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

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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

Terrible Fire at Warren

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at Warren on Sunday morning betwean 1 and 2 o'clock The residence of Mr Wm Jarvie, driver of the mail train from…

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"The Homestead Is on Fire."

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 5

There is not a settler, however brave and courageous, who can hear such a cry without his whole nature being thrilled with emotion,…

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The Mingelo Fire. An Open Verdict

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 9

ON Tuesday last Mr. H. N. Gibson, J.P., local coroner, held an inquiry, at Norris' Mingelo Hotel, in connection with last week's fire at Mingelo…

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Fire at Trundle. (By Telephone.) TRUNDLE

Western Champion · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 13

A disastrous fire occurred here shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. The exact spot at which the outbreak started is not definitely known…

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Trundle a Big Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 4

On Thursday morning at about 2 15 Trundle was aroused by the alarm of fire, and it was hot many minutes before all the town turned our to the…

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Big Fire at Trundle

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 19

A DISASTROUS fire broke out at Trundle on Thursday morning at 2 o'clock, five buildings being destroyed, consisting of a baker's, a tobacconist's, and a…

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Bush Fire Extinguishers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

At the Temora Show, held September 25, a prize was offered for the best Bush Fire Extinguisher to be worked on the Show grounds. Several machines…

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Fire at Fifield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 9

Following in the wake of the sister city of Trundle on Friday last, Fifield led off with what might, have been a second Murwillumbah fire…

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An Old Fire Engine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 6

Our illustration shoe's an old fire engine at St. Albans. The date is supposed to be about 1676. It was last used at a fire at Hatfield House in 1835. This was the…

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A Destructive Fire a Home Disappears in an Hour

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

On Saturday night, at about 9 o'clock, the residence of Mr A. E. Hearn, of Grenfell- street, was burned to the ground. In a short…

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The Wyalong Advocate. Saturday, October 26, 1907 Malleegrams, the Fate of a Fire Brigade

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

There was a little village Had a little 'fire brigade,' That, with its gallarat little crew—A gallant sight it made…

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Walking Through Fire. a Wonderful New Asbestos Suit

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 3

Science has just turned over to the uses of civilisation an invention designed to remove from everyone the terror of fire. To anyone who has this…

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Science & Invention The Four Elements. The Energy of Fire

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 3

I am using the word Fire at the head of this article because it was by that name that the ancients denoted the third element of nature. Scientifically,…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 7

A demonstration under the auspices of the Condobolin Fire Brigade toon place at the Fire Station in Bathurst St. on Thursday night last, a large…

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Fire at Trundle

Western Champion · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 9
Also in The Peak Hill Express

Shor[?]ly after 10 o'clock on Saturday night Trundle was started by [?] alarm of "fire," and it was found that a three-roomed w[?] herboard…

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Farmers' Troubles. Rabbits and Fire

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 7

Uncertain seasons are bad enough, but combined with other calamities in the way of those devastators, rabbits and fire, farmers would soon find their labours…

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Farmers' Troubles. Rabbits and Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 3

Uncertain seasons are bad enough, but combined with other calamities in the way of those devastators, rabbits and fire, farmers would soon find their labours…

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The Fire Brigade

Western Champion · Friday 27 December 1907 · page 13

The secretary of the Eire Brigade Board (Mr Sykes) is in receipt of the following communication from the Department of Justice:—Sir. Referring…

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