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

Fires & bushfires, 1915

158 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 8

Fire at Sunnyside

Forbes Times · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

A fire occurred on Mr. C. Gaymard's well-known Sunnyside property yesterday which did considerable damage. By some means a patch, of grass caught…

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Bush Fire Brigades

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

Fire Brigades have been organised in practically every part of the district. and some of the officials are in doubt us to their powers and liabilities in…

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Another Fire

Western Champion · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 18

Another fire, making the third is an many weeks, occurred in the small hours cf Sunday morning, when a four roomed cottage in Mitchell street near…

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Fire From Slaked Lime

Forbes Times · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is sufficient to…

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Fire From Slaked Lime

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 10

Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is sufficient to…

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Fire at Gunningbland

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 1

On Monday (says the Parkes "Champion" of the 26th ult.) word was received by 'phone that a fire had broken out in Mr. Swa[?]sbra's crop at…

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Bush Fire at Budgerabong

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

There have been a [?]upie of bush fires at Budgerabong this season, but the damage in both instances has been confined to a small radius. Between five…

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Fires at Bogan Gate

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

Mr Holcombe, P.M., heard cases under the "Careless Use of Fire Act," at Bogan Gate on Friday. For lighting a fire close to a 5000 acre wheat…

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Fire in a Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

By a fire which occurred in a crop owned by Mr Terle, at Bedgerabong, on Friday evening, between 30 and 40 acres of wheat were destroyed. The…

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Big Hotel on Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

The Hotel Australia, in Sydney, one of the largest hotels in the Commonwealth, was partly destroyed by a fire, which broke out on Sunday…

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Welcomed Home. Private Norman Johnson. a Foresters' Fire

Forbes Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

Private Norman Johnson, who took part in the fateful charge at Lone Pino on August 6th and 7th, returned to Forbes by mail train yesterday. He…

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Fire!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 2

A fire which might have been of a widespread and disastrous nature occurred at Mulyan Park, Mr. E. S. Twigg's property, en Saturday, just after…

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Another Fire

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. D. Davies, of "Panama," Hiawatha, had the a[?]fortune to have 40 acres of crop on Friday last, through the barvester…

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Hotel Australia. Big Sydney Fire

Western Champion · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 12

The Hotel Australia, in Castlereagh street, one of the biggest hotels in the Commonwealth, was partly destroped by a fire, which broke out…

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Funeral Under Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 3

Brigadier McKenzie, of the Salvation Army, who is one of the chaplains with the Australian forces at the Dardanelles, has frequently been under fire…

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Fire at Parses

Forbes Times · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 4

On Monday night, about nine o'clock, the joinery works of Messrs. F. Dodd and Co., of Parkes, were completely destroyod by fire. A quantity of…

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Under Shell Fire. Edinburgh Chaplain's Story

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 3

In a letter to the members of his congregation at Grange United Free Church, the Sev. Dr. Ewing, now serving as a chaplain at the Dardanelles,…

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Rust on Fire Irons

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1915 · page 4

Fire irons should receive regular attention. If rust eats too deeply into the metal, the irons will never again regain their polish. To remove rust on…

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