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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Disastrous Bush Fires SYDNEY, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

Devastating bush fires are raging in all directions…

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Rush Fires Still Racing. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

Enormous damage has been done by bush fires in the Goulburn district. The conflagration is the most extensive experienced for…

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Special Messages. Immense Damage by Bush Fires. Many Settlers Ruined. a Dairy Hero Destroyed. Several Lives Lost. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

Immenso damage by fire was caused near Avoca, in Victoria. Four hundred settlers checked the progress of the fire but not before losing heavily, It is reported that…

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Fire Brigade Competitions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 8

Judge, Mr E.J. Cato; starter, Mr. V. T. Stears: timekeeper, Mr. C. Giovanclli. Engine to be in full working order, as if for fire, in each competition…

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Fire at Lismore. R.C. Church and Convent Destroyed

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 2

INTELLEGENCE reached Maclean yesterday that a fire had broken out in the Convent at Lismore about 9 a.m. resulting in the complete destruction of the building, as well as of the church…

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Disastrous, Fire at Lismore. Convent Buildings and St. Carthage's Pro-cathedral Destroyed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

LISMORE; Monday.—A small private residence occupied by William White; on the western side of St. Mary's Convent, took fire at 11 o'clock to-day. The flames…

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The Bush Fires. Many Lives Lost. Immense Damage Done. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 5

The disastrous bush fires are still raging both in this State and in Victoria. They extend over the whole of the Southern and…

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Rain Extinguishes the Fires. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 5

From ten to twelve hours steady rain fell this morning at a number of country towns, finally extinguishing, the smouldering fires…

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Destructive Fire at Lismore. the Pro - Cathedral and Convent Buildings Destroyed. Lismore

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 4

A disastrous fire, resulting in the destruction of St. Carthage's Pro-Cathedral, St. Mary's Convent and a small private residence,…

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Bush Fires

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

HARROWING details are to hand of the terrible destruction wrought by bush fires in nearly all parts of the State. Large tracts of country have been…

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The Great Heat Wave. Excessive Temperatures. Appalling Bush Fires

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 4

A telegram from Gundagai on Sun-day states that the whole country is desolate. The present lire visitation is the greatest calamity that lias ever befallen that part. The losses…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Enormous Loss of Property and Stock. Numbers of Fam[?]jes Rendered Home Terrible Burning [?]Lities Reported. Loss Estimated at £100,000 in One District. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 1

The following telegrams, received by us late on Tuesday evening, were issued in the form of an " extraordin-ary" on Wednesday morning…

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The Lismore Fire. Destruction of R.C. Church and Convent

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

FURTHER particulars of the fire at Lismore on Monday show that a small private residence occupied by William White, on the western side…

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The Bush Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

The fire fiend has been much in evidence with the advent of 1905. The bush fire is one of the arch enemies of the Australian pastoralist, and is responsible for an…

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Special Messages. the Bush Fires Further Heavy Losses. Relief Provided for the Distressed. Narrow Escapes From Burning. SYDNEY,Thursday

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

Rain has fallen over a large portion of the State, and it is anticipated that the most serious of the fires have been extinguished. An inch and a quarter was…

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Origin of the Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

One or two of the rumous fires that have occurred in the State during the past week have been traced to carelessness. A picnic party in one case were the offenders. They…

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Heat and Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

The heat wave that extended over the greater part of Australia for about nine days terminated with Wednesday, on which day 108 degrees were registered…

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The Lismore Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

The "Northern Stat" writes—The occasion at last has arisen when conditions were against the Fire Brigade, and the result is great destruction of buildings and effects…

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"THE C. AND R. EXAMINER." Established 1859. Published Tuesdays and Saturdays. Head Office: Prince-street, Grafton. Sydney Branch: The Stock Exchange, 113 Pitt-s[?] Sydney Telephone: No. 1017. Grafton: January 7th, 1905. the Bush Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

The beginning of the new year has given the primary producer the opportunity to once again repeat, with cynical and [?] pant reiteration, the old familiar cry in…

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The Bush Fires

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

Definite statements have been made by prominent persons in the southern district that the country was designedly ignited. A member of the…

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