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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Terrible Bush Fires. Two Thousand Acres of Crops Destroyed. 40 Miles of Country Laid Waste. Eight Stations on Fire. Supposed to Be the Work of an Incendiary. Yerong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 21

A terrible fire is raging. Over 1000 acres of crops have been destroyed in the neighbor-hood of Munyabla and Wallendool. Several farmers have lost everything. All the grass is…

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Fire at Cobram

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 2

A fire which bade fair to be of a most disastrous nature, but was fortunately. checked before any very material damage was done, occurred…

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Terrible Outbreak of Fire. Miles of Country Laid Bare Immense Destruction of Property

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 3

A terribly destructive fire, by far the greatest of the three local conflagrations, emanating from that which on Christmas Day was burning at…

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Fearful Panic in a Theatre. an Alarm of Fire and a Stampede. Nine Children Trampled to Death. London, December 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 24

A disastrous panic took place last night in a theatre at Gateshead, on the Tyne, resulting in terrible loss of life. The alarm originated while the performance was in progress by a…

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Bush Fires

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2
Also in The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude...

Bush fires seem to be more than usually [?] and disastrous in this district this year than in any year of our experience. In addition to those reported elsewhere this week and in previous issues,…

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Fire at Mossgiel. Mossgiel

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

A little before midnight a fire originated in the kitchen adjoining the house and store of Messrs I. L. Galland and Co. Fortunately, being New Year's Eve, there was…

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Bush Fires. Albury

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

Latest accounts from the scene of the bush fires state that the conflagration is still burning fiercely in the scrubby country between Yerong Creek…

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The Bush Fires in Riverina

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

Further reports from Central Riverina give some details of the damage caused by the destructive fires which have been experienced there. The…

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The Bush Fires. Frightful Destruction of Property. Riverina Ablaze. Narrow Escapes From Death.the Country Desolated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 17

Reviewers and historians tell us that the year of grace 1891 was a disastrous one, alike lor merchant, farmer, pastoralist, and tor the private citizen. Floods came and destroyed…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with, nor are we to be held responsible for, opinions expressed by our correspondents. the Late Bush Fires. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

SIR.--In your issue of December 31 it is reported that Goonsmbil lost 12.000 acres of grass by the late fires, and I would point out that your correspondent has made a…

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Fire at Narandera

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

A FIRE broke on last Thursday morning at 1 o'clock on the premises of E. Richards, restaurant-keeper and tobacconist. The whole of the premises, which were of wool,…

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Bush Fires

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 2

THE remarkable number of bush fires which have occurred this year is altogether unusual if not unprecedented. There is scarcely a district in the colony which has escaped the…

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Bush Fires

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 2

Further reports concerning the bush fires about Berrigan, Murray. Hut, and Momalong show that the damage has been enormous. Messrs W. and J. Moodie, McAlister. Hamilton Bros., and Beveriage,…

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Destructive Fire in Canada. London, January 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 18

The town of Li Chute, in the province of Quebec, has been destroyed by fire. It is feared that many lives have been lost…

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After the Fires

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 2

A party left Berrigan on Saturday evening for a tour of inspection of the burned country around Murray Hut, and returned with stories of…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Corowa Fire Brigade was held on Monday night at this new station, Captain Ritchie in the chair, and 26 firemen present…

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Open Column. Late Fire North Common. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 1

SIR,—A correspondent signing himself, “One who was There,” in your issue of the 9th instant, makes use of very strong language—such as malise, spiteful falsehood, and a host of other such choice…

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Fires

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 2

ABOUT half-past two o'clock on Saturday morning a fire was discovered in the store room at the rear of Mr W Travis' residence in Macanley Street, which contained…

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Disastrous Fire at Broken Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 37

A wire from Broken Hill, dated Tuesday runs as follows :-“A large block of buildings the corner of Oxide and Argent street, and running back to Gawler-place, has been…

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