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Fires & bushfires, 1909

318 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 16

Dush Fire Near Kilmore. Kilmore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 December 1909 · page 2

An extensive bush fire broke out yesterday afternoon at Goldie, and spread through a considerable area of rough limbered country, Last night miles of…

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Fire Brigades Administration

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

The new Fire Brigades Act has been assented to by the Governor, and comes into operation on January 1st. Important changes are brought about by this…

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The Moorwatha Fire P.p. Board Discountenances Phosphrus

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

Dr. Andrews, chairman of the Albury P.P. Board, absolutely contradiots the statement that the board is responsible fir tge use of phosphorus for rabbit…

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Bush Fire Near Sydney. Railway Trains Delayed. Overland Telegraph and Telephone Wires Destroyed Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 5

A huge bush fire broke out at Cabramatta, a railway town 20 miles from Sydney, to-day. The fire seized upon Hurst's timber yards and two sawmills, which adjoin…

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Fire at Bulgandra. Share-farmer's Severe Loss

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 2

A fire broke out about half-past 12 o'clock yesterday at Bulgandra and swept through the crop of Mr. J. Crook, a share farmer on Mr. C. A. Gibson's property…

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Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 25

A fire broke out at Bulgandra about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and swept through the crop of Mr. J. Cook, a share farmer on Mr. C. A. Gibson's property. The…

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Bush Fire at Pomingarlana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 25

A large grass fire held sway for some time on Tuesday afternoon at Pomingalarna and neighboring properties. It started on Yaragundry reserve below the…

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Fire Brigade

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the local bush-fire brigade was held on Tuesday evening, when Mr T. Boyle presided over a fair attendance…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 45

The following regulation passed by the Hume Shire Council has been gazetted:— No occupier of any land may burn any straw, stubble, grass, or herbage, or…

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Fire in Essex. Crepe Mills Destroyed. London, December 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 43

The silk and crepe mills of Samuel Courtauld and Co. Ltd., of Braintree, Essex, were destroyed by fire yesterday. Five hundred hands have been thrown out of…

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Distructive Bushfires Outbreak at Pomingalarna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2

A large grass fire held away for some time on Tuesday afternoon at Pomingalarna and neighboring properties. It started on the Yaragundry reserve below the school,…

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(All Rights Reserved.) "Tried by Fire" Chapter Xiv. the Sting of the Wasp

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 4

We left Steenic forming one of the horrified eye-witnesses of the accident at the head of Jamaica-street, in Glasgow. So suddenly had the thing come about that…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Yesterday morning there was a small outbreak of fire close to Mr. C. Emerton's house, but it was soon extinguished. The area of grass consumed was about…

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Bush Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

A bush-fire broke out on Mr. J. E. Jones' Howell Farm property at about 11.30 a.m. on Monday, and burnt about 200 acres and some fencing on that…

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World-Wide Fires an Epidemic of Flame in Australia, London and New York Fiery Visitations in Three Continents the Border Bush Fires Deplorable Devastation and Destruction the Gerogery Bush Fire How It Travelled Enormous Losses and Destruction. Some Pitiable Scenes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

The country is still being waste by the bush fire which broke out at Gerogery East on Monday morning. When ny report closed yesterday evening it was stated…

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Fires About [?]Rmanton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out on Yarra Yarra on Monday at about 11 a.m. near the woolshed and defied all available means to get it under. It travelled at a great rain…

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The Williamstown Blaze. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

The scene of yesterday's great fire at Williamstown was to-day visited by hundreds of people. The long lines of chimneys, bare and gaunt, the tangled masses…

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Destructive Grass Fires Near Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

A grace fire broke out on the quarry receive on the Urana road, about five miles from Wagga, On Monday fornoon, and during the three hours that it burnt, it…

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Fire at Burrumbuttock

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

A bush fire broke out on the Albury side of Burrumbuttock yesterday morning. Before 11 had assumed any proporllona it was beaten out…

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A Gippsland Fire. Maffra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 2

The fire which started in Powers court" yesterday did much damage. Mr. George Cress, whose property is near Bundalaquah, suffered most severely. It…

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