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Fires & bushfires, 1907

2,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 102

Fire at a Colliery Surface Buildings Destroyed Nineteen Valuable Horses Lost Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 5

A disastrous fire took place in the surface buildings at Lambton B Colliery at Redhead last nighty resulting in the destruction of the stables and no fewer than 19 valuable…

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In Federal Session. Under Fire Over the Tariff. How British "Preference" Was Worked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Questions and answers over the tariff shot rapidly from one side of the Chamber to the other in the House of Representatives this afternoon. The…

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Fighting at Belfast. Riot Act Read. Huitary Fire on the Mob. the Hospitals Full. London, Aug. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 9

The rioting at Belfast was renewed on Monday, and it was worse in severity than on Sunday. Cullingtree police barracks were wrecked, and a number of police…

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Special City. "Evening News" Office. 4.5 P.m. Fire at a Colliery. £1000 Damage. Nineteen Horses Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Shortly before 21 o'clock last night a serious fire broke out on the pit top at Lambton B Colliery, at Redhead. The total loss is roughly estimated at over £1000,…

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Fire on South Coast

Evening News · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 5

WOONONA, Thursday.—At an early hour this morning a fire broke out at the premises of Mr. A. O. Thomas, draper, and Mrs. Thompson, fancy goods and refreshment rooms. Both…

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Fire at a Colliery. Stables Demolished. Nineteen Horses Perish

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The fire which occurred at the stables attached to the Lambton B Colliery, near Redhead, in the Dudley district, on Tuesday night, proved a disastrous…

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Newcastle. the Lambton "B" Pit Fire. Horses Killed Worth £600. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 8

The disastrous fire which destroyed the colliery stable and feed-house belonging to the Scottish Australian Mining Company's Lambton "B" pit last night, killing 19 valuable…

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A Midnight Fire Engine Works Burnt Out Brigade's Work Hampered

The Australian Star · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 1

The Union Oil Engine Co.'s showrooms and works at Woolloomooloo Bay were destroyed by fire late last night, and Hellings's ladies' baths were severely damaged. The blaze was…

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Waterside Blaze. Oil Engine Works Destroyed. Fire Bbigade Without Water

Evening News · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 4

The show rooms and works of toe Onion Oil Engine Company, on the north-western side of Wolloomooloo Bay were totally destroyed by fire on Thursday night…

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Fire Float Wanted

The Australian Star · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 1

A" "Star" reporter interviewed the President of the Water and Sewerage Board this morning regarding a statement made in a morning paper that there was not sufficient water…

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Big Blaze. Oil Engine Works Destroyed. Series of Explosions. Poor Water Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 7

The whole of the Domain, Garden Island, and Potts Point, was illuminated last night by a fire, which destroyed the Union Oil Engine Company's showrooms and works,…

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Fire at Woonona. Two Shops Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 8

WOONONA Thursday.--At 4 o'clock this morning a fire bro[?] out in a grocery and small goods shop, in the main street, occupied by Mrs. Thompson. The fire had a complete hold of the…

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Great Blaze in the Domain. Engine Works Destroyed. Swimming Baths Damaged. a Brilliant Spectacle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 7

The Union Oil Engine Company's showrooms and works at Woolloomooloo Bay were demolished by fire last night, and Hellings' Baths were also severely damaged…

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The New Duties. the " Two Australia's" Policy. Important Tariff Decisions. No Exemptions Whatever. the Government Under Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An important announcement was made in the House of Representatives regarding the treatment of goods on vessels that had called at one Australian…

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Fires at Sea

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 8

AUTHWOH gas, mntches, la[?]ps, defective fire places and caudles are responsible for 80 per cent, of the fires on land, they are only responsible for about five per cent, of…

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Destructive Fire at Woonona. Two Shops Destroyed. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 13

A fire occurred at Woonona about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning, whereby two shops— a drapery establishment and refreshment rooms—were completely gutted, nothing…

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Dynamite Factory on Fire. German Town Evacuated. Eighty Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- A series of explosions at a dynamite factory at Domitz, Germany, set fire to the buildings, and compelled the authorities to order the…

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Fire in a Colliery Stable

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1907 · page 12

A fire occurred in the stables belonging to Lambton B Colliery, the property of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, at Durham. Nineteen valuable pit horses were burnt, and a…

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How Fire-fighters Work. Rules They Must Obey

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1907 · page 12

"There are two rules," says an officer of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Fire Brigade, "which are strongly impressed upon firemen when on a job—that is…

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The Wooll00mooloo Fire

Evening News · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 2

The master of the steamer Keira, Captain W. E. M.Murray, writing in connection with the fire at Woolloomooloo Bay on Thursday evening last, say:— The Kiera arrived on the…

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