Bush Fires
Over thirty reports received by the police show that there is little need for assistance by settlers who suffered by bush fires…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
215 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 11
The Bush Fires
ATTENTION is now being turned to the the cause of the recent bash fires which have worked such sad havoc in all parts of the State. It is impossible…
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The information which has come to hand since last issue of the "Times" concerning bush fires in this district does not in any great measure amplify…
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Several bush, fires have been raging in the district during the past week, but with one or two exceptions the only damage has been the destruction of grass and…
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THE police state that Dubbo district is wholly free from bush fires. MR. J. PERRY, member for Liverpool Plains, has received the following letter:—…
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OF hush fires the most probable causes are either neglected camp fires or the careless use of matches by field workers or travellers on the road. In many districts there is a particularly…
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The following letter has been written to the DAILY TELEGRAPH:— Sir,—I regret to see that in your columns yesterday the fallacy that fire…
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In the report of fires from Murrumburrah instances are given of the ignition caused by phosphorus which had been used to poison rabbits. Frequent puffs of smoke…
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THE fire brigades in the various Status of the Commonwealth have been greatly harassed during the past year by new regulations enforced by the Postal and Telegraph authorities with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, January 11, 19[?]5. Fire As a Fertiliser. a Mistaken Ideu
Mr. Herbert J.Rumsey, Hon. Secretary of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, in a letter printed in another portion of this issue makes out a strong…
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With regard to the late disastrous bush fires, the State Government has decided to place £25,000 at the disposal of the Advances to Settlers…
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The following are extracts from police reports received on Saturday from various stations, by the Inspector-General of Police, relative to bush…
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Since the beginning of the year several fires have been in progress around Gilgandra, but luckily by the exertions of the residents have been…
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The Railway Commissioners have decided to bring in the same arrangements in regard to the carriage of bay, straw chaff, and fodder as were in…
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THE following are extracts from police reports received by the Inspector-General of Police:— Dubbo.—The police officially report that…
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THE following is a copy of a telegram sent to District Foresters by the Under Secretary for Lauds:-- "To ameliorate conditions for settlers recently burnt out the Minister directs that…
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A bush fire, seventy miles long and two miles wide, is raging north west of Tarcoola, South Australia. The Minister for Lands has directed…
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THERE are numerous proofs forthcoming that bush fires have been caused by the phosphorus baits leid for rabbits. One landholder in the Tomut district states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dancer of Phosphorus. Will it Cause Bush Fires. Government Analyst Says Yes
THE theories advanced in various parts of the country during the last week—that the bush fires may to some extent have been caused by the action of phosphorus used…
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Mr. Frederick Trollope. Chairman of the Wagga land Board, has been appointed an officer to report on the cause and preVention of bush flres…
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