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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Bush Fire. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 5

A BUSH fire, in the Grenfell district, has destroyed 30,000 acres of grass and crops, besides fencing and sheds…

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Fire at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 5

At Newcastle, yesterday morning, the large establishment of Mr. T. H. Ingall, tailor and outfitter, was burned down…

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Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

Serious bush fires are raging in various parts of Victoria. Large areas of wheat have been destroyed;…

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Facts & Fancies. Fatal Fires in May

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

On Thursday, 6th May, 1888, a fire, attended by loan of life, occurred at Derby, where the Grand Theatre, a new building, was burned down, and one of the actors…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Terrible Losses. Sydney, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

ANOTHER disastrous bush fire is playing havoo in the Forbes district. Many farmers have been completely burned out, and thousands of acres of crop have…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Bush Fires. Extensive Damage

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 4

In the Forbes district, three hundred square miles of country were swept by fires. The scene at night was appalling. The population area…

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Latest Wires Destructive Bush Fires. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 3

In the Forbes district 300 square miles of country were swept, by fires. The scene at night was appalling. The…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Uralla News · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

The final meeting of the General Committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday the 21st…

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Bush Fires at Forbes. Terrible Destruction

The Inverell Times · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 7

The bush fires have caused considerable damage in the Forbes district. The most serious fire started on Friday at Boyd station, and travelled to…

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Heat and Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

Owing to the heat wave on Saturday several deaths occured at Adelaide from sunstroke, and four at Broken Hill. At Wentworth the thermometer was…

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Bush Fires

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

Aa a result of the excessive heat several districts have suffered severely through bush fires. In the Albury district over 2000 acres of grass were destroyed on Brae…

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Dis[?] Bush Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

F[?] have swept holdings in the Tumb[?]runb[?] district. Some selectors in the Wyalong district and adjoining localities have lost all the…

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Bush Fires and Deaths. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

THE Minister for Lands [?] decided to extend to the sufferers by the bush fires now recently raging, the same concessions as were extended on the…

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Bush Fires. Miles of County Devas Tated. Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

Big bush fires have been raging about Cootamandra district during the last few days. At Jugiong miles of country have been burnt, and the…

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The Gippsland Bush Fires Scenes of Desolation Stern Fights of Settlers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

It has not yet been possible to fully ascertain the extent of the disasters in the Gippsland country or Victoria. Many hard fights against the fire as…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

FURTHER disastrous bush fires are reported from Victoria. In many parts the country incompletely dovastated. Further fatalities are feared, and many…

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Gippaland Rusk Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

It has not yet been possible to felly a certain the extent of the [?] in the Gippeland country of Victoria. Many hard [?] against the fire as…

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Bush Fires

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

Fires have swept holdings in the Tumberumba district. Some selectors in the Wyalong district and adjoining localities…

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The Bush Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

The Premier states in connection with the bush fires it has been ascertained that in many cases the crops destroyed were insured. Although the…

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Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

THE opening of the new year has Loon marked by devastating Bros in some of the Slates. The loss of property was…

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