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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

159 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 8

Bush Fires

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

A bush fire which must have occasioned great damage to property was narrowly averted on Thursday of last week on Mr. T. P. Grant's propetry, Cherry…

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Glasgow Fire Tragedy. Death-roll Thirty-nine. Lodging-house Panic. Firemen Beaten Back by Frantic Men

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

The most disastrous fire experienced in Scotland for half a century occurred yesterday morning at a model lodging-house for men in Watson street, in the…

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[?]osphorus Poisons and Bush Fires

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 7

Several disastrous bush fires this season [?]re stated to have originated from the [?] of phosphorus rabbit poisons, and, as [?] a great amount of…

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Bush Fires

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

THIS year points to mote bush fires in our district than any year which we have yet experienced. Looking to the cause of such vast destruction we find that the trouble…

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Benefits of a Bush Fire

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 14

A visit through the unrung country west of Wyalong (says the Stab), and which the disastrous bush fires recently swept, impresses the traveller that…

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Terrors of Ocean Roads Fighting Fog and Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 7

The recent wreck of the Hilda off the coast of St. Malo, and the consequent loss of 128 lives, is a reminder that man is as far from conquering the dangers…

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Broken Hill Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 1

The fire in the Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill has developed serious proportions. The mine and the men are now idle…

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Bush Fires

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 18

THIS year points to more bush fires in our district than any year which we hare yet experienced. Looking to the cause of such vast destruction we find that the trouble…

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The Narromine Fire

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 10

A REWARD of £25 will be paid by the Government (in addition to rewards of £25 each offered by Mr. Jeffery and the Manager of the City Mutual Fire…

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Bush Fires and Cro[?]s

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Although the bush tires have done a lot of damage to fences, buildings, cte., they have done grood in clearing the country of a lot of scrub, and…

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The Broken Hell Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 1

Some of the men who went into the Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill yesterday were so overcome by gasses that they had to be removed by the Am…

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Fire at Bogan Gate

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 8

A FIRE started early on Sunday morning, in premises owned by Mr. McKay, and used by Miss Draper as a millinery and dressmaking shop at Bogan Gate…

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Great Hotel Fire. Inmates Leap From the Seventh Story

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

On 10th January, the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—A great fire broke out early this…

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Sydney Fire. DAMAGE £200,000

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A VERY destructive fire occurred in Sydney on Saturday morning between 1 and 2 a.m., resulting in the destruction of Messrs Edwards, Dunlop…

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Disastrous Fire. Enormous Damage

Western Champion · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

A great fire occurred in Clarencestreet,Sydney,on Saturday morning at 2 o'clock, which resulted in the destruction of a number large…

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Disastrous City Fire. Enormous Damage. Sydney

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 14

A GREAT fire occurred in Clarence Street at 2 o'clock this morning, which resulted in the destruction of a number of large business establishments?…

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City Fires

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 1

The destruction of £150,000 worth of property in Clarence street by fire on Saturday morning again emphasises the fact that with the most efficient appliances…

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Transport on Fire. Heroic Rescue Efforts

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

From San Francisco on 1st February, the correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote:—While the transport Meade was lying…

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Phosphorue and Bush Fires. Extract, from the "Sydney Stock and Station Journal, Feb. 13 1906

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

Since p[?]phrus has generally used as a m[?] poison there can be no doubt that bush fires have let me more [?] throughout the S[?]…

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Bush Fires

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 4

In recognition of the invaluable services rendered by the Borambil Bush Fire Brigade during the conflagrations of the last year, the residents of…

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