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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1900

157 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 8

The Bush Fires. 30,000 Acres of Grass and 5000 Acres of Wheat Burned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 3

THE fire on Wallandool, Doodle Cooma Kirmleen and Walls Walla destroyed 39, 000 acres of grass and 4000 or 5000 acres of crops, The farming sufferers…

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Fire at Trundle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

Our Correspondent writes :—Francis Brothers, of The Wilgas, have had the misfortune to lose about 100 tone of hay, besides close on 50 acres of standing crops through the…

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Fire at Harefield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

On Monday afternoon a fire, reported to have been started by a passing train, broke out in the vicinity of Stoddart's farm at Harefield, and the flames spread rapidly, but being checked at…

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Fire at Huon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

Our Jindera correspondent writes :—A fire broke out at Huon on Saturday and destroyed a little grass before it could be got under but on Sunday it started again, and before it could be…

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Fire at Ganmain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

News was received in Wagga on Monday that a fire had broken oat at Ganmain on Brien's selection, and was burning in an easterly direction. There was also a fire on the south side of…

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Fire at Arajoel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

Our Janee correspondent writes :— Fortunately there is none locally to chronicle, although the big fire last Wednesday at Arajoel and Ganmain caused graziers and farmers a few…

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Fire at Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

On the same day a fire started between Coolamon and Ganmain. Mr. O'Brien's farm was completely burnt out— outhouses, crops, and everything on the place Mr. Cummins has lost…

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The Fire Brigade

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 2

The experiences of Monday last convinced the members of the Bush-fire Brigade that it was necessary to make further provision to have a supply of horses in the event of a…

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Fire at Big Springs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

The fire at Big Springs was not really subdued until early on Saturday morning, by which time it had burnt to within a couple of hundred yards of the homestead. Between three and four…

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Fire at Urana-road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday morning a fire broke out close to he railway line, at the rear of Mr C. K. Horwood's residence, on the Urana-road, near Wagga. The flames soon…

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Fire in the Tocumwal District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 24

A fire broke out on Hartwood Station on Monday, and in consequent of the high wind, it spread with great rapidity, and soon reached Corce. The fire which extended over six miles…

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Strange Origin of a Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 28

As a sewing machine agent was driving along a shire road near Benalla, his vehicle caught fire by some mysterious means when half a mile north of Goorambat. On…

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The Recent Murrumbidgee Fire. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 2

In response to an interview with Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Premier promised to in[?] inquiries into the suffering caused in the Murrumbidgee district by the…

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Darlington Point. Grabs Fire on Kulki

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 15

Kulki is the well known station adjoining Argoon, lying on the mail line between the Point and Jerilderie, and was for many years a Mate property, but new belongs to Messrs. s…

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Bush Fires. Government Relief Wanted

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 24 December 1900 · page 4

Last week Messrs T. Fitzpatrick, T. Waddell, and J. Barnes waited upon the Premier, and urged necessity…

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District Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 December 1900 · page 5

ON Saturday morning a bush tire broke out at Mr. Thos. Regan's farm at Merton, and before it was got under from 70 to 80 acres of standing crop were consumed,…

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Contributors' Column. Junee Jottings. Fires Near Junee—murrulebale and Erinvale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 4

About 2.30 on Monday afternoon a fire broke out on Murvulebale Station, near the Mimosa-road. Funned by the hot, westerly winds, it travelled with incredible rapidity…

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