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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Chapter Viii. Mr Mullen Opens Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 8

It was essential to' Mr. Mullen's plan that he should have an interview with Ella aione, and secure against interruption, and he did not at first see how this was to…

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Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

An immense bush fire is raging in the Murr[?]mburrab district, and large numbers of crops and many homesteads have been destroyed…

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Bush Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 4

THE awful devastation and loss of life occasioned by the recent heat wave and its accompanying bush fires all over the State—our own district not…

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The Bush Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

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Bush Fires. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

AN immense bush fire is raging in the Murrumburrah district, and large numbers of crops and many homesteads have been destroyed…

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Bush Fires. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

THE "[?] by bush fires is the Corowa district are estimated at £20,000…

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The Bush Fires. Heartrending Scenes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

THE fires on Sunday extended from the Hunter River to Vacy a distance of fully 15 miles. Nothing in the track of the fire escaped, all efforts to…

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Fearful Bush Fires. Great Loss of Property

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

THE sweltering heat of the past week has been responsible for a great number of bush fires which have played havoe all over the State, doing an immense amount…

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Correspondence. Bush Fires.—a Warning. to the Editor of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 4

GENTLEMEN, —It is simply appalling the way in which bush and grass fires have taken possession of many parts of the State, burning all before them and ruining thousands of…

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Fire Relief Fund. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

AT a meeting yesterday a fund was started for the relief of the sufferers by the bush fires, and over £13 were at once subscribed…

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Bush Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5
Also in The Inverell Times

Terrible bush fires have been raging during the past week or so. In many parts of the country homes have been devastated, crops destroyed, and sheep,…

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The Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

At Bangadang to Crain, N. Melrose, and J. Melrose lost the whole of their grass and fencing, and W. Melrose, in addition, about 90 tons of hay. Mr…

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Disastrous Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

At Kempsey, hundreds of head of poultry about the town dropped dead and a large number of pigs. At Carcoar an old man in the…

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Fearful Bush Fires

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

Heavy losses by reason of bush fire in the Corowa district are reported. Mr. Payne, a share farmer at Kentucky,…

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Bush Fires Relief Funds

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

The bush fires relief funds have now reached £1900. The money will probably be spent on fodder…

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Bush Fires Incendiarism Suspected

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

Additional accounts continue to arrive of the enormous destruction by bush fires. The losses in the Albury district…

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The Bush Fires. Appalling Destruction

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

Throughout the Wagga district the damage by fire represents an enormous sum. It has been a terrible experience, one that will be written…

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Fighting a Bush Fire

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. Erratt came home for Christmas holidays, and like many others on the Plains, recently had an exciting experience with a bush fire…

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Bush Fires.—A Warning. (To the Editor of the CHRONICLE)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

Sir,—It is simply appalling the way in which bust and grass fires have taken possession of many parts of the State, burning all before them, and…

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