Bush Fires Relief Fund
The Lord Mayor in Sydney has suggested that a relief fund be opened in aid of the distressed settlers and sufferers by the recent disastrous bush…
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367 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 19
Bush Fires. the Jindera Conflagration
The opening hour, of the year 1905 will long be remembered in this district, not only for the excessive heat and the unpleasant weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Summer Visitation. The Results of Prolonged Heat. Disastrous Bush Fires. Great Losses of Property
All parts of the timbered or partly timbered districts of New South Wales and Victoria have suffered most severely from the recent heat wave. The intense heat has…
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Advices from cape town state that the shire liner Buteshire, bound from New York to Melbourne, has put into Table Bay, a fire having broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. From Brocklesby Some Further Particulars
The whole of this district has just experienced what is considered to have been the most disastrous bush fire that has ever occurred in the history…
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Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria, has forwarded the following telegram from Renmark to the Premier:—"Please communicate following…
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In another column appears a notification convening a public meeting in Albury to take steps to aid the sufferers through the late fires. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Bush Fires. To the Editor
Sir,--In aid of a relief fund which we hope will be started immediately we have pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £5 towards this object…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Outbreak at Chiltern. Chiltern
A destructive bush fire started yesterday somewhere in the vicinity of Gnaden's paddock, about 1½ miles west of Barnawartha. A strong wind blew in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The Bush Fires. Riverina Suffers Heavily. the Albury District
Complete reports regarding the bush fires show that the disaster was of a widespread and colossal character. B. and R. McIllrees, of Stony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Latest News Gerogery. Wednesday, January 4
At about 7 p.m. on New Year's Day the most disastrous bush fire ever known reached here. The fire which apparently started in the Kentucky and Corowa district,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Bush Fires. (Continued from page 24.) TUMUT. Wednesday, January 4
What a lamentable affliction has overshadowed our little town and district, causing such disaster and devastation, since my last communication to you before…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Bush Fires. Great Losses of Wheat. A Relief Meeting. SYDNEY
News from the court by to-day shows that the bush fires have practically been extinguished. In some instances they have burned themselves out, but in the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Bush Fires Damage in the Albury District. AlBURY
Rain fell to-day for some hours, and the fires are now extinguished. The Culcairn correspondent telegraphed last night that the whole country was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident of the Bush Fire. a Smart Boy
A youngster about eight years of age, the Bon of Mrs. J. D. Shipard of Goombargana was the means through his foresight of saving a large shed and a large At this court yesterday a man named William Peters was charged with assaulting B. Costa and was fined 10/. On another charge of using obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Great Bush Fires. a Whole Countryside Swept. Loss of Life. Estimated Loss of Wheat 100,000 Bags. Fire Travels Nine Miles in Twenty Minutes. a Wall of Fire Twelve Mils Broad
New Year's Day, 1905 will be remembered is the date of the most disastrous conflagration that has ever visited the Corowa district, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Destruction in Queanbeyan District. Homesteads Burnt Out. Qneanbeyan
Extensive and destructive bush fires have prevailed in several parts of the district, chiefly between Yass and Queanbeyan. Hundreds of miles of pasturage and…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Tremendous Bush Fires. Black Sunday. A Disastrous New Year's Day. Devastations by Fire. Enormous Destruction of Property in Riverina. Thousands of Stock Burned to Death. Loss of Human Life
Rung in with all the joyous incident of New Year's Eve, the music of the bells and of bands, the firing of volleys, the service of thanksgiving and of prayer for a…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →District Fires. Jindera
The bush fire at Jindera, which is reported to have started from Bull Plain or Carnsdale, reached Stoney Park about 4 p.m. on New Year's Day. A strong wind…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Victorian Fires. Serious Damage at Chiltern and Barnawartha
A fire started on Withers' Ulupna Station on Saturday at 3 p.m., and swept through a number of paddocks to the Chiltern Valley mine, where a…
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