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

Fires & bushfires, 1900

390 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 20

Orange Fire Brigade Delegate. Entertained in Orange

Leader · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 4

Mr. P.A.Oaborne, treasurer of the Burwood V. P. Brigade.and representative for tho O.V.F.B. on the Metropolitan Fireman’s Association, arrived in Orange on Tuesday…

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The Transvaal War. She Siege of Wepener. Terrible Artillery Fire. London

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 2

Thousands of Boers, with eight guns, two pom-poms (Viekers-Maxim) and two Maxims, have surrounded Lieutenant-Colonel Dalgetty's fores of Cape Riflcs at Wepener…

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Dubbo Fire Brigade. Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 3

The Dubbo Fire Brigade took possession of the new Fire Station near the Town Hall, this week…

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Sale of Cabin Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 13

Mr. G. Furey's 3-year-old bay filly, Cabin Fire, by Clarion from Fishwife, was submitted at auction on the racecourse on Wednesday,…

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Terrible Fire in Canada. Pro-boer Fenian Incendiaries. 2000 People Homeless. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 3

A great fire is raging at Hull and Ottawa, in Canada. The damage is estimated at from ten to twenty million dollars. Numerous fatalities have occurred, and…

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The War. In The Transvaal. The. Relief of Wepener. Nz. Rough Riders Under Terrific Fire. The Enemy Effectively Shelled. Operations of French and Hamilton. LONDON, Friday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 3

Additional particulars of the recent fighting state that Major-General Brabant on Wednesday found a number of Boers occupying a kopje which commands the eastern…

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The Great Fire in Canada. Full Details. Cause of the Outbreak. Result of an Accident. Enormous Property Losses. 15,000 People Homeless. Hull Burnt to the Ground. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 3

The disastrous fire which has occurred in the Canadian cities of Hull and Ottawa, on opposite banks of the Ottawa River, was not, as was first thought, a Fenian outrage. The…

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Another Fire Near Forbes

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

A six-roomed wooden cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. S. N. Denning as a colonial wine shop, at Droubalgie, was totally des­troyed, with its contents, by fire on Thursday…

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The Ottawa Fire. London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

The Queen has sent a message of inquiry and sympathy with the sufferers by the Ottawa fire. The Lord Mayor has opened a relief fund…

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Latest Cablegrams. the Fire in Canada. English Sympathy. Enormous Amount of Destitution. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

The Queen, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, H.B.H. the Duke of York and Lord Lans downe, Secretary for War, have sent mesages of sympathy to the sufferers from the…

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The Ottawa Fire. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 2

The Premier of Victoria has sent to the Premier of Canada a message of deep sympathy with the sufferers by the Ottawa fire…

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The Ordeal by Fire

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 4

The road which led to the old manor house was on the very edge of the moor and skirted the sea. A veritable home of the winds it…

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Disastrous Fire. Two Cities Devastated. London

Molong Argus · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 2

A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at Hall and Ottawa in Canada, the damage being estimated at £1,500,000. Late reports of the outbreak show that the…

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Destructive Fire at Wallerawang Several Shops Destroyed. the Carrington Hall Demolished

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 4

Word was received in Lithgow early yesterday morning, by Messrs. Beveridge and Co., that their promises, at Wallerawang, together with several other buildings, had been burnt Blown on…

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Fire at Wallerawang. Wallerawang

National Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 3

About 5 o'clock yesterday morning, some back premises of the Commercial Stores were discovered to be on fire. The buildings were of wood, and…

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Great Fire In Canada. Enormous Property Losses. 15,000 People Homeless. London

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 4

The disastrous fires which has occurred in the Canadian cities of Hull and Ottawa, on opposite banks of the Ottawa River, was not, as was first thought, a Fenian outrage…

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Later Intelligence. De Wet and the Highlanders, The Power of Cold Steel. A. Magnificent Charge. The Captain Blinded by the Boer Fire. LONDON, Friday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 2

Commandant De Wet with his force on Tuesday surrounded Captain Towse and fifteen Gordon Highlanders, demanding their surrender…

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Big Fire at Ballina

National Advocate · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 3

At about half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke out in a fruiter's shop, occupied by Mrs. Marlow, situated in River-street, Ballina. Heavy rain had fallen just…

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Fire at Hill End

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 3

On Saturday night, soon after 12 o'clock the fire bell rang out an alarm of fire and very speedily a crowd assembled in the vicinity of Mr. Hughes' residence, where a…

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The World Reuter's Messages. the Ottawa Fire. London. Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 3

The Lord Mayor's fund, which was opened to assist in relieving the distress caused by the Ottawa fire, has now reached £30,000…

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