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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

209 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 11

Mysterious Rush Fires

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 19 December 1892 · page 2

Mysterious bush fires, believed to be the work of incendiaries, continue in the Riverina district…

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A Destructive Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 December 1892 · page 2

A cotton warehouse in Liverpool has been destroped by fire, the damage being estimated at £100,000…

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A Colliery on Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 2

A fire broke out at a colliery in St. Helens, Lancashire. The lives of 34 miners it imperilled…

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One Night in a Fire-hole

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 1

It happened twent-seven years ago, and was then but a very little boy, yet the incidents of one memorable afternoon are still as fresh in my mind as the events of last week…

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The Bush Fire Fiend

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1892 · page 2

A terrible bush fire is reported from Berrigan. Thirty square miles of country have been devastated, including the whole of Boomanoomanab and a great part of…

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A Big Fire at Mount M'donald. the Post-office Consumed. a Boy Nearly Sacrificed. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1892 · page 2

A great fire occurred at Mount M'Donald on Saturday. The post-office was entirely destroyed, and the public school narrowly escaped. A boy who…

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Bush Fires

National Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1892 · page 2

A bush fire which broke out in the Cohuna district, Victoria, on Christmas Day, roasted alive 1200 sheep, and burnt a large urea of country, fences, sheds, etc.—The police…

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First Edition. the Bush Fire Fiend. Raging Around Deniliquin. Who Started It ?

National Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1892 · page 2

The bash fire Bend is sweeping south with the most devastating effects ; and rarely a day passes but news is brought of the destruction of homesteads, farms,…

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Destructive Bush Fires. ALBURY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 2

The bush fire, which broke out at Yerong Creek on Sunday, is still burning. Despite the efforts of settlers the fire burned right up to the railway line, and…

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Bush Fires In the South. Settlers Burnt Out

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 2

Immense damage lias beep mused by the bush fires in the Albury district. It is reported that all the selectors on Berrigan special areas haye been burnt out; and it…

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The Devastating Fire Fiend

National Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 2

The bush fires at Wagga were even more serious than was at first supposed. J. Gleinsnell lost 600 acres grass and 6 acres wheat; B. Attali 2000 acres grass and 170…

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