Bush Fires
Reports reached town yesterday that fires have been raging, particularly on the Watercourse, for the past week or more, Bullerana and Midkin being the heaviest losers in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
74 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 4
Bush Fires
While, in our immediate vicinity, bush fires have been raging and hundreds of miles of fencing and thousands of acres of grass have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Saturday, 10.30 a.m. Bush Fires
It is stated that in some district those who have suffered most from severe losses by the recent bush fires are in good circumstances and do not require assistance, while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burnt Out Settlers
On Wednesday last a deputation consisting of Messrs. Waddell, Perry, O'Sullivan, Wood, Hurley, Burgess, Kelly, Scobie, Fallick, and Nielson,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Light on the Chicago Fire
An interesting little story is being told relative to the great Chicago fire. It does not deny the time-honoured tradition that Mrs. (Leary's cow kicked over the lamp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phosphorus causes Bush Fires
Two landholders in the Tumut district independently of each other assert that they are sure that the phospho[?]us baits for rabbits were the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burnt-out Settlers
In view of the fact that many people on the land have suffered severely in regard to fencing and buildings, and in conformity with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sebastapol Fires
The fire at the Admiralty Works, Sepastapol was extinguished after six hours; the Naval depots were destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trustees Fire Brigade
A meeting of the trustees of the Moree Fire Brigade was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen…
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Mr. W. McIntosh, of Newhaven, Baronga, states that by using fire, belts he found it possible to keep bush fires in check. The fires recently came on…
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Michael (who has been keeping up the previous night and whoso head is not quite clear at church time next morning): 'An' phwat are the bells ringin' fer, Pat?'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Causes Fires
That water can cause fire may at first seem a little unlucky but this is just what happened on the western coast of Ireland only a few years ago. The rocks which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Express Wires Sydney, Friday. Bush Fires Fund
The Government is to be urged by the Executive of the Bush Fires Fund to pay over the promised part of £5000 immediately, as there is still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Phosphorus and Bush Fires. (To the Editor of the " Moree Examiner.")
Sir,—We notice a report from the Government Analyst, Mr. Hamlet, and Mr. Mingaye, on the subject of phosphorus and bush fires, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overtaken by Bush Fires
A coach with three horses attached was overtaken by a bush fire while travelling from Mitta Mitta to Lighting Creek, Victoria. Thos. M'Bride,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires from Phosphorus
The Jindera Farmers' Association has unanimously resolved—(a) "That no phosphorus should be sold in the raw state for the poisoning of rabbits,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-Breaks
In some districts summer fires cause enormous loss on farms as well as pastoral holdings. In the case of farms, the loss is in nine cases out of ten due…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest. Sydney, Fire at Bourke
Six shops were destroyed by fire at Bourke this morning. The damage is estimated at £7000…
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A correspondent of the Walgett "Spectator" sends the following in reference to the question whether phosphorus will ignite grass:—Much…
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