Preventing Bush Fires
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 intention, to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 14
Bush Fire Prevention
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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The New Zealand steamer Wimmera , which arrived this morning from Wellington, had a narrow escape from serious damage at sea by fire. It appears that smoke was found…
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A fire broke out about 9 o'clock on Wednesday night in a weatherboard cottage situated near the saleyards, owned and occupied by Mr. S. C. Horne, cab proprietor. When the alarm was raised…
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An outbreak of fire in reported to have occurred on the blockade runner Carlisle at the French Port of Saigon. The vessel has explosives aboard, and it is feared it will…
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The season of the year during which bush fires are to be reared has now begun, and we have been requested by the Government to invite attention to…
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A weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by Mr S. C. Horne and adjoining Foster's saleyards, was destroyed by fire aboat 9 o'clock on…
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In the course of a report on the "Use of Phosphorus as a Poison and its Possible Relationships to Bush Fires" Mr. F. B. Gluthrie, in the "Agricultural Gazette" says :…
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A disastrous fire has broken out amongst the Ashbridge farms, abond 16 miles from Coolamon. Several farmers were clean burnt out of their…
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Great bushfires are raging in the district. Thousands of acres of wheat crop were destroyed during yesterday. The fire travelled at a terrific rate last night and was five miles wide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Facts & Fancies. Fatal, Fires in May
On Thursday, 6th May, 1886, a fire, attended by loss of life, occurred at Derby, where the Grand Theatre, a now building, was burned down, and one of the actors…
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One of the largest bush fires seen from the town for years was raging on Wednesday on an eminence designated Mount Pleasant, about eight miles to the north-west of Muswellbrook…
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When bright Christinas 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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My sentiment is that the Christmas is, of all our festivities, the one most thoroughly interwoven with the home and family. It is the day which kindles in…
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A fire, which arose from a peculiar cause, is reported from the Rushworth district of Victoria. In driving too close to a tree the steel comb of a harvester was…
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A fire broke out at the rifie range, Cootamnndra, on Sunday last, and destroyed Faunce's orchard, four haystacks at Hassall's farm, and some…
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The engine house of the Darcy Mine at Lucknow was found to be ablaze on Christmas Eve. Crowds of people rushed "to the scene, but the flames…
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Reports to hand from various centres in the country districts show that bush fires continue to do great damage to crops and pasture, although…
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