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

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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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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The Earthquake. Fires Still Raging in the City. Lands Titles Unharmed LONDON

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 9

Brigadier-General Funston reports : The fire is not progressing west of Van Ness Avenue, but a west wind has arisen, and it is likely the city south of…

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LACHLANDER'S Special Wire. San Francisco Practically Destroyed by Earthquake & Fire. the Beautiful and Busy City a Mass of Ruin. Friday Morning

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 4

San Franciso has been practically destroyed by earthquake and fire. The authorities have been advised that the killed numbered thousands…

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Fire Brigade

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

THE proposal made by the local Progress Committee to establish a Volunteer Fire Brigade for the town in a movement which deserves the…

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Grenfell Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Grenfell Volunteer Fire Brigade was hold at the Fire Station on Friday evening, 4th May. The chair was occupied by Captain A…

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Fire in Junction Mine Broken Hill

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

DURING his recent visit to Broken Hill the Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. J. [?] Jaquet, A. R. S. M.) made a careful inquiring into the origin of the fire now burning in…

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Fire at a Ball. Twenty Guests Burned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

From Florence, on 5th March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— A family dance has ended literally in…

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Branding Sheep. Necessity for a Fire Brand

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 18

An interesting droving case was tried at Moree, before the police magistrate. A drover named Nelson Rose, travelling with 15,700 sheep from Bangheet…

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Fires At Sea

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 10

THREE steamers recently left New Zealand for England, and fires occurred in the cargo of each. It is believed the fires originated owing to the heavy…

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An Avalanche of Fire

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 3

AMONGST the most awe-inspiring spectacles ever witnessed upon this earth a great forest or heath fire takes a foremost place. Originating perhaps from…

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Fire at Molong

Western Champion · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 21

About half-past 2 on Sunday morning a fire broke out in Bank-street, Molong, on the premises occupied by Mr J Domeny, a Syrian draper and…

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Molong. The Sensational Fire. Molong

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 10

AT the inquiry held by the Coroner as to the origin of the recent disastrous fire, Mr. Domeny, senior held strictly to his sensational story as to being…

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Molong Fire

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

GIVING evidence at the adjourned inquiry re last week's disastrous fire at Molong, Dib Domeny said :—I came from Constantinople and am a…

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The Molong Fire

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 5

Dib Domeny was charged at the Molong Police Court on Tuesday morning last with attempting to induce Claude Charters to give false evidence on oath at…

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The Molong Fire Domeny Committed for Trial

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 10

AT the Molong Police Court on Tuesday Dib Domeny was charged with attempting to induce a witness to give false testimony at judicial proceedings before the Coroner…

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Fire at a Ball. Exciting Scenes and Rescues. Extempore Concert

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

Fire brought, a Masonic ball at Tunbridge Wells the other night to a sudden and dramatic conclusion. Gaiety was converted in a few minutes to chaos, but…

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Fire

Western Champion · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 12

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Wednesday evening a fire broke out in a weather board cottage in Currajorg street near Dr Boazman's residence…

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Fire!

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 14

AMIDST all the jollification that followed on the first day of this local Show, there arose theory, which, whenever uttered, attracts attention—the…

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Parkes. Man Throws Himself Into a Fire

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

AN elderly man named Sladden, who for some time had been in indifferent health, became demented on Thursday night and proved wholly…

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The Wide World. Fire on a Liner. Passengers' Luggage Destroyed. Food Famine on Board

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

By a fire which broke out on board the P. and O. steamship Somali thirty-eight hours before she reached Plymouth from Calcutta, late on…

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