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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1894

125 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 7

Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 37

We learn that bash-fires arc again creating much devastation. Mr. Steer, of Mahonga, was completely burnt out on Wednesday, and the fire had then started on the Bulgandra property,…

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Terrible Bush Fires. Immense Damage

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

REPORTS are to hand that fires on Mulwala Station have been burning for some days past. Further particulars are not yet available but we believe that…

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Bush Fire at Urana

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

The first bush fire in the Urana district this year broke out on Saturday morning near the boundary of Rudd’s Colombo Station, and fanned by the hot north-west wind…

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The Hay Rowing Club. a "Bush Fire Brigade."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Hay Rowing Club was held last night at Tattersall's Hotel. There were present:—Dr. Kennedy (in the chair),…

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Fire in Dean-street

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 21

A little before midnight on Sunday the fire bell rang [?] and there was the usual hurry-scurry through the streets of townspeople anxious to learn the…

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Alleged Careless Use of Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, before the P.M., a young man named Frederick Walker was charged with carelessly using fire…

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Bush Fires

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 2
Also in The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude...

ONCE, more the season for bash fires has come round, and once again there is the usual necessity for the advocacy of special legislation in connection with them, It is idle to say that…

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The Hay Bush Fire Brigade

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 2

A large and representative meeting for the purpose of organising a Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Athenaeum last night. Dr. Kennedy occupied the chair. He…

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Bush Fire Brigade

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 2

ON Monday evening a public meeting was held at the Athenaeum under the auspices of the Rowing Club to take steps to form a brigade to assist in extinguishing bush…

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The Bush Fire Brigade Regulations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 2

The following regulations have been adopted by the committee of the Bush Fire Brigade: The alarm shall be given to Mr. R. C…

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Fire at Beechworth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 29

A destructive fire occurred at 11 o’clock last Saturday night at a cottage occupied by Mrs. Rogers, a widow, in Finch-street, Beechworth. The fire quickly extended to an…

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The Late Fire in Dean-street

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 25

The proceedings in the adjourned coroner’s Inquest on the late fire in D[?]n-street, were resumed on Monday. Mr. J. Wilkinson, on behalf of Mr. Finney…

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The Berrigan Store Fire. Action in the Supreme Court. Sydney, Thursday Evening

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 2

The action instituted by Hiddle Petty and Co against the National Insurance Company of New Zealand, to recover the sum of £ 1000, the…

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The Bush Fire Brigade

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 December 1894 · page 2

The members of the brigade were again called out for duty on Friday evening last, a messenger having been sent in by Mr. Hill to say that a fire, which had been burning…

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Bush Fires

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 3

ON Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, a messenger arrived from Barrabogie with the information that another largo fire had broken out on the back of the run, and…

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Destructive Fire

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 3

ON Monday, about one o'clock, the fire bell was rung vigorously, and at the first peal a rush was made to the fire station, and in a very few minutes the firemen had the reel…

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Fire-place Decoration

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 13

The fire-place may be one of the most attractive features of a room both summer and There is no reason why any grate be bare when one can get a large…

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Fatal Fire at Zeehan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 29

A fire occurred at Zeehan on Sunday night, when a two-roomed cottage was destroyed and two little girls, aged respectively six and four years old, the daughters of A. G. Phelps, the…

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Action on a Fire Policy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 29

An interesting action brought by Hiddle, Petty, and Co., storekeepers, of Berrigan, near Jerilderie, against the National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zeland…

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