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

Fires & bushfires, 1912

192 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 10

Destructive Fire

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

A FIRE occurred between one and two o'clock on Wednesday morning at the residence of Mr Geo. Smith, Central Wyalong, when the whole…

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Big Fire at Coolamon. Sydney

Forbes Times · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 4

Six business premises at Coolamon were burned to the ground yesterday, and the damage is estimated at between £30,000 and…

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Fire at South Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 3

A fire broke out shortly after 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage occupied by Mrs Bloom, at South…

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A South Forbes Fire

Forbes Times · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

Just about dinner time on Sunday the local fire bell rang out its dread alarm, and it was soon discovered that an outbreak of fire had occurred in a…

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Another Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4

The clanging of the fire bell at 1.45 a.m. this morning aroused the people of Forbes from their peaceful slumbers, and it was discovered that…

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Fires in Kent Street. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4

Two fires occurred at different business premises in Kent-street last night, but both were got under without much damage. The…

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Loss by Fire

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 5

Mr Jno McWilliam, of Merriganowry, met with a heavy loss on Wednesday night through] the destruction by fire of two large and…

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A Sydney Fire. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

A fire was discovered early this morning on the first floor of the American Manufacturing Coy.'s premises Clarence-street, but the flames…

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A Destructive Fire. Mr T. H. Bray's Homestead Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at "Vychan," on the Orange Road, the residence of Mr and Mrs Thomas H. Bray, on Sunday morning last, as the…

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A Disastrous Fire

Forbes Times · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

A calamity of a particularly unfortunate nature was sustained by Mr. Tom Bray, of Vychan, during the forenoon of Monday last. Vychan, as most people in…

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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 · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

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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Another Fire

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

Between four and five o'clock on Wednesday morning the fire bell rang out the alarm of fire, and in the space of ten minutes a large…

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Three Years' Hard Labour! For Setting Fire to Lucerne Stacks. Accused Palpably of Weak Intellect

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions on Wednesday before Judge Rogers Alexander McGuiggan was arrainged on a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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Fire Brigade

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 2

"THE laborer is worthy of his hire." All through the ages this has been accepted as the fundamental principle of democracy. But the Wyalong…

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Motor Car on Fire

Forbes Times · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 2

Considerable alarm was created in town at about 3 p.m. on Monday by the continuous ringing of the fire bell. Upon inquiry it turned out…

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A Fire Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr J. Jamieson, P.M., held an inquiry yesterday into a case of fire which took place at the residence of Mr R. Allport, in…

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Fire in Rankin Street. Lot of Damage Done. Grand Save by Brigade

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

At about 11 o'clock last night the firebell rang out its alarm, and people whose thoughts were turning towards bed, instead hurried into the streets,…

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A Big Blaze. in Rankin Street. Three Business Places Destroyed

Forbes Times · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 2

At about ten minutes to eleven on Monday night the persistent ringing of the fire bell aroused the people of Forbes to the fact that an outbreak of fire had…

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Big Fire at Forbes

Western Champion · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 19

A big fire occurred at Forbes on Monday night, sand three shops were destroyed. The gutbreak occurred in ' the shop occupied by Mrs. Pepper,…

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Two More Fires

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

Forbesites will be getting "fire" on the brain, the way things are going. Monday night's big blaze in Rankinstreet ought to have been enough for…

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