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

Fires & bushfires, 1911

74 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 4

The Fire Fiend in Country Houses

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 3

An export in the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance office writes in the London "Daily Mail":— We are becoming familiar with the…

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Fire and Flowers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 4

Great events have frequently sprung from the smallest or the most apparently indirect causes; and a serious fire that broke out last September at Chausee-…

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Outbreak of Fire

Western Champion · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 15

On Friday afternoon about 4.30 o'clock a fire broke out in a five-roomed cottage in Currajong-street, occupied by Mr W J Sanders. The smoke was…

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Fire!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 6

On Thursday about midnight the call of " Fire!" from the rear of Hogan's Court House Hotel caused quite a flutter of excitement. Willing…

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The Open Fire

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 8

A fire is a delightful thing, a companion and an inspiration. If my room were kept warm by some wretched modern contrivance, of water-pipes or heated air, would…

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Big Fire at Katooma

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 3

Early this morning the biggest fire in the history of Katoomba broke out. The scene of the outbreak was a general store known as Mullany's,…

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A Curious Fire-alarm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 4

An improved and very sensitive fire-alarm has been brought out by a Danish inventor. It only acts when a sudden wave of heat is generated. A tube four…

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The Open Fire

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 6

A fire is a delightful thing, a companion and an inspiration. If my room were kept warm by some wretched modern contrivance, of water-pipes or heated air, would…

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The Open Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 7

A fire is a delightful thing, a companion and an inspiration. If my room were kept warm by some wretched modern contrivance, of water-pipes or heated air, would…

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Fire at Helyar's Store

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 2

An inquiry into the above fire was held at the Court House, West Wyalong, before the Coroner, Mr H. Giles Shaw, on Wednesday 11th…

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Fire on a Liner. Fighting Flames for Two Days

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 6

With a fire raging in her main hold the Nelson liner Highland Brigade put back into Liverpool on 11th May. It was stated that the crew had…

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North Sydney Fire

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

A fire-broke out in the early hours this morning at the Crow's Nest, North Sydney. Three shops were gutted, and two others severely damaged…

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Disastrous Fire

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 6

Our Sydney correspondent wires:— The scene of last night's fire is known as Anthony Hordern's old ironmongery atoro, now occupied by Morfoot Bros, fruiterers…

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Heroism at a Fire. Woman's Attempt at Rescue. Child Victims

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 5

A woman and two young children lost their lives by a fire which broke out on Saturday night, April 22nd, at 19 Park road, Plumstead…

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Fire-walking Ceremony

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 3

There was a fire-walking ceremony recently in the village of Chekkarpa[?]ayam, near Palghaut. The fire was about sixteen feet long and twelve…

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Terrors of Ocean Roads Fighting Fog and Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 6

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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Will Water Yield Fire?

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 5

Flame is about the last fountain from which we should expect water, yet it yields it abundantly. The product is no more wonderful than sugar, drugs, and…

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Outbreaks of Fire. Two Narrow Escapes

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday evening the curtains of a room occupied by Mr. Walter Hogan at the Court House Hotel by some means caught alight, and the…

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The Fire Fiend

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 2

Now that the hot, dry, weather has set in in earnest, and grass and herbage is in a highly inflammable state it believes everyone to use the…

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Will Water Yield Fire?

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 3

Flame is about the last fountain from which we should expect water, yet it yields it abundantly. The product is no more wonderful than sugar, drugs, and…

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