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

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Bush Fires. Outbreak Near Cowra. 13000 Acres of Grass Destroyed. Cowra

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

A bush fire which broke out this morning destroyed 13000 acres of grass on Cucumgilliga Station and also did considerable damage to the adjacent…

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Bush Fires

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 8

Out Forbes and Condobolin way, terrible bush fires have taken place during the past week. Tregalana run has been completely burnt out, It is roughly estimated…

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Big Hotel Fire London

Leader · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 3

The "West" Hotel, Minnespolis, the biggest between Chicago and the Pacific, caught fire, when 700 gnests were asleep. There were terrible…

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The Season at O'connell. Damage by Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 3

About midday on Saturday, the 6th inst; a bush fire broke out on the holdings of Messrs. J. Clancy and G. Purdon. An alarm of lire was sounded, and in a very…

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Barque Destroyed by Fire Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The barque Ipata was totally destroyed by fire this morning. She had a cargo of salt petre…

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A Terrific Fire. OVER 500,000 Acres Devastated

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 8

THE bush fires which raged throughout the Forbes district from Thursday of last week and are still turning in the mountains wrought incalculable damage, destroying approximately…

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Cullenbone Bazaar Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

For the appeal recently initiated by the committee of the Cullenbone Union Church, viz., to raise funds to recoup tho serious loss sustained by…

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Fire at Airly. Humphries' Hotel Demolished. Inmates Barely Escape. CAPERTEE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Airly on Sunday morning, Humphries' hotel being burned to the ground. Nothing was saved, tho inmates barely escaping…

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Fires in the Forbes District. Father and Daughter Arrested on Suspicion. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

A telegram from Forbes states that owing to suspicious circumstances in connection with the outbreak of numerous fires on the Newlands and The…

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Bush Fire at Cowra. Cowra

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

A bush fire near town to-day destroyed fourteen stacks of hay belonging to Mr Wordsworth…

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A Fire in Sydney. Sydney, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

A fire which, had it not been for the promptitude of the metropolitan fire brigade would have had serious consequences, broke out in the premises occupied by R D Brasch…

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A Bush Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 13

Messrs. A. M. and V. D. Cox's paddock, adjoining the road leading to Spring Flat, was the scene of a fire on Monday last, when upwards of 100 acres…

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A Dray Destroyed by Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

A dray, together with about three tone of stringy bark wood, belonging to Mr Joe Robinson, of the Kelso brick kilns, was destroyed by fire under rather peculiar…

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Fire on the Barque Itata. Newcastle

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

At the police court to-day, Joseph Doran (56), a seaman, who was watchmen on the barque Itata when that vessel was discovered to be on fire on…

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Setting Fire to a Ship Sydney

Leader · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 3

Doran, the watchman on the barque Itata, was remanded till Friday on a charge of setting fire to that ship…

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Bush Fires

Molong Argus · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 6

THE latter end of last week was marked by two bush fires that threatened at the outset to work great damage to the man on the land, and no doubt would have…

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Alarm of Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

A little after eight o'clock on Wednesday night an alarm rang out from the fire station, and soon it was ascertained that an outbreak had occurred at the residence…

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The Fire at Airly

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

The Genowlan hotel, at Airly male mines, totally destroyed by fire yesterday (Sunday) morning, between 2 and 3 a.m., was owned by the Burton Brewing Co.,…

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Fire in a Factory. Sydney

Leader · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

A fire ocourrel this afternoon in a fruit preserving factory at Forest Large. A good deal of damage was done…

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Bush Fires. Some Serious Outbreaks

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 1

WEDNESDAY last promised to be an eventful day in this district, in fact not a few within the "fire zones" had vague fears that holocaust similar to that which devastated half a million…

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