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Fires & bushfires, 1907

2,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 102

Current Items. Fire

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

At an early hour on Monday morning the residence of Alfred Samuels, Moore-street, Leichhardt, was completely burnt out. The…

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Fire at Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 10

TAMWORTH, Friday. -- This morning Neale and Ferry's drapery establishment in Peel-street was completely destroyed by fire. All the machines and stock belonging to Miss Bowery,…

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The Fire Brigades

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 6

At the meeting of the Granville Council on Tuesday a circular was road from W. Taylor, representative of suburban fire stations on the Fire Brigade Board…

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Fires Near Longreach. Large Areas Burnt. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 13

The fire which broke out yesterday in the Longreach district in what is known as the second Woolscour paddock was after strenuous exertions got under. The broken nature…

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Fire at St. Kilda Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 7

A fire broke out in a bedroom of the Espia[?]ade Hotel. St. Kilda, today. Considerable [?]amage was done before the flames were ex[?]inguished…

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Fire at Tamworth. Shop and Contents Destroyed

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 8

TAMWORTH, Friday.— Messrs. Neal and Ferry's drapery and clothing establishment was, with the contents, totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The building, a large…

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Fire at Tamworth, Business Premises Gutted. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 12

A disastrous fire occurred in Peel-street about 5 o'clock this morning, the premises of Messrs. Neal and Ferry, drapers and clothiers, being gutted, together with the contents…

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Fire on a New Zealand Steamer. Flax on the Manuka Alight. Cargo and Mails Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 9

Damaged cargo lying about the Union S.S. Company's Margaret-street Wharf afforded ample evidence of a serious outbreak of fire on board the company's steamer Manuka on the…

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Bush Fire Prevention

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 14

With a view to coping with bush fires, the Chief Secretary of Victoria (Mr. Langdon) has prepared a circular, to be issued to all the shires and various public…

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The Devastating Bush Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 6

So far this season bush fires have not been so prevalent as in past years, but this fact need not induce a false sense of security to prevail. There…

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Fire in Tillock's

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 7

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 10 o'clock last night, a fire having broken out at Messrs. Tillock and Co.'s establishment of grocers, at the…

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Fire in Kent=street a Lucky Save

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 1

A fire broke out at the premises of Messrs. Tillock and Co., wholesale grocers, of Liverpool and Kent streets, city, at 10 o'clock last night. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade, under…

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Fire in Celluloid Factory. Twenty Burnt to Death London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 7

A fire broke out in a celluloid articles manufactory at Geispolsheim, in Alsace Germany. Twenty youths and girls, who were…

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Bush Fires. in the Cootamundra District. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 7

A grass fire broke out on Mr. M'Culloch's station. The Oaks, eight miles from Cootamundra, yesterday, and destroyed 1000 acres of grass and fencing before it could be got…

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Fires. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

The old change-house on the Junction North mine was destroyed by fire this morning, possibly through a pipe being left alight in some workman's clothes. The building…

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Newcastle. Fire at Hexham

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 6

A house or seven rooms at Hexham, occupied by Mr. Lot Worthington, was completely destroyed by fire to-day. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Worthington, with his family, left home…

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Hospital on Fire. Infectious Ward Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 6

MOLONG, Monday.—A fire occurred last at out 9 o'clock, at the local cottage hospital, when the infectious ward was burned to the ground. Mr. J. E. Manton, who resides…

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A Terrible Fire. Twenty Persons Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--A disastrous fire, resulting in the loss of 20 lives, is reported from Geispolsheim, in Germany. The fire occurred at a factory where…

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The Broken Hill Proprietary Fire. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 8

Concerning the Block 11 fire on the Propriety mine, the general manager, Mr. Delprat, said to-day:—"The fire in Block 11 has been gradually working its way upwards…

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Celluloid Factory Fire. Twenty People Incinerated. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 7

A factory for celluloid articles at Geispolsheim, Alsace-Lorraine, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Twenty youths and girls who were unable to escape were…

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