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

Fires & bushfires, 1917

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

After the Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

The fire, which destroyed the business places in Forbes-street last week, has not damped the spirit of the occupants of same, for Mr…

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The Great Fire at Osaka

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 7

The following account of a great fire is by a Japenese schoolgirl, relating things that she saw and heard at Osaka…

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Bush Fire Danger Councillor Elliott Hits Out

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 1

At the meeting of Jemalong Shire Council on Saturday morning, Councillor H. O. Elliott replied to a letter from the Forestry Commissioners…

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Mr. Ley Fires a Shot. In Support of the Reinforcements Referendum. Good Meeting at West Wyalong

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 2

Mr T. J, Ley, M.L.A., for Hurst ville, addressed a largely-attended meetiag in Rudduck's Hall on Thursday night, in support of the…

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A Lively Fire. at Malloy's Livery Stables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 4

The ringing of the fire bell just after noon to-day drew a big crowd in Lachlan Street. A drum of tar which was being heated in Malloy's…

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A Preventive of Fires

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 7

A liquid which is very efficacious in extinguishing fire is that known as carbon, tetra-chloride. It yields a vapour which immediately puts…

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Soon Got a Fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1917 · page 6

Sir Francis Johnson, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the province of Quebec, on one of his circuits in the eastern townships during the winter, put up at a country hotel…

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