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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1887

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Hay Fire Brigade Board

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 2

A meeting of the Board was held on January 3rd, at 8 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chambers. Present: Mr Newton (in the chair), Messrs Hills and Travis, the Superintendent (Mr Witcombe), and captain (Mr…

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Fire Brigades and Insurance Companies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 14

The Wagga Fire Brigade Board on Tuesday proceeded by summons against the Commercial Union, Australian Mutual, and North British Mutual Insurance Companies to recover the…

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Destructive Fire in London. London, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 18

A fire broke out early this morning in a block of warehouses situated in Wood-street, Cheapside. The flames rapidly attained a complete mastery, and despite the strenuous efforts of…

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Fatal Fire in Sandhurst. an Hotelkeeper Burned to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 26

A fire occurred in Williamson-street, Sandhurst, on Tuesday evening which was attended with fatal results, the victim being T. O’Connor, the landlord of the Fountain Hotel,…

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Fire in Madras. Two Hundred and Seventy-five Lives Lost. [By Submarine Cable.] Madras. January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 18

A fire broke out yesterday during the progress of a fair which was being held in the People’s-park, in this city. The buildings being of a highly combustible nature, the…

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Fire Brigades Boards and Insurance Companies

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 3

The Wagga Fire Brigade Board proceeded on Tuesday, by summon, against the Commercial Union, Australian Mutual, and North British Mutual insurance companies to recover the amount…

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Hay Fire Brigade Board

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1887 · page 2

The first annual meeting of this Board was held at the Council Chambers on Monday. Mr. James Newton occupied the chair, and Messrs. Hills, Travis and Witcombe were pre-cut…

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Destructive Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 5

THE most terrible bush-fire ever known in this district broke out last Thursday at a selector's farm on the Barooga run. The cause of the…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. [By Electric Telegraph.] Portland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 17

Tremendous bush fires are raging in the Heywood district, between Heywood and Mount Deception. A party passed to-day 12 miles of burning timber. A settler named…

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Fires in the Deniliquin District. Deniliquin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 24

Several extensive bush fires are raging in this district, destroying many thousands of acres of grass and fencing. Last night and this morning a large bush fire was burning…

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Immense Bush Fire Near Tocumwal. Barooga Station Swept by the Fire. the Station Loss Estimated at £15,000. Fields of Grain Destroyed. One Hundred Square Miles Laid Waste. Mr. Sugden’s Loss, £1800. [By Electric Telegraph.] Tocumwal, Sunday Night

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 23

In this part of the Riverina, disastrous bush fires make their appearance annually as regularly as Christmas. In 1884 a serious fire played sad havoc amongst the selectors. It…

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Fire at Hampton Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 10

For the second time within three years Hampton Court Palace, London, was, on November 19, in imminent danger of destruction by fire. On the last occasion…

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Large Fires in the Urana and Jerilderie Districts. Urana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 24

Extensive bush fires are raging oh Brookong, Nouranie, Boree Creek, and Buckingbong stations, and thousands of acres of grass have been destroyed. Several selectors are reported…

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A Bushfire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 4

At night The winds were up, and then with fourfold speed. A harsh gigantic growth of smoke and fire…

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Bush Fires

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 4

The [?] which has been raging near Tocumwal for the last three days, (says the Argus correspondent writing on Saturday), has now to a certain extent abated, having burned itself…

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Fire Brigades Boards

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 2

THE decision of the Police Magistrate at Wagga respecting the cases brought against several insurance companies for the recovery of assessment fees under the Fire Brigades…

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Bush Fire at Kulki

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 37

To be in the fashion, we had a bushfire on Kulki last week. It broke out near Mr. Thomas Beveridge’s house, through children playing with some vestas. There was not one of the…

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The Bull Plain Bush Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 5

As we anticipated last week the fire then burning on the Bull Plain [?] was of a very serious character. The original outh[?]…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade. Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Brigade was held in the School of Arts, Corowa, on Monday night. Mr. D. Young…

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The Deniliquin Fire [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 2

For some time past s difference [?] existed between the members of Fire Brigade and the Deniliquin [?] Board, and it has at last culminated [?]…

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