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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

209 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 11

Disastrous Bush Fires at Dorrigo

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 6

Last Saturday is spoken of in Dorrigo district as "black Saturday." The whole of the country was devastated with bush fires, presenting the…

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Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 3

It is a lung while since bush fires have been raging in this district to the extent they are at the present time (says a Glen Innes paper). To…

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Fire!

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 4

At 3.48 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out at a cottage in Chester Street. Belgravia, the property of Mr. William Riddett, of River Street. It originated…

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A [?] of Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 8

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Fire in Tea Room

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 4

A fire broke out this morning in a tea room in Royles' Chambers, Bond Street. Three occupants had a narrow…

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Bellingen Bush Fires. Extensive Damage Caused

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 5

The Gleniffer correspondent of the "Northern Courier' gives a graphic account of the havoc recently wrought in that district by bush fires:—"Gleniffer…

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Blue Mountain Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 4

A series of bush fires are raging in the Blue Mountains, but the damage is confined mostly to the scrub…

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Exciting Fire Incidents

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 4

Some exciting scenes were witnessed at a fire in Bond-street early this morning. Two women occupants, becoming terrified at the blaze, rushed to the…

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Dorrigo Bush Fires

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 2

Dorrigo district has had a bad time with terrible bush fire. Severed houses were destroyed. The South British and the Liverpool and London…

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Borrige [?] Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

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Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

A fire broke out at High Street, Ross Hill, on Tuesday afternoon, and at 2.13 sharp the bell clanged, and there was the usual rush for…

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The Danger of Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

The dancer of fire in Ross Hill is not to be ignored, its isolation, especially from Inverell, being a source of discomfort to residents and…

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Destructive Fire. Guns for Allies Destroyed

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

A four-storied building, housing thousands of machines and two thousand workmen and comprising part of on extensive munitions plant, the…

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Through Fire to Victory

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 2

Writing from Suvia Bay to his sister (Mrs. E. G. Bonney, of Bayroad), Lieutenant Nelson Johnson, adjutant of the 29th Division of the…

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Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

The bush fire is still raging in the vicinity of Goonoowigal. It afforded a brilliant spectacle on Sunday night whilst the gale was at its…

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Drought and Bush Fires. District Losses and Sufferings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 8

The present spell of dry weather is proving more disastrous to stockownera generally in the New England district than any that has preceded it in…

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Church Destroyed by Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 6

The Congrega local Church at Windsor has been destroyed by fire…

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Under Shell Fire. WHAT If Feels Like

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 10

My first experience of shell fire. Hew I had subconsciously dreaded it --or rather [?] what my feeling would be, and weather [?] show…

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Fire From Slaked Lime

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 6

Wood-can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent, which is sufficient to…

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Fire From Slaked Lime

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1915 · page 4

Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is sufficient to…

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