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

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Steamer on Fire. the Belgian Army. Hunting for Submarines. Sydney, Tuesday 8.57 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 19

The British steamer Mimosa was sunk by a submarine. The crew were saved. The steamer Santa Anna is…

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Fire at South Lead

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at the residence of Mr Philip Shead, at South Lead, on Wednesday night. The house and its contents were…

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A Disastrous Fire. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 4

A big fire occurred at St. George and the main business portion of the town has been devastated; 13 shops and private residences were…

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The Federal Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

AN exhibition was given on Friday afternoon of the Federal Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher, which was claimed to be a marvellous fiire fighter—so…

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Careless Use of Fires Act

Forbes Times · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 4

The Clerk of the Jemalong Shire Council (Mr. T. Lozell) has received a letter from the Chief Secretary's Office, stating that the repeal of the…

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Build Your Hey Home Fire[?]

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 4

The man who [?] to-day without insuring himself [?] Fire, plays against Fearful [?] Hundreds of Buildings are sacrificed every year…

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Bush Fires at Belligen. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 4

Immense bush fires are raging in the Belligen River distrust, and are travelling over miles of country and doing immense damage…

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Shell Fire. a Chaplain's Impressions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 4

Tho Rev. Dr. Ewing, of Grange United Free Church, who is one of tho chaplains with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, writing under date, July…

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The War Italy and Austria. .. Fierce Frontier Fighting... Austrians Rolled Down From Mountains. King George and President Poincaire. Under Fire From German Battery. Sydney, Friday 9.36 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 23

The first details of a great battle which raged for three days on the Italian frontier have been received. Judging from the magnitude of the…

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Bush Fires. Blaze at Bedgerabong

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

A fire broke out in one of Mr H. T. Hodges' paddocks at Bedgerabong on Friday. For a time the fire burned fiercely, and portion of the…

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Local and General. Bush Fire at Budgerabong

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

The first bush fire we have heard of in this district this season took place at Budgerabong on Friday last, when by some unknown means a conflagration…

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Fire in a Tea Room. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning in a tea room at Royles Chambers, Bond Street. Three occuparts had narrow escapes. One womam sustained a…

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Latest Telegraphic. the Militaey Census. Fire in Bond Street. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 3

West Australia is certain to offer strong opposition to the referendum arrangement. The Opposition regards it as a climax, and consistent with…

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Sensational Fire. Six Storey Candy Factory. 20 Killed and 50 INJURED

Forbes Times · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 8

A fire at a candy factory, six storey's high, was responsible for a number of persons losing their lives, while quite a number had sensational escapes from…

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Fire on North Hill

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

Shortly after four o'clock yesterday morning a ten-roomed weatherboard building in Parkes-street, North Hill, belonging to Mr. J. D. Austen, of…

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Fire at Gunningbland. Wheat and Hay Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 3

Very easily a great disaster might have overtaken the farmers at the Gunningbland end of the district, and even much further in towards…

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Bush Fires

Western Champion · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 24

Travellers from the Mountains (says a Sydney wire of Monday) witnessed a series of bush fires hardly without parallel even in Australia…

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Bush Fire at Gunningbland

Western Champion · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 19

On Saturday (writes our Bogan Gate correspondent) a bush fire occurred on Messrs. Hockey and Giffen's farms near Gunningbland…

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Current Topics. Bush Fires

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

The presence of smoke in the atmosphere caused rumors of bush fires to float about town yesterday. So far as we could ascertain, a fire…

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Fire at "Sunnyside."

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

A fire took palce yesterday afternoon on Mr C. Gaymard's "Sunnyside" property, as the result of which a 4-roomed cottage, occupied by an…

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