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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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The Bush Fires. Great Destruction in New South Wales and Victoria. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 1

The bush fires swept holdings in the Tumbarumba district. Some selectors in the Wyalong district and adjoining localities lost all…

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The Albury District Bush Fire. Travels As Quick As the Mail Train. Value of Fire Pumps

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

Later details in regard to the bush fire in the Albury district show that the fire was purely accidental, being caused by the lighted he[?] of a safety…

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Serious Bush Fires. Stock, Fencing, Buildings, and Thousands of Acres of Grass Burnt. a Repetition of Last Year's Experience

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 38

We regret to learn that another terribly destructive bush, fire has been experienced in this district, extending over a wide area of country and causing very serious,…

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The Albury Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

The district stock inspector at Albury has notified those who have been burnt out and are unable to find grass for their stock, that they…

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Fire at Echuca

The Independent · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

Shortly after 2 a.m. on Wednesday a fire broke out in Mr H Stiles's jewellery shop in Hare-street. Mr Stiles who sleeps on the premises,…

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A Fire Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

The firebell rang out its alarming notes again on Wednesday evening at about [?] The scene of the outbreak was Mrs. House's well-known…

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The Mulrerrygong Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. Frank Weir, malinger of Mulborrygong, writes:—The fire broke in Pother's abandoned but, on the Singorimbah-Mulburrygong boundary, close to the Hay-Jerilderic…

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Fires in Victoria. Loss of Life in [?]Ippsland

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

Disastrous bush fires have occurred in South Gippsland, and unfortunately there is an appalling record if lives lost and homes destroyed. Six…

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The Quat Quatta Grass Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

Mr. Coghian informs us that none of his grass was burnt in the fire at Quay Quatta last week, and that Mr. No[?] lost only about three acres,…

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In Oth R Districts. Heartrending Spectacle at Forbes. Fire Fighters Injured. Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 39

A fire started at Mr. R. D. Moore's property on Saturday afternoon, five miles from town, during a gale, and rapidly spread, burning all the grass on Morgan's…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

The inquiry to be held into the fire at Mr. M. Connell's, on the Brocklesby estate, has been adjourned till next week as the most…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. Gus Lincke, had the had luck to lose 100 bags of oats and a drill through a fire on Munderwadders last week. The weather has been very sultry…

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Bush Fires. Outbreak on Old Cornella Damage on Moroco Station and Selections

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

Though serious bush fires have devastated large areas of country in various portions of Riverina during the past three months, the outbreaks around the Deniliquin district have been confined to…

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Bush Fires. Alleged Incendiarism. Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

Regarding the grass fire which, occurred at Sandy Creek Station on Tuesday last, the manager, Mr C. Rollo, declares that he is certain some…

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Bush Fires. Big Fire at Mullengandra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The reflection in the sky of a large bush fire was seen from Albury last evening in the direction Mullengandra. At times the sky was brilliantly…

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The Bush Fires. Another Bush Fire at Hillston. Wheat and Crops Destroyed. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

Another outbreak of fire occurred yesterday, and proved to be the most destructive yet experienced. About noon smoke was seen rising about…

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The Bush Fires. The Gippsland Fires. The District a Desolation. TOORA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

The Toora storekeepers, constable, and school teacher tramped for ten miles to the summit of Mount Best and back more than once, over fire and…

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The Bush Fire Seadon. Evidences of Incendiarism

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

Regarding the grass fire when occurred at Sandy Creek Station, in the Wagga district, on Tuesday last the manager, Mr. C. Rolla, declared that…

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Fire at Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

A fire broke out shortly before seven o'clock this morning at the large ironmongery warehouse at Port Adelaide, of which Messrs Crooks and Brookers…

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General Slocum Fire. the Captain Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The enquiry into the cause of the fire on board the General Slocum on June 15, 1904, when nearly 1200 persons were burnt or drowned in the East…

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