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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 14

Prisoners Fire a Gaol. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

The prisoners at the Kishineff gaol revolted, and demanded freedom. They then set fire to the gaol, and the gaol troops opened fire and killed 25…

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Russian Horrors. Prisoners Fire a Gaol. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

The prisoners at the Kishineff gaol revolted, and . demanded freedom. They than set fire to the gaol, and the gaol troops opened fire and killed…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 November 1905 · page 3

Extensive bush Circs have been raging in the Hawkesbury district since Sunday, and at one time it iras thought the township of North…

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Fire in India

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1905 · page 3

the illumination of the main buil[?] the Central India Railway, the offices [?] They were remarkable…

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Whitton. Extensive Bush Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 3

Tremendous bush fires are raging in the Whitton district, on the S.W. railway line, and the whole northern side of Groongal, Bringagee, Wyverhn, and Benermbah station…

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Grass Fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 3

[?] was caused in Gerald Park here [?] the week owing to a thoughtless per[?] throwing the unsmoked portion of a cig[?] on to the grass. Fortunately help…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

The continuous dry weather has caused the withered grass in many localities to burn like tinder, and we regret to learn that there has been a…

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Busk Fires. Great Destruction

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

A great fire has been burning at Gunbar, in the Hav district About 15.000 acres of grass were destroyed, and the fire bad a front of 40 miles…

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The Danger of Fire. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 2

SIR,—A recent fire at Edinglassie from spontaneous combustion has empha sised the danger of placing hay stacks in the vicinity of buildings. In such a…

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Fatal Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 5

Thirty [?]ons were suffocated and incinerated through a fire which occurred in a model [?] house at Glasgow. The girl in the high schools of Japan…

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Bush Fires. Acres of Grass Consumed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 3

Latest particulars concerning the disa[?]trous bush fires to the north east of Hay show that the fine started at Green Hills, 20 miles from Hillston,…

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Fire at Bridgman

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 2

On Friday last a fire that had started from a holding in the vicinity of the estate of Mr. G. L. Lethbridge, at Bridgman, spread with great rapidity,…

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[?]Ate News by Cable. London, Nov. 20. Terrible Fire at Clasgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 3

In the fire in Councillor Nickols' model [?]house at Glasgow, on Saturday [?] of the 64 inmates, 32 men perished. [?] remainder were rescued severely burned…

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Gallop Through Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 1

John Hannon, the mail coachdriver between Milton and Bateman's Bay, found his way impeded by fireHe endeavored to turn" back, but the…

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Great Fire at Glasgow. Several Persons Perish. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

Thirty persons have been suffocated and their bodies consumed by fire as the result of an outbreak in a model lodging-house in Glasgow…

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Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

The damage done to fences by the recent bosh fires has once more reminded pastoralists that Anchor Fence is not only the cheapest, but the most…

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Bush Fires Around Cessnock

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

On Thursday and Friday, last week, the bush fires came very near Cessnock, in fact so close to the town that at one time there was a grave danger of the…

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Bush Fires. Severe Losses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

A selection of 2560 acres, north of Condobolin, was burned out on Wednesday. It was occupied by Mr Owens, jun., as a dairy farm,…

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Gallop Through Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 1

John Hannon, the mail coachdriver between Milton and Bateman's Bay, found his way impeded by fire. He endeavoured to turn back, but the fire had jumped the road behind…

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