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

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Band Contest and Bush Fire Relief Continental

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the committee, of the above was held on Thursday evening at the Oddfellows' Hall, Alderman Rogers in the chair. The balance-sheet of the late gramophone…

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Water Causes Fires

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

That water can cause fire may at first seem a little unlikely but this is just what happened on the western coast of Ireland only a few years ago. The rocks which…

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Bush Fire Relief. Votes for Country Centres

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the Bush Fires Relief Fund Committee was held in the Town-hall, Sydney, on Thursday morning. It was decided to pay money to the local…

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Band Contest and Bush Fire Relief Continental

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 2

THE committee met at the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening, Alderman Rogers in the chair. The balance-sheet of the gramophone entertainment was adopted, showing a…

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The Late Bush Fires

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

A meeting of the central committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fire Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall on…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. FIRE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. Edward Knox's residence, "Rona," Bellevue Hill, was partially destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at about £2000. The premises were fully insured…

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Railway Men and Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

A letter has been forwarded to the Railway Commissioners by residents of the Towrang district, expressing appreciation of the work done by the local railway men, and also those at Goulburn,…

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Bush Fires

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 1

ON the subject of the cause of bush fires, Mr. Inspector Palmer, of Germanton, writing to the Minister for Lands, says:-- "I think, the present…

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The Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

IN a letter received from Adelong, the writer gives a vivid picture of the losses he has sustained, which goes to show that many people do not yet realise the terrible losses and…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

THE following gentlemen were appointed to act as a committee to decide how the amount subscribed to the Forest Creek Fire Fund should be allotted, viz:—…

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Cause of Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

Albury, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Jindera Farmers and Settlers' Association to-day the question of the cause of the bush fires was discussed at length, and the following resolutions were carried:—…

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Fire Breaks

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 6

In some districts summer fires cause enormous loss on farms as well as pastoral holdings. In the case of farms, the loss is in nine cases out of…

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Bush Fire Relief

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 2

The executive committee of the Bush Fire Belief Fund met at the Sydney Town hall on Thursday. The Wagga list showed the total losses…

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Race Through Fire. Sensational Coach Accident. Man Roasted to Death

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

A coach accident of a sensational character has just been reported from Glen Wills, Victoria. Crawford and Company’s coach and…

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The Rabbit Pest. Phosphorus and Bush Fires. the Efficacy of Wire Netting

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

The fires which swept over the greater portion of Eastern Riverina lately were so numerous, so destructive, and so disastrous in results as to…

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A Fire Call

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

About 8 o’clock last evening the town was startled by the ringing of the bell at the Fire Brigade Station, and many people made for Cooma-street to see…

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Fatal Fire at Marsfield

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 4

A SHOCKING burning fatality occurred on Friday afternoon at the chemical works of Messrs. N. Gutheridge, Ltd., at Vimiera-road, Marsfield. The victim was Victor Cutbush,…

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Fire Alarm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

On Sunday evening last, about 7.30 p.m. an alarm of fire was raised in Cooma-street and the bell rang at the fire station. The firemen were quickly…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Fire at Bourke

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

A fire occurred at Bourke this morning. Six shops were destroyed and damage estimated at £7000 done. ARBITRATION COURT…

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Disastrous Fire at Bourke

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

A BIG fire occurred in Bourke carly yesterday, when a terrace of four brick shops owned by Mr. H. Colless was destroyed, together with the contents. Three other shops…

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