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

Fires & bushfires, 1902

627 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 32

Bush Fires

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 3

A large bush fire was raging about one and a half miles from Raglan Railway Station on the Bathurst side last night. It appeared as if a crop…

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Bush Fires

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

The bush fire epidemic is beginning to encroach on the Carcoar district. A very large are, which did a considerable amount of damage, occurred at…

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The Mountain Bush Fires. Marvellous Sights

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

"A Visitor" gives the following graphic description of the recent fires on the Blue Mountains:--All day on Saturday the molten sun had hung in the heavens, every now and then shining…

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The Bush Fires. a Destructive Hurricane

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 4

Reports show that the fires in the Riverina district were of a most disastrous character. Many holdings have been denuded of grass, crops have been destroyed, and homesteads…

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The Fire at Leura. Damage Exaggerated

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 5

The fire at Leura occurred by lighting picnic fires at the bottom of the falls, and of course it increased as the dead timber and scrub was reached, but as far as the whole of the falls…

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Bush Fires. a Fire—swept Country

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

Out in the bush in a great tract of country men are fighting fierce fires, which are threatening and destroying their homes and property, and, worse than all, it is feared…

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The Big Bush Fires. No Poverty Caused. Sydney, Friday night

Leader · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

The reports to the P[?]emier state that although the damages by big bush fires is great in the Gundagai district there is no destitution requiring immediate…

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Where the Fires Raged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 2

Last week bush fires were raging over a large area of country round Gilgandra. A large number of men are cutting railway sleepers in the…

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The Fire at Leura Falls

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Saturday.--The fire at Leura Falls has now completely subsided, owing to continual rains for the last day or two. The damage, it can now be seen, is not nearly so serious as was…

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Fire at Crago's Mills. Speedily Checked. Slight Damage Done

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The fire bell rang out an alarm this morning and when it became known that the outbreak had occurred in F, Orago'a mills, there was something approaching a soars. A…

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Fire at Crago's Mill

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. F. Crag's mill in Lambert-street was yesterday morning the scene of a small fire. The outbreak—the cause of which is not known—occurred in the "smut" room. An…

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A Fatal Fire. BOURKE

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

A are occured at Curranyalpa, near Tilpa, on Sunday night, by which a four-roomed house, occupied by a family named Smith, was destroyed…

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Fire at Forbes. FORBES

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

A wooden cottage at North-hill, occupied by E. Barbe, was burned on Sunday night about 10 o'clock through a curtain catching fire from a candle…

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Fire at Leichhardt. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

Wallace and Co.'s clothing factory at Leichhardt was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The building with its contents were insured for between £10,000 and…

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Hemmed in by a Bush Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Rial Brothers, of Copabella Station, near Germanton, were heavy losers in a bush fire which occurred on that station. The fire broke out between 1 and 1.30 p.m. Mr. A…

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A Land on Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

It had been dry on the Hawkesbury, no rain of quantity fir six months. On the 17th Dec, 1901, thr orchardist stood under his…

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The Fire at Leura Falls

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 8

The fire at Leura Falls, one of the great beauty spots on the mountains, has now completely subsided, owing to continual rains for the last day of…

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Fire at Blayney. BLAYNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

A fire occurred in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Miss Cooper, in Church-street, last night. The outbreak was discovered by a neighbor in the front portion of the…

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Destructive Fire at Leichhardt Numbers Thrown Out of Employment. Sydney, Wednesday night

Leader · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Early this morning the clothing and boot factory of Messrs Wallace and Company, Leichhardt, was burnt out. It was a two-story brick building…

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The Reign of Crime. A Maclean Sensation. Husband Fires at His Wife and Children. An Early Morning Battle. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 13

A terrible domestic tragedy is reported from Maclean, on the Manning River. James Dowling, formerly a…

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