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Fires & bushfires, 1907

2,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 102

Fire at Campsie

Evening News · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 10

A fire broke out shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday night in the dwelling of Walter Badman, Campsie-street, Campsie. The building was a four-roomed weatherboard structure, and…

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New Fire Station. for Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 2

This station, for which the people of Penrith have so patiently waited, is now presumably a settled question, the Pablic Works Department having…

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Shops Gutted by Fire. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 13

A fire broke out this morning about 5 o'clock at the promises occupied by Mr. Greg M'Girr, chemist, in Clarinda-street. In a very short time the flames[?] fed by the…

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Fire at Parkes. Three Shops Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 9

PARKES, Friday.--Early this morning the chemist's shop occupied by Mr. G. M'Girr was found to be on fire by a lodger in a neighboring hotel, who gave the alarm and brought the reel…

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Remarkable Fire at Ryde Sparrows As Incendiaries. Resident's Prompt Action Saves School

Evening News · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 9

About half-past 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, after the children had left the Ryde Superior Public School, a fire was noticed in the [?]f of a western gable of the…

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By the Camp Fire. Old Man Found Dead. His Dog on Guard. Wentworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 13

The body of Donald Steward, an old man, was found outside his tent yesterday. He is belleved to have been sitting near his camp fire when he fell dead, apparently some weeks…

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Fierce Fighting. Moors Attack French Column. Repulsed by Withering Fire. Heroic Arab Horsemen. Poor Shooting by French Gunners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--During a dense fog on Wednesday morning a vast horde of Arab horsemen surrounded Casa Blanca, and made determined attacks upon the positions…

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Battleship Tragedy Powder Charge Takes Fire Several Men Burned to Death

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 25 August 1907 · page 3

The story of the terrible disaster that occurred last month on the United States battleship Georgia while the crew were at gun practice is told in the English files to…

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Burned Out. Fire at Long Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 7

Homeless, hatless, and bootless; that is how an unfortunate woman, on returning to Long Bay from town on Saturday, found her three little children. The woman, Mrs. Woods, is the…

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Fire at Campsie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 4

A weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. W. Badman, in Campsie-street, Campsie, was destroyed by fire on Friday night The Ashfield branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…

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The Long Bay Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 6

The circumstances attending the Long Bay fire, which destroyed a cottage on Saturday afternoon, are unusually distressing. The owner Mr. Patrick Woods, has been entirely unable to…

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Fire at Darling Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

About 2.15 this morning a fire broke out in a box factory in Lackey-street, Darling Harbour, occupied by W. M'Annally. The building is of two stories, and the fire occurred…

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Box Factory Destroyed Fire at Darling Harbour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke, out on the ground floor of a box factory in La[?]key-street, Darling Harbour, occupied by. W. M'Enally. A few minutes…

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Fire at Darling Harbor. Case Factory Damaged

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 4

A fire broke out about 2 o'clock this morning ia a two-storey weatherboard building in Lackey-street, Darling Harbor, occupied by W. M'Ennally and Company as a fruit case…

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"The Fire of Secession." Immense Increase in Mining Costs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday,--Mr, J. W. Kirwan, formerly member for Kalgoorile in the House of Representatives and who is just over from West Australia, says that the houtility to the…

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Woolshed on Fire. Damage £5000. Shearers Thrown Out of Work. Longreach (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

Further particulars in regard to the destruction of the Corona wool shed, Longreach, show that the engineer, Mr. Isaac Swales, fired up the engine about 4 o'clock, and there was…

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Strange Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

Late on Friday afternoon, after the departure of the scholars and teachers, dense smoke was seen issuing from the highest point of the western gable of the…

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Government Fire Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 11

The position of fire insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand has been an exceedingly precarious one since the Government opened a fire insurance department…

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Fire Brigade Smoke Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 12
Also in The Australian Star

The members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade gave a smoke concert to the whale-boat crew of H.M.S. Powerful at headquarters last night. An excellent programme was presented, and an enjoyable evening…

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