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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

50 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 3

Big Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

A fire broke out last night in the upper storey of the colonial bottled ale store at Tooth's Brewery. The brigades were speedily on the scene,…

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Bosh Fire Wires

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

Telegrams relating to bush fires will be sent through the railway wires free of charge, the Commonwealth Post Master General having declined to…

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Outbreak of Fires

The Moree News · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 2

The imminent danger of bush fires creating great destruction throughout this State, consequent on the prolific growth of herbage now becoming…

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Fire at Billabong

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

At Little Billaboag yesterday, Crosses Hotel and Cross Bros store and the Post Office were destroyed by fire…

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Fire

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

At Little Billalong yesterday Cross' hotel, Cross Bros' store, and the post office were destroyed by fire…

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Fire at Moree. a Big Blaze Averted. Good Work by the Fire Brigade

The Moree News · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

Great excitement was experienced in town on Tuesday evening last when it become known that a fire had broken out in the centre of the town…

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Bush Fires

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 4

A bush fire started at Gurley last week, caused, it is stated, by fires being lit to stumps on the line which was being cleared for rabbit netting…

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Fatal Fire

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 2

A woman, named Wilson, wife of a farmer, near Corowa, set fire to herself and then rolled on the grass, which was ignited. The flames spread with…

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Destructive Fire at Walgett

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 4

A telegram from Walgett on Friday says: Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning a fire, which at one time [?] to assume very serious…

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A Ball of Fire From the Sky

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 7

One of the strangest freaks in electrical phenomens that has [?] been reported occurred in northern California recently. During the day…

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