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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Bush Fires

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Diestrous bush fires are raging ta the , Condobolin district. Miles of country have been devastated, and station after station has been swept…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 4

THE final meeting of the General Committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday, the 21st December, under the Presidency of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen…

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Fire on the Basque Werra

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

The captain and crew of the barque Werra, lying at Newcastle, were ashore attending the funeral of the second officer, who died as the results of wounds inflicted…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 5

THE final meeting of the General Committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday, the 21st December, under the…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Wheat Country Swept Bare

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 6

SUNDAY last at Forbes Was the hottest day so far of the season, being 110 deg. in the shade. The heat was greatly accentuated by bush fires, the town being enveloped in smoke…

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Fire in Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

A destructive fire broke out in the Brasche water-proof factory, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, last night, and considerable damage was done…

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Charged with Setting on Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

One of the crew of the It[?]ta which was destroyed by fire at Newcastle has been arreste don a charge of maliciously setting fire to the vessel…

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Victorian Bush Fires

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

Bush fires have caused great desolation in Victoria with tremendous damage. In the Daylesford district, a Swiss vigneron named Domanic[?] Giovanni, aged 73, was…

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Extensive Bush Fires

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

Large areas of the central and southern districts have been devastated by fires, and farmers have been burnt out. The fires in some localities have wrought more…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Immense Damage. Loss of Life in Victoria. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

BUSH fires have swept many holdings in the Tumberumba district. Some selectors in the Wyalong district, and adjoining localities have lost all their grass and fencing…

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Butchery in Warsaw Sroops Fire on the People

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 7

May Day here (telegraphs Reuter's agent at Warsaw) began quietly and no incident was reported till the afternoon. All factories, shops, and…

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Great Bush Fires. Desperate Fights for Life. Six Children Suffocated. Settlers Burnt to Death. Melbourne

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

A message from Toora, in Gippsland, states that a fire started there on Tuesday night, to the west of the town. It swept round Hoddle Range, devastated a stretch…

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Fire at Adelaide

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

The premises of Messrs. Crooks and Brooker, of Port Adelaide, were damaged by fire yesterday. The whole stock, valued at some thousands of pounds, was consumed…

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Disastrous Bush Fires in Victoria. Immense Damage. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

FOLLOWING the bush fires in Victoria, soon after leaving Toora a train ran througha sea of flame roaring on both sides of the line and burning right up to the road-bed; in fact, at Toora, when the…

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Fire in a Mine

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 7

A fire occurred at the Broken Hill Junction Mine. The men were withdrawn, but the extent of the outbreak is unknown…

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Bush Fires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 3

Bush fires have occurred at Murrumburrah and Carcoar districts…

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Fire at Caffery's Flat School

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

An inquest was held at Mr. Stephen Hinton's, Caffery's Flat, on Saturday last, before Mr. Gates, District Coroner, into the circumstances connected…

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The Fire at Caffrey's Flat. Magisterial Inquiry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 3

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Mr. Stephen Hinton's residence, Caffrey's Flat, on Saturday last, by the District Coroner (Mr. A. Gates, P.M.), into the cause of the fire by which the school promises at…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 4

A hotel at Dalby, Queensland, has been destroyed by fire, and the licenses, John Ryan, perished in the flames…

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Bush Fires

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

The township of Clyde, Victoria, narrowly escaped destruction by a bush fire yesterday, The flames ran with lightning rapidity for a 1 mile, and destroyed St. Paul's Church of…

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