Destructive Bush Fires Condobolin
A fire started last Thursday in the Boolooree paddock of Wooyeo run, and burned the paddock out. The fire was confined to Wooyeo by the burning of…
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397 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 20
Another Extensive Grass Fire. in the Gunbar Wheelbah District Much Damage Done
During the past week another terribly destructive fire has swept over a wide area of country extending from Gunbar to Hillston, carrying nearly…
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The reason of the year during which bush fires are to be feared has now begun, and we have been requested by the Government to invite attention to…
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The first fire of the season in this district occurred on the 22nd inst. Smoke was notified rising a short distance from the town, and the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bush Fire at Hillston. Subdued by Volunteers. Fifty Sheep Lost. HILLSTON
Another outbreak of fire occurred this morning, It started on the camping reserve, four miles west, of the town, and fanned by a…
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An alarm of fire was given shortly before seven o'clock last evening, when a kitchen at a residence in Cressy Street, occupied by Mr…
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A large area of grass was destroyed by fire, supposed to have been caused by some men in charge of a mob of sheep, on the All Saints Vineyard…
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On Wednesday week Mr. A. Laity's house at Finley was burned to the ground, and his wife and only child perished in the flames. It appears…
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A woman named Margaret Noonan, aged 37 years, living at Leichhardt, fired two shots at her husband, Thos. Noonan, without effect, on Thursday,…
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The final meeting of the general committee or the N.S.W. Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, an Thursday, December…
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The following office bearers were appointed for the ensuing year at the annual meeting of the Albury Fire Brigade:—Capt. T. Ryan:…
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The residence of Mr. Burton, share farmer. Yarra Yarra, was totally consumed by fire at 3 a.m. on the 4th inst. The inmates had a very narrow…
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A disastrous bush fire is reported from the Forbes district. Boyd Station, an extensive property, owned by Messrs A. J. and H. W. Stitt,…
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A fire broke out on Saturday morning on Mr. A. Dixon's "Happy Valley Estate." Our informant states that upwards of 60 acres of grass were…
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The final meeting of the General committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday, 21st December,…
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The Hay Bush Fire Brigade received its baptism of fire on Friday afternoon, and the occasion was a particularly unpleasant one for such a happening, as the heat, was quite…
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The buildings known as the Albion Hotel have been totally destroyed by fire. The premises were unoccupied, save for a care taker. They belonged to the A.J.S. Bank…
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[?] fires are still raging over a large tract of country, and are causing extensive damage. In the Forbes district on an area of hundred of…
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About five minutes to nine o'clock last night the fire bell gave the alarm. A fire was found to have a fierce, solid grip of Mr. N. Elias' drapery…
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At the Wagga Police Court on Monday, David Wallace was charged with maliciously setting fire to natural grass at Tootal on December 24…
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