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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 November 1905 · page 2

DURING the past few days bush fires have been during round Goulburn, but so far as can be ascertained they are confined to the serub country. An extensive fire was last…

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Bush or Grass Fires

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

Mr. L. Trainer has handed us the following circular which has been forwarded to Mrs. Coon, and we presume to all storekeepers, by the Under Secretary of…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 2

A MOST destructive bush fire on Saturday burnt country from Lake Cudgellico, taking grass and fences, including Wooyoo, Boreambil, Bygaloree, Mulyan, Youngare,…

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Bush Fires. Widespread Destruction

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 4

Dubbo, Tuesday.—Numerous bush fires occurred throughout the district yesterday, and a very large area of country was swept, while in several instances farmers suffered serious losses. The Old Dubbo…

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Bush Fires

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

[?]ALGOG[?]IN NORTH, Monday.— A most destructive bush f[?]ire yesterday b[?]ar[?] country from Lake Cudgellico, taking grass and fences, including Wooyeo,…

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Ah outbreak of Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 2

ON Monday last the fettlers started bunting along the railway line, and at dinner time some smouldering substance burst into flume, igniting the…

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The Bush Fires' Problem

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 6

Descriptions of the outbreaks and the efforts of the country people to save property from the fire fiend, which appear in the "Herald" with…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 2

ON Saturday last the remains of the Bygalorie and Four Bob fire near Condobolin broke out, owing to a heavy wind rising, The came afternoon the fire that came from…

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Prevention of Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 4

THE Government directs attention to the danger of bush fires, and expresses the hope that all classes of the community will combine to present, as far on possible, any…

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London Fire Brigade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 4

FOLLOWING the adoption of the motor steam fire engine, the London Fire Brigade is soon to be equipped with a motor driven escape, which is now in course of construction. The…

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Bush Fires Prevention

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

The season of the year during which bush fires are to be feared has now begun, and we have been requested by the Government to invite attention to the…

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Carless Use of Fire a Warning Case

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 6

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Monday last before Mr Nisbett, P.M., and Mr Matthews, J.P. Henry Black was charged with…

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Troops Refuse to Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 3

Troops at Warsaw have again refused to fire on a revolutionary procession…

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Will Not Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 4

Troops at Warsaw again refused to fire on a revolutionary procession…

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Latest Cables. the Fate of Russia. Fire and Revolution

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 6

London, Monday.—When the troops at Harbin learnt that they were not to be sent home until the spring, but were to be compelled to face the winter, with…

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Preventing Bush Fires

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 3

THE season of the year during which bush fires are to be feared has now begun, and we have been requested by the Government to invite attention to…

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Rush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2

A DISASTROWS bush fire broke out on Wednesday, about five miles cast of the town of Parkes. A large area of crops and grass was burnt, also stock and [?]., A strong…

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Christmas Fires

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 3
Also in Yass Evening Tribune

When bright Christmas fires are glowing And the fields are white with snow, Down beside the fair Penobscot There comes back the long ago…

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