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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1899

130 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 7

Fire at Urana. Culleys' Store Burnt Down. Urana, Thursday, 7.30 p.m

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 2

About seven o'clock this evening a fire broke out in Culleys' store, and is still burning. It was impossible to save much, as the flames had too great a hold before…

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A Victorian At: the Front. Wounded at Elands Laagte. A Fierce Fire. As Bad as at Dargai. Monday, Oct. 23

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 4

Here I am again ia the hospital, but this time from a Boer bullet in my right shoulder, obtained during the fight we had at Elands Laagte, which ia about 25 miles from the…

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Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 4

About 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning three stacks of hay belonging to Mr. T. H. Griffith were found to be on fire. Mr Rixon, who lives on the property at Bungowannah, first saw the flames, but…

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Fire in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 24

An extensive fire broke out early on Tuesday evening in Aynsley's Buildings, a large block in Little Collins-street, Melbourne, in the centre of the city. By the time the…

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The Boer Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 2

Directly Hart's brigade formed on the northern bank of the river a tremendous fire was opened on it from the Boer artillery on Grobler's Kloop Kop…

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Fatal Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 3

THE Beechworth district has within the last few days been visited with a calamity such as has never been known in its history. On Saturday morning volumes…

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Disastrous Bush Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 20

A disastrous bush fire broke out on Boxing Day on Messrs. J. and F. M'Evoy's Tarrabandra Estate, Gundagai. The fire started near the homestead, and spread with alarming…

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The Bush Fires. a Big Blaze at Glenrowan. Beech Worth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 20

The bush fires generally throughout the district have abated. A brief shower last night and a change to cooler weather dealt more effectually with them than any human…

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Bush Fires. Middle Creek to Beechworth. a Scene of Desolation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 14

Mr. F. Blacklock, who drove over to Beechworth with a party of friends on Tuesday morning, describes the aspect of the burnt crops timber, fences, and houses as a scene of…

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Serious Fire in Ballarat. Valuable Block in Flames

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 24

On Thursday morning, at half-past 12, a serious fire broke out in the block in Sturt-street, Ballarat, in which are situated the warehouses of Messrs. John Snow and Co.,…

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Children of Fire. a Mining Romance Op Chistmastide. Chapter I.-master and Men at War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 9

On the wide Stretch of moorland which lay between the mining village of Roxton Green and the well known town of Ramsbury, a man and a woman came face to…

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