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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

367 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 19

Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the committee was hold at the council chambers on Saturday afternoon, when there were present Dr. Andrewa and Messrs. Wllkinson. J…

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Bush Fire Relief. Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letters :-- Department of Lands, Sydney, January 20, 1905

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

Sir.--I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 17th January, 1905, and to inform you that instructions have already…

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Savernake the Fire Fiend

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

On Friday last about midday the residents around the township got a bit of a start by seeing a volume of smoke shoot up close at hand in the…

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Fire at Burrumbuttock

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

A bush are broke out to-day here, near the Burrumbuttock Hotel, which is supposed to have got away from a camp fire. As a great wind was…

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The Late Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 28

In reference to the damage done at the Round Hill Station, Messrs. Balfour and Co. write:—"We are very glad to know that only a small portion of the grass lands, about 4000…

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After the Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 39

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., who has taken an active part in rendering assistance to those who have been burnt out by the late bush fires, and who has been through the…

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INTERCOLONIAL. The Late Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 28

James Galvin, who drives the Tumbarumba mail coach, had some thrilling facts to relate about the late bush fires. He reported that the fire had been…

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Bush Fire Relief Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3
Also in The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times

A meeting of the local committee, Mr. C. T. Brewer in the chair, was held at School of Art on Monday evening last, when certain…

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Bush Fires. Their Causes and Remedies. Mr. Trollope's Report

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

A report has reached the State Premier from Mr. Frederick Trollope, chairman of the Hay Land Board, who was appointed to make a thorough…

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Bush Fires. Their Cause and How to Stop Them. Report by Mr Trollope

The Independent · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

The Premier has received from Mr F. Trollope, chairman of the Land Board at Hay, a report on the cause of bush fires, and on the best and readiest means of preventing…

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Woman's Clothes Catch Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

An old resident of Chiltern named Jessie Stead was severely burned on Wednesday at her son's residence, near State School No. 327. It appears the…

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Bush Fires. Their Cause and Prevention an Official Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

The Premier has received from Mr. Frederick Trolloppe, chairman of the Hay Land Board, a report on the subject of the r[?]nt bush f[?]. It…

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Bush Fire Relief. "Corowa Free Press" List

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Previously acknowledged 70 1 0 D. Murchison. 3 3 0 £73 4 0 The above amounts have been…

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Outrage at the Graveside. Crowd of Mourners Fires At

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

A conflict has taken place at Lodz, "the Manchester of Poland," between the troops and a crowed of people attending a funeral…

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Fire in a Mansion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning at the residence of Mr. Edward W. knox, Belleview Hill, and the premises were gutted. A chimney caught fire and…

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Phosphorus and Bush Fires

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 4

The N.S.W. Government Analyst expresses the following views: "That the preparation of the bait is of itself a daifgerous occupation; that fires…

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Bush Fire Sufferers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

The following is a copy of a letter sent by Sir William Lyne to the Lord Mayor of Sydney on the subject of the bush are sufferers:--"Sydney,…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Bush Fire Fund. the Albury Donation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

The committee of the lord Mayor's Bush Fire Fund has voted the sum of [?]200 ti the Albury district for the relief of sufferers by the New Year's…

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Fire in Alderman's Avenue

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

On Saturday evening last, shortly after eight o'clock part of the town was alarmed by the vigorous ringing of the fire bell. It was shortly afterwards seen, by the…

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