In July 1906, the city of Dundee was the site of a large fire caused by the ignition of a bonded warehouse. The fire, which burned for 12 hours, has been...
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RRS Discovery (redirect from Discovery Point, Dundee)
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden...
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Dundee (/dʌnˈdiː/ ; Scots: Dundee; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh, pronounced [t̪un ˈtʲeː]) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year...
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1906 – 1906 Dundee fire: a large fire breaks out in a warehouse storing whisky. 1909 – Dundee United F.C. forms as Dundee Hibernian. 1914 – Dundee Dental...
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Seagate bus station (category Transport in Dundee)
station is located about 100 metres to the east of the site of the 1906 Dundee fire. Stagecoach East Scotland X7 Coastrider to Aberdeen 20 to Kirriemuir...
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000 made homeless; the fire started during a violent storm. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake and fire 1906 – Dundee Fire of 1906, Scotland, began at a whiskey...
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London and South Western Railway in 1906. She was built by Gourlay Brothers in Dundee and launched on 25 May 1906. She was built as a replacement for...
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Dundee Science Centre (formerly known as Sensation) is a science centre located in Dundee, Scotland, and a part of the Scottish Science Centres Network...
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Caird Hall (category Buildings and structures in Dundee)
The Caird Hall is a concert auditorium located in Dundee, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. The site currently occupied by the building was...
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Dundee Royal Infirmary, often shortened to DRI, was a major teaching hospital in Dundee, Scotland. Until the opening of Ninewells Hospital in 1974, Dundee...
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the Argyll car at Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. 19 July – 1906 Dundee fire: a major fire breaks out in a bonded warehouse. 18 August – Campbeltown and...
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The Dundee International Book Prize was awarded from 2000 to 2016. It billed itself as the UK's premier prize for debut novelists. It included a £5,000...
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Local opposition to this grew by March 1906, stated that the shuttered depot was harming development in the Dundee Lake area. Among listed problems caused...
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Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education (category Education in Dundee)
Al-Maktoum College Of Higher Education is a college located in Dundee, sponsored by Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and minister of...
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Flint, Michigan William Paterson (trade unionist) (1843–1906), Scottish trade unionist and fire officer William Paterson (wrestler), Australian Olympic...
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are not identical to either. Most notably, the four cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow form separate areas from the surrounding countryside...
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Marshall Field's (section The Great Chicago Fire)
locations in Illinois added, one in October 1980 at Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, and one in 1981 at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale. Another Texas...
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number would have worked. Vaughan (2007), p. 87. Archibald (Whalehunters: Dundee and the Arctic Whalers, 2004), p. 9; Francis (A History of World Whaling...
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is situated just off the main A90 road between Perth and Aberdeen, with Dundee (the nearest city) being 13 miles (21 km) away. It is approximately 5 miles...
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driver carried on as Dundee was only a few miles away. As the train was running along Invergowrie Bay a traction motor caught fire and the train (with...
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Revolution". Romanov had already made failed attempts to purchase Dundee United, Dundee and Dunfermline. Romanov offered the prospect of the club staying...
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1st Forfarshire Artillery Volunteers (redirect from 5th (Dundee) Forfarshire Artillery Volunteer Corps)
December 1859 5th (Dundee) Forfarshire AVC formed on 16 January 1860 6th (Dundee) Forfarshire AVC formed on 24 April 1860 7th (Dundee) Forfarshire AVC formed...
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Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist) (category 1906 births)
John James MacDonald (May 19, 1906 – February 1, 1991) was an American foley artist and voice actor. He was the original head of the Disney sound effects...
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required) "Hat Factory On Fire" in The Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, 23 May 1906, p. 4. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2015. (subscription...
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engines, they could be operated safely by anybody capable of managing a fire. The 1906 Rider-Ericsson Engine Co. catalog claimed that "any gardener or ordinary...
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1931 Nothing Venture, 1932. Serialised, Dundee Courier, 1932 What Became of Anne, 1926. Serialised, Dundee Courier, 1932 Red Danger (USA: Red Shadow)...
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give to his wife as a gift). He was executed by firing squad in 1987. Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi Morocco 1906 and earlier 36 36+ Known as "Marrakesh Arch-Killer";...
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Sunday Life Sunday 6 August 1989, page 31 Times Tuesday May 7, 1991, page 2 Dundee Courier Saturday 12 October 1991, page 31 October 1991 Wellcome Collection...
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"British Tug a Total Loss". Dundee Courier. No. 16600. The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). 31 August 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2020...
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11–0 (against Dundee, 26 October 1895) Record League win: 11–0 (against Dundee, 26 October 1895) Record away win: 9–0 (against Dundee United, 28 August...
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