Cargo Bush Fires
THE following official report is supplied by the police:—Terrific fire broke out on 29th ultimo, 12 miles from Cargo. Supposed cause by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1905
411 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 21
The Bush Fires Relief Fund
The meeting held in Lithgow on Monday night, though poorly attended, will, we hope, prove the beginning of a successful movement to secure assistance for those…
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THE Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund now totals over £8000. The executive committee has decided that the funds shall he distributed as…
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MR. JOHN NORTON, the man of TRUTH, in a leading article on the above subject, asks for whose benefit is the Fund: Does it mean that the general…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Late Bush Fires. Meeting at Katoomba. Subscription List Opened
A public meeting was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, for the purpose of collecting funds to assist those in adverse circumstances owing to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fires. Relief for Sufferers. Free Timber Granted. Sydney
The following is a copy of a telegram sent to District Foresters by the directions of the Under-Secretary for Lands (Mr. Edward McFarlane) :—"To…
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MR. HAMLET, the Government Analyst, gives as hit opinion that it is "possible," in fact highly "probable," that the recent outbreak of bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Forbes
A SLIGHT outbreak of fire occurred at Mr. J. P. Paton's Hotel, Forbes, on Monday morning. The [?]threak occurred in one of the [?]…
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Sir,—I regret to see that in your columns yesterday the fallacy that fire has a fertilising effect on the soil is repeated, accompained by the endorse…
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The following will be of general interest. As an example it deserves to be imitated. Bowenfels, January 11. MR. J. RYAN, "Mercury" Office…
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With reference to .the fire caused by lightning early on Monday morning, whereby Mr James Caldwell of Cargo, Road, had the…
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A big bush fire, 70 miles long and two miles wide, is raging north-west of Tarcoola gold field. The outbreak is serious. A a result of the fire, Tarcoola…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hartley Vale Fire Fighters. To the Editor
Sir, -- Your Hartley Vale correspondent in his report of the local bush fires would make it appear that all the fire-fighting was done on Monday, 2nd January, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade. Need for Better Equipment. Present Support Insufficient
In view of the interest at present attaching to the local fire brigade and the need that is said to exist for more adequate equipment, a representative of this…
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The great bush fire in New South Wales -- a series of fires which for the present purpose may be treated as one -- calls attention to four chief sources of danger --…
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A dense smoke banging over the town to-day denotes that bush fires are still raging or smouldering around us. On Friday last a conflagration at Gregra caused some…
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The railway authorities inform us that notices re the concession in carriage of fodder, building and fencing material to sufferers by the recent…
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The Lord Mayor's Bush Fire Relief Fund has now reached £4650…
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The bush fire fund now totals £4,600. The amount received is regarded as lamentably insufficient provide settlers with another…
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