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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

9 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Bush Fires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

At the Bullridge almost every settler suffered more or less by the ravages of the fires, and but for the almost superhuman efforts of the residents much more damage…

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The Bush Fires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

THE appalling destruction of stock and property and human suffering caused by the bush fires which have occurred in various parts of the State have touched a…

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Bush Fires Belief Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

At a meeting of the Central Executive in Sydney it was resolved to invite applications for relief, to be lodged with the honorary secretaries before the 31st inst…

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Bush Fires Belief Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 12

A meeting of the inquiry committee in connection with the Bush Fires Belief Fund was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, the Mayor in the chair…

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Bush Fires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

Again tho district has been visited by the fire fiend. On Thursday a bush fire swept over big tract of country between here and Penrith, and wrought prosit havoc. It…

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Fire at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 4

A SERIOUS conflagration took place at East Richmond on Thursday, when the residence of Mr. Alfred Knott, who is employed at the H. A. College, was completely destroyed…

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Fire at Upper Colo

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Upper Colo on Thursday evening, 26th instant, which completely demolished the residence and household effects of Mr John Boyter The origin of the fire is a…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Saturday, November 18, 1905 Bush Fires. Serious Damage Done

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

A bush fire broke out in the vicinity of the Belmont Park estate on Thursday of last week and spread rapidly towards the river. A telephone menage was sent to…

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Bush Fires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 12

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 matter, and to express the hops that all…

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