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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

157 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 8

Numerous Fires. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 2

HENRY SEARGE and Company's warehouse at Fremantle was destroyed by fire last night, many persons being injured by the flying debris. The damage is estimated…

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The Fremantle Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 4

Further details of the disastrous fire at Fremantle (W.A.) show, that the damage is estimated at over £50,000. The insurances amount to…

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Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 5

Bush fires were raging in many parts of the State yesterday. Serious damage was caused, great difficulty being experienced in saving homesteads…

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Bush Fires. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 2

THE latest reports show that bush fire of a very destructive nature are raging in several districts, and large areas of grasland have been denuded. In one locality…

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Bush Fires

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 4

A disastrous bush fire is raging on Molong station near Canowindra. The crops have been destroyed and 300 stud sheep are lost. In one paddock…

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Extensive Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 3

Grave fears are felt by landowners in the Corowa district with regard to bush fires. The length of grass is so great, and has dried so rapidly, that,…

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Fire Brigade

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 2

In most country towns, with any preference fo progress, a fire brigade is established, and when occasion arises it proves…

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Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 2

IN some of the south-western districts, apart from, reaping a poor crop (in many cases pot more than, and bag of wheat to the…

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Fire Brigades

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 2

THE complete State control over fire brigades is advocated, and if the undesirable condition of some of these…

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Bush Fires. Terrible Destruction at Quirindi

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 December 1904 · page 2

The view of the White Rock mountain last night was a sight to he remembered for many a long day by the townspeople of Quirindi. As a spectacular -display it was…

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Ravaged by Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 December 1904 · page 8

Residents of the Quirindi district are suffering serious loss through the destruction wrought by bush fires. What is known as White Rock…

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Ravaged by Fire

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

Residents of the Quirindi district are suffering serious loss through the destruction wrought by bush fires. What is known as White Rock…

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Bier Fire at Newcastle

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

A big fire occurred at Newcastle early this morning. Patey's joinery workshop, together with the building occupied by the…

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Fire in Vivian-street

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 2

What might have been a serious conflagration broke out at 10.30 last Saturday night in a bed room at Mr. C. E. Moore's premises, adjoining the Salvation Army…

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Bush Fires in W.A. Extensive Damage

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 4

Bush fires in West Australia swept 120 miles of pastoral and agricultural country, doing enormous damage…

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Sydney, Thursday, 12.50 P.m. Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 4

THE hot weather continues, and disastrous bush fires are reported from many parts of the country. MR. WATSON AND SOCIALISM…

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Disastrous Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 5

Bush fires continue in many parts of the country, causing great loss to settlers. A sensational incident occurred in…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Miles of Country Swept

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 3

Serious bush fires have occurred in various parts of Victoria. At Bairnsdale all day oh Friday grass and timber fires were burning in every…

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