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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

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Gilgandra Fire. Three Accused Committed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

At the Gilgandra Police Court, before Mr, H. Giles Shaw, P.M., on August 27th lost, Joshua Henry Cowell and Hannah Jenkins were charged with that they did, at…

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Fires. London

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 2

A great fire has taken place at Travnik, Bosnia, by which 600 houses, 7 morgues and one synagogue were destroyed. A number of fatalities occurred, and 3000 people are…

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Boogie Gooble School. Destroyed by Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 3

ON Monday the public school at Buninyong, some four miles front Dubbo, wan destroyed by fire. The Coroner (Mr. R. G. Dulhunty) held an inquest at Dundulhmal yesterday (Tuesday)…

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Fire at Boggle Gooble. School Burnt Down

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

The school room at Boogie Gooble about seven miles from Dubbo, was burnt down between Friday afternoon and Monday morning last It appears…

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The Fire at Boogie Gooble School House. Coroner's Inquest

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 4

AN inquest into the circumstances connected with the destruction, of Boogle Gooble School house by fire on Sunday evening last was conducted on Tuesday morning by the Distriot…

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The Fire Brigade

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 4

A meeting of members of the above was held at the Club Hotel last night to consider the difficulty which has risen through the shortage of funds needed for the erection of…

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Bear on Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 6

During a terrible forest fire at Pot[?] ville, Pennsylvania, a bear was seen to emerge from the woods with its shaggy cost all aflame. The sagacious animal…

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FIRE. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 4

A fire occurred in a shop in the Royal Arcade last night, doing extensive damage to one business establishment…

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Big Fire

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 3

A large building at Pyrmont, known as Elder's Hall, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The adjoining premises were damaged by fire and water…

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The Coming Summer. Railway Precautions Against Bush Fires

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3

OWING to the abundant growth of grass, the Railway Commissioners feel some anxiety as to possible fires when the summer sun has dried the herbage. The grass within the…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, October 31, 1903. Dancer of Bush Fires

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 2

THE abundant growth of vegetation throughont the country during the present season brings in its train potentialities of danger, and already a…

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Dubbo Fire Brigade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening. Captain Ritter in the chair. There was a good attendance of members. Several accounts were…

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Fatal Fire. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 1

A fire occurred in a crowded tenement in New York on Saturday. Twenty-five persons were suffocated, the victims being chiefly women and children…

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Fire at the Vatican. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 1

A fire occurred ia a private apartment over the library of the Vatican on Saturday Three rooms were burned, but the books and manuscripts in the library were not…

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The Ovalau. Caught Fire and Foundered. All Hands Saved. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 2

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 2

News has been received that the Ovalau caught fire and foundered off lord Howe Inland on October 20. All hands were saved…

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Novel Fire-extinguishes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 6

ALTHOUGH Western wit cannot lay claim to such originality as a few weeks since promoted a Chinese mob, on the occasion of a serious outbreak of fire, to advance…

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The Missing Steamer Ovalau. Fire on the Vessel

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 3

Quite a sensation was occasioned when news was received that the missing steamer Ovalau had been destroyed by fire off Cape Howe Island…

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The Fire Brigade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 2

The members of the Dubbo Fire Brigade are assidnously practising for the coming competition at Armidale. The residents in the main streets almost…

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Precautions Against Fires. United Action

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 2

THE danger of fires in some of the districts in Victoria is very great in consequence of the luxuriant growth of grass. The farmers, recognising their danger, have…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Sydney, Tuesday. Fire in Tasmania

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 November 1903 · page 3

At Zeehan, Tasmania, yesterday, two hotel and three shops were destroyed by fire, and several other premises damaged…

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