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

Fires & bushfires, 1917

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Fire on the Bland. Coroner's Inquiry. (Before the District Coroner, G. E. Wood.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 2

An Inquiry touching the origin of a fire at Samuel Armitage's wheat crop, at Jingerangle. Marsden police district, was held at…

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A Fire Alarm

Forbes Times · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 2

An alarm of fire occured on Tuesday evening between 10 and 11 o'clock, but fortunately no very great damage resulted. The conflagration took place in…

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Rope Fire Escape Attachment

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 7

A rope in each room as a means of escape, should fire make descent impossible by ordinary means, is better than no fire escape at all,…

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Picture Show Fire. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

Films and machinery to the value of £250 were damaged at a picture show in the open air at Morpeth on Saturday night through a film igniting…

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The Broken Coin. Kendall's Pictures Tuesday, March 20, 17. "Between two Fires." Episode 7

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 12

Lucille is very much afraid, but hears the welcome voice of Roleaux, telling her hidden enemies to drop their guns. The revolvers at each…

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Alectoen Fires. Incendiarism Suspected

Western Champion · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 19

A ring of smoke enveloped to western side of Alectown on Monday and Tuesday through bush fires. It was rather a curious coincidence that an…

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Big Fire at Narrabri

Forbes Times · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

A Narrabri message, dated Wednesday, says:—One of the most disastrous fires this town has known for 19 years was commenced just before midnight…

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Factory Fires in New Zealand. Enemy Agents Suspected. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

Seven fires in the milling plants for the production of butter boxes have occurred in the Auckland district during the last five months, resulting in…

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The Fire Bugs. Story of the I.W.W. MEN. Attempt to Burn Down Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

The secretary of the organising committee of the National Party writes: — "The Full Court of Criminal…

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Bush Fire At Bandon. Mr. Bernard Newell's Bigloss

Forbes Times · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2

A bush fire broke out in the vicinity of Mr. A. K. Shannon's Richland's property about nine o'clock on Saturday morning last and appeared to be…

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Serious Bush Fire. a Thousand Sheep Burned. Grass and Fencing Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 3

A very serious bush fire started on the country between Forbes and Grenfell on Saturday morning. As a result, a lot of grass and netting…

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A Factory Fire. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 13

A fire occurred on the ground floor of Mauri Bros, factory at Waterloo last night, but was extinguished before it spread to the other floors…

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Bush Fire at Bandon

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

As the result of a bush fire at Bandon last Saturday, Mr. M. B. Newell, of "Bernardo," lost all but 35 out of a total of 994 merino ewes, together…

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Fires

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

On Saturday week at 2.30 a.m., a fire broke out in the premises of the White Hose Cafe here. The whole of H. Akon's promises were burnt…

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Fire in Waterloo. Mauri Bros.' Factory. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

A fire occurred on one of the floors of Mauri Bros.' factory in Waterloo last night, but was extinguished before the flames had spread to the other…

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Protection from Fire

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 7

A new French case for protecting money, jewels, and important papers from fire, consists of two asbestos boxes of different size, one being…

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A New Fire Appliance

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 7

One of the latest fire appliances is the water tower, an ingenious device for throwing water on a burning buildng from a high altitude…

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Serious Fires. Forbes Man's Heavy Loss

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

The many friends of Mr James Kearney were very sorry to hear of the misfortune which befel him on Saturday morning, when a fire…

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Fires

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 6

Fires are a frequent occurrence in this and surrounding districts of late. I hear that Mr James Kearney, who recently went to Forbes to…

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Mysterious Fire

Forbes Times · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

A fire on Tuesday night destroyed the office and contents of the Port Kombla Electric Company's works. The damage is estimated at £3000…

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