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Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Stern Measures. Troops Fire on Strikers. Martial Law in Lisbon. 115 Ringleaders Arrested. Conveyed Aboard a Cruiser

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 9

LISBON, Wednesday.--The majority of the strikers arrested at Evora have been released. The strike committee at Lisbon has advised the men to refrain from anything which would…

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Bush Fires At. Mount Lofty

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

Bush fires have been of frequent occurrence in the Adelaide hills around Mount Lofty during the last few weeks. Another disastrous outbreak took place yesterday on…

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Adelaide's Score --111 .7. Bush Fires Spreading. Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 8

The heat wave continues to gather force and the weather to day is more unbearable than at any previous time during the week. Early morning to add to the general…

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Bush Fires. on Adelaide Hills. Great Damage to Orchards

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--This morning the sixth line of the season broke out on the late Mr Richard Baker's Morialta estate, near Norton's Summit, on the Adelaide hills, and despite…

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Twelve Miles Front. Extensive Bush Fires. Grass and Orchards Destroyed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 9

The fires which started on Wednesday in the bills east of Adelaide developed considerably in force and extent to-day., The shade temperature during the day was 112, and this,…

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Fires. Damage at Gunnedah

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 7

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--The Telba woolshed, near Carroll, together with machines and a woolpress, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. A steam engine, which was being used…

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Heroic Fire Fighters

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

In n fire which occurred in Mile End road, London, on Sunday night, the lives of five children were for some time in grave peril…

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Cost of a Fire Brand

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

Applewood.—I called at the office of the Registrar of Brands yesterday and duly registered your brand. The registration cost [?] if you would…

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Fire Records. 191 Calls Last Month

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 11

All existing records of the Fire Brigade have been broken during the past two months and the staff has been kept going at top pressure. After attending the phenomenal number of…

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Fire Brigades. Government or Local Control?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.--The Fire Brigades Act and its administration came in for some strong criticism at last night's meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council. The discussion…

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Threatened by Fire. Madame Melba Assists Firemen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Madame Melba, who is on a visit at Banool, near Yarra Glen, had an exciting experience yesterday when the house was threatened with destruction by a…

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Pram Catches Fire. Child Killed While Mother Faints. Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 6

An infant Amy Elizabeth Loveland aged 2½ months, was the victim of a shocking burning accident at Maryborough. At half-past 11 o'clock at night the…

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Bush Fires. Yambulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 18

Bush fires are raging all round, the atmosphere being a dense mass of smoke. The temperature is 1[?]3 in the shade…

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Bush Fire at Lansdowne

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 11

The Liverpool Fire Brigade received a call to attend a serious hush fire at Lansdowne yesterday afternoon. The fire started on the property of Mr. Mumford, and a large barn and a…

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Two Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

The Parramatta Fire Brigade received two calls on Friday. The first, at 12.30, to douse the fire on six panels of fencing at the rear of Mr. David Mills' residence…

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Suburban Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

For the 12 hours ended 6 p.m. yesterday there weer 10 calls of fire received and attended to by the various stations. These were scattered among Granville, Co[?]gee,…

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Fires at Randwick

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 11

A grass fire started off Avoca-street, Randwick, shortly after 6 o'clock lost evening, but was extinguished by the fireman from Randwick and Paddington before serious…

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Fire at Rosehill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

The Granville Fire Brigade was called out on Friday morning to a fire that, but for the prompt action of Mr. W. Banks, foreman of the Rosehill Racecourse, might…

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A Mysterious Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

On Monday last a mysterious fire happened at Mr. L. W. Pye's residence, Harris Park, when the linen press was found to be on fire. Mrs. Pye. first detected…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

CURLEWIS, Friday.--Moloney's Curlewis Hotel was burned down at about 1 o'clock this morning. There is no water supply in the town, and practically everything was destroyed…

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