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Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Retiring Fire-fighters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 11

The Parramatta Volunteer Fire Brigade, which has given way to the permanent force, has received a communication from the Board of Fire Commissioners, expressing their appreciation of, and thanks for, the…

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Newtown's New Fire Station

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

The new fire station for Newtown, which is to be erected on the site of the present building in Australia-street, is to cost 6500. The structure, which now serves as a station, will,…

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Country News. Fires. a Policeman's Save. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 10

What might have been a very serious fire was discovered by Constable Conrick on his beat in the main street last night. At the rear of H. E. Merryful's large brick store,…

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City Fire. in the Danger Zone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 9

What threatened to be one of the biggest fires that ever visited Sydney broke out in Roth's-chambers, 176 Pitt-street, on Saturday night, but owing to timely discovery and the…

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Fire in Wooden Building. Quickly Controlled. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 10

A fire broken out at 5 o'clock this afternoon in a large weatherboard building of two stories in the contre of a block of buildings on the Scott-street side of the post-office. Within a…

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The War. Fire at Constantinople. Turkish Warships' Movements. Constantinople, Monday Night

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 7

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A Big Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday Evening.--Two hundred houses were burnt in the neighborhood of the arsenal. Foreign bluejackets helped to extinguish the flames…

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Fire Station at Mascot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

A new fire station has just been completed in Coward-street, Mascot to the order of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and it is a great improvement on the unornamental and…

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Motor Car on Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

Vapor spirit coming into contact with flames caused a fire to occur in a motor car at the Central Motor Expert Company's garage at Grosvenor-street, city, shortly after 11 o'clock…

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Who Lit the Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. J. O. Waugh Tenterfield, writes—"There has been some dispute as to he origin of the Country Party, and I have said that whoever started it…

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New Fire Station at Mascot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

A new fire station has just been completed in Coward-street, Mascot. The buildings are a great improvement on the unornamental and inconvenient weatherboard structure which the…

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Fire at Workhouse. Escape of Inmates

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The workhouse at Tredegar (Wales) was burnt out last night. The 400 inmates were asleep when the fire was discovered, but all escaped safely…

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Crystal Palace Fire. Request by Assessors. Inquiry to Be Held

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

An inquiry is to be held into the circumstances connected with the destructive fire at the Crystal Palace, one of the J. D. Williams Amusement Company's theatres…

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Fire at Workhouse. the Inmates Saved. a Desperate Leap. London. Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 8

There were exciting scenes last night at the workhouse at Tradegar in Monmouthshire. An outbreak of fire occurred in the building, which was burnt to the ground but the 400…

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Fire Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 19

At the request of the fire assessors, who have completed their investigations in connection with the fire which occurred on New Year's Eve at the Crystal Palace, George-street, an inquiry…

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Hornsby Fire Scare. Bucket, or Fire Brigade?

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 1

As one result of the recent extensive bush fire, which destroyed St. Peter's Church and two houses at Hornsby, a public meeting was held in the local School of Arts Hall last…

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Fire Fighting in the Northern Suburbs. Some Reminiscuences

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 4

Although asking recent years there has been a considerable extension of the fire brigade system in the northern suburbs, it cannot be claimed by the most optimistic that…

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New Zealand. Bush Fires Raging. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 7

Bush fires are widspread in the Dannevirko district, which is smoke-enveloped. A gale yesternight fanned the flames afresh, and several homesteads were burned. Other…

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Costly Traction Engine. Causes Bush Fires. Shire Council's Responslbility. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 5

The Mitchell Shire Council (Wagga) finds itself in a somewhat serious difficulty with regard to the use of the traction engine during the summer months. Recently a bush fire…

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House Burnt Out. Port Macquarie

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 11

Captain Messett, of the steamer Macquarie, lost his home and household effects by fire last night…

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