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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Bush Fires. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 3

Further particulars regarding the bush fires show that they are the most expensive and disastrous in the history of the State. There have been a number of…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Bush Fires. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 3

In a big fire in the Blackull Ranges, Queensland, a farmer named Burgess and his wife both perished. Not a advert or chain of fencing remains…

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Big Bush Fire at Kickbill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

World has been received in down that a big [?] is giving on the kica bill country. Some [?] ago this country was cleared by unchanged from Sydney and as with been…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Great Extent of Country Affected

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

VERY serious outbreaks of bush fires were reported from different parts of the State on Saturday, and reports continued to pour in of the damage done on Sunday and…

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Within the Fire Zone. Outbreaks in the District. Serious Possibilities. (Special wires to the Dubbo Liberal)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

THOUGH not beyond control at present, the bush fires which have broken out in the Dubbo district during the past few days are causing no little anxiety, and to-day…

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Bush Fires

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 4

A relief fund is being organised in New Zealand in aid of sufferers by bush fires in this state. The Railway Commissioners have…

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Bush Fires. Some Loss About Wellington

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 4

Whilst the whole country rings with the awful tale of disaster by fire in the Riverina and elsewhere. Wellington has not been entirely without its…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. the Worst for Years

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

News of terrible bush fires, accompanied by very heavy losses, both as regards crops and homesteads, was received in Sydney on Saturday and…

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The Nyngan Fire. Eight Buildings Destroyed

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 7

The Nyngan "Observer" given the following account of the fire which occurred in that town on the 20th December…

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The Bush Fires. Relief Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 4

THE ready response of the public to the appeal for subscriptions towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent bush fires is very gratifying. The appeal has been made…

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The Bush Fires. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

Mr. Carruthers says he has been informed that the damage done by the fires has been exaggerated. Many sufferers were insured…

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The Latest Regarding the Bush Fires

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

It is held by many that the recent bush fires were the work of incendarism. Sticks of phosphorus were found at Muttama Station in different points enveloped in wet blankets to…

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The Bush Fire Relief Fund

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

The bush fires relief funds have reached nineteen hundred pounds. The money will probably be spent in the first instance in fodder…

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The Recent Bush Fires. Action by the Railway Commissioners

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

THE Railway Commissioners have decided to bring in the same arrangements in regard to the carriage of hay, straw chaff, and fodder as were in existence during the drought, viz., to…

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Bush Fires. Disasters in the Northern Part of the District

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

If we in Dubbo comparatively escaped the fearful devastation that have left hundreds of square miles in Riverina a blackened waste, the district has nevertheless suffered in its turn…

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The Recent Bush Fires. Action in Sydney. Application to the Government

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

A DEPUTATIONS of members of Parliament, including Messrs. Waddell, Petty, Wood, Nielson, Hurley, Burgess, Scobie, Fattick, and R. T. Bell, waited upon Premier on…

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Assisting Burnt-out Settlers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 5

The Minister for Lands to-day telegraphed to the Sub-Inspectors in the fire stricken districts that sufferers by bush fires may temporarily depasture stock from the…

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Aid to Burnt-out Settlers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

A public meeting was held to-day, the Lord Mayor presiding, at which it was resolved to raise funds in aid of the burnt-out settlers…

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Thursday's Telegrams. Fire at Trangie. Trangie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

The house and contents belonging to Mr. M. H. Kelly, homestead selector. was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon. The origin of the fire is…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday. January [?], 190[?]. the Careless Use of Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

DURING the last week the State has [?] aghast at the bavco wrought by bush fires in several portions of it, and in the tremendous damage done and loss…

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