owners being Messrs. Davies and Kershaw, occupied by a groom, with the contents was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The…

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Proposed New Fire Station

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

The suburban representative on the Fire Brigades' Board (Alderman W. Taylor), informed the North Sydney Council, at its last meeting, that £500 had been apportioned out of the fire brigades' vote for the purchase of land in…

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The Fire on the Kanowna

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An examination this morning of the steamer Kanowna at the A.U.S.N, Company's wharf, showed that no damage had been done by Saturday night's fire to the…

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Fire at the Strand Three Rooms Damaged

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

The premises in the Strand-arcade occupied by Mr. A. W. Appleby as a photographic studio were the scene of a small fire this afternoon. The flames started as a result…

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Fire at the Glebe Grocer's Shop Badly Damaged

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

A fire broke out this afternoon in a grocer's shop occupied by Mr Thomas F. Thornton, at 49 Glebe-road, Glebe, and before it was extinguished a considerable amount of…

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The Kanowna Fire a Bride and Her Trousseau

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 3

Miss Lottie Fraser, daughter of the Rev. Duncan Eraser, of Heidelberg (Vic.), wan travelling in the Kanowna in the romantic role of bride-elect, being one her way to…

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Fire on the Kanowna. Vessel to Resume Her Voyage Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 6

The steamer Kanowna will leave for Western Australia, via Adelaide, to-morrow morning. An examination made to-day showed that the vessel was practically uninjured. About 13…

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Queensland. Bush Fires. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 9

Bush fires are still prevalent in the Charieville district, notwithstanding every effort to prevent them. Nearly the whole of Arabella station, north of the railway line, has been…

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Fire in the City. Blaze in the Strand

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 7

A fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon in a room on the top floor of the Strand Arcade, Pitt-street end, occupied by Mr. Leonard W. Appleby, who resides at 15 Stanley-street,…

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Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 9

The M.F.B. answered a call yesterday afternoon to premises in the Strand Aicade occupled by A. Appleby, photographer. A fire bad started in the studio, caused. It was thought…

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Fire at the Glebe

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 6

A fire broke out at the rear of Mr. Thos. Thornton's grocery store, Glebe-road, Glebe, on Tuesday evening Considerable damage was done, the store and stables suffering most. The…

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Fire Danger. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 13

Sir,--Although considerable correspondence has been published in your columns on the installation of private fire escapes in hotels, factories, and public buildings, I fail to notice that the authorities have moved in the…

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