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Fires & bushfires, 1907

2,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 102

Fire at Forest Lodge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 8
Also in Evening News

About 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a two-story weatherboard building in Lodge-street, Forest Lodge, owned and occupied by Mr. Stephen Downs, builder, of…

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A Fire-eating General. Debate in French Chamber. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 7

The removal of General Bailloud from the command of the 20th French Army Corps to the command of the 16th Army Corps because of an indiscreet speech and…

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Fire

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 7

A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a two-roomed wooden building in Musgrave Street, Mosman…

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A Fire-proof Brick

The World's News · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 31

A glass company abroad reports the discovery of materials and a process of manufacture which produce a remarkable brick. The chief materials are magnesia and silica rock, which…

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Analogy Between Life and Fire Premiums

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

In a paper on "Paid-up Policies and Surrender Values," prepared for the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland, Dr. A. E. Sprague, assistant secretary to the Edinburgh Life…

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Fire Escapes in Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

Sir,--I have road with painful interest the detailed account of the Montreal School fire in to-day's issue. It is apparent that had there been any fire escapes in the building no lives would have been lost. I do not suppose…

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Heroism at Sea. the Fatal Fire on the Chupra. Steamer Arrives at Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 12

Considerable interest is attached to the visit to Sydney of the new British-India liner Chupra, which arrived here on her maiden visit yesterday, by reason of the fact that a…

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Chicago Horror Averted. Prima Donna Stops Fire Panic. Excitement at the Opera. Chicago, February 23

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1907 · page 11

The coolness of Miss Alice Nielsen, the prima donna of the San Carlo Opera Company, to-night saved Chicago another Iroquois disaster. An audience exceeding 6000…

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The Country. Fire at Windsor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1907 · page 6

WINDSOR, Saturday.--A fire broke out yesterday in Mr. J. Ward's bakehouse in Catherine-street. The local volunteer fire brigade was soon on the spot, and quickly got the water…

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Admiration of State Fire Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1907 · page 9

The South Australian Chief Secretary recently returned from New Zealand much enamoured with the State fire insurance business as Conducted in that colony. The ontry of the…

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Bathurst Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 8

BATHURST, Monday.--Captain Butcher and 13 out of 16 members of the Bathurst Fire Brigate to-night handed in their uniforms. The captain resigned because of the dispute in…

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Rembrandt's Birthplace Destroyed by Fire

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 6

All lovers of art will learn with dismay that the well-known house in Leydon where Rembrandt was born has been destroyed by fire. A little while ago, during the…

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Fire at Corowa. Exited Spectators

Evening News · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 4

COROWA, Tuesday.—A fire occurred yesterday afternoon when the town was practically" deserted by holiday-makers, and only five firemen were available. It completely destroyed a…

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Destructive Bush Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 4

WHITTON, Wednesday.—A bush fire broke out yesterday on Ballandry Station, and the whole country was burnt out, but the homestead was saved. The fire is now travelling towards…

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In the Early Hours Fire at a Timber Yard Balze at a Boot Factory

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 4

A small fire broke out in the boot factory of Messrs. Joseph Vickery and Co., in Riley street, city, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, as a result, it is supposed, of a light…

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Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 7

Shortly after 9 o'clock last night the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in Burfitt-street, Leichhardt. They found a five-roomed cottage, built of weather[?]…

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Fires. Boot Factory Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 11

The boot factory of Messrs. Joseph Vickery and Company, 165 Riley-street, was the scene of a fire between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock yesterday morning, but when the fire brigade got to work…

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Fire at Leichhardt

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 1

The cottage residence of Mr. Harris Lazarus, in Burfitt-street, Leichhardt, was destroyed by fire last night. The alarm was given shortly, before 10 o'clock, and the…

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Bathurst Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 8

BATHURST, Wednesday.--Captain and Mrs. Butcher were to-night entertained by the citizens and presented with a purse of sovereigns and an illuminated address respectively, on the…

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