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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 5 of 32

Successful Trial of a Fire Escape. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Leader · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

A successful trial was made to-day of the Boyd fire escape, at the new Stock Exchange buildings…

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Tp-Day's Telegrams. Fire, at Stockton. a Serious Outbreak. Newcastle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 3

A serious fire, the worst that has ever occurred at Stockton, broke out there this morning in the private dwelling-house of Mr George Waugb, who resides next to his…

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Big Fire at Stockton. Six Houses and a Church Destroyed NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

What proved to be a big fire broke out at Stockton a noon to-day, and resulted in six bouses and a church being destroyed…

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Bush Fires

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 11

At the Armidale police court on Tuesday Iast Kyran M. Manus, a settler at Arding was fined £3 and costs for failing to extinguish a tire which,…

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Jenolan Caves. a Fierce Bush Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 3

The terrific bush fires, which have been raging around here for the past few days, partly surrounded the Caves hotel and Government buildings on Sunday morning. Early in the…

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Fire!

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 11

A fire broke out in one of the Paddocks on the Biraganbil estate on Tuesday last. Help was quickly at hand and after strenuous endeavors…

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Fire near Cassilis

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 8

Mr. Elijah Rawlinson, the well known selector of Borambil Creek, a few miles from Cassils, had a hayshed. containing about 60 tons of hay…

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Careless Use of Fire

Molong Argus · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 9

MR. E. G. Finch, District Stock Inspector and Secretary to the P. and S.P. and Sheep Boards of the district, has received from the Department a copy of proposed…

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A Fire and a Friend

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 5

WEXTWORTH FALLS, Thursday.--An uninsured blacksmith's shop and dwelling, occupied and owned by Mr. Edward Sharp, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Two children were in bed, but were…

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Bush Fires

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 9

A CORRESPONDENT advises us that two bush fires occurred at Dilga last week; one on Mr. Cookram's the other, on Mr. Flemings property. Willing hands turned out to battle with the…

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Fatal Fire in Melbourne. Mother and Child Burned to Death. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

Early tint morning a fire broke out at premises occupied by Mrs. Murtin, at Drysdale. A large crowd gathered at the scene of the fire, but was…

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Fire! An Alarm of the flight. Latimer's Hotel Narrowly Escapes Destruction

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 February 1902 · page 2

From a fire point of view Mudgee has been a lucky town, the blaze at the D.I.C. holding an easy record. The fiend, however, comes…

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The Dry Weather. Scarcity of Water and Bush Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

LAWSON, Saturday.--Two double trains are running daily with water from Penrith for locomotive purposes here. MT. VICTORIA, Sunday.--Grass is getting more…

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Big Fire in America. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

A destructive fire in Connecticut baa resulted in damage to the extent of half a million starting. Several lives were lost…

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Fire at Kalgoorlie. A Young Man Burnt to Death KALGOORLIE

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 1

About two o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a four-roomed hessian house in Dugan-street. The place was speedily destroyed, but a more serious…

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LEADERETTES Fire at Spring Hill

Leader · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

We regret to have to report a serious fire at Spring Hill, by which Mr Arthur Capps was the unfortunate loser. One of his two homestead buildings was…

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Fire in America. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

A destructive fire destroyed some stores in Waterbury, Connectic[?]t. The damage is estimated at £500,000. Several lives were lost…

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The World. Big Fire in America. Damage £500,000. Loss of Life. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

A destructive fire has taken place at Waterbury (Connecticut). A number of stores wore burnt to the ground and several lives were lost. The damage…

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A Disastrous Fires. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

The damage done by the fire which occurred at Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. is now estimated at £800,000. It devastated BO acres of buildings…

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Fire Near Wellington

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 15

A bush fire occurred at Maryvale, near Wellington, last week, The fire was observed to start in a grass paddock belonging to the Towri Estate,…

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