Extraordinary Fire. Seven Stacks Destroyed
An extraordinary fire, involving the loss of seven stacks of wheat, the property of Mr. James Crowley, is reported from Murrumbidgerie. The outbreak occurred on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
169 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 9
Fire at Murrumbidgerie. Seven Stacks of Hay Burnt
On Saturday last between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock seven stacks of hay amounting in all to over 200 tons, the property of James Crowley and…
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A fire started on Pinedene, (writes our Goonoo correspondent), on Christmas Day, and travelled in a northly direction for about four miles to the railway between…
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THE following letter has been received by the Lady Mayoress of Sydney from a resident of the south western district:-- "Dear Madam,-- As one of the sufferers of phthisis in this State…
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By a disastrous bush fire at Forbes, Boyd station was almost completely burnt out. Many farmers lost almost everything. Several surrounding districts, between Forbes, Grenfell,…
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By a disastrous bush fire at Forbes, Royd statian was almost completely burned out; many farmers lost almost everything. Several surrounding districts, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INCENDIARISM. The Murrambidgerie Fire
The district coroner, Mr. Burton Smith, hald an inquire at the Court House on Monday, respecting the remarkable outbreak of fire at Murrumbidgerie on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fire at Murrumbidgerie Verdict of Incendiarism
THE District Coroner (Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M.), continued at the Court House, Dubbo, shortly after noon on Monday, the inquiry into the destruction of several haystacks on Mr. Jas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of Phosphorus As a Poison. and Its Possible Relationship to Bush Fires. Report by Mr. F. B. Guthrie
With reference to the use of phosphorus as a poison and its possible relationship to bush fires, the question of the possibility of the spontaneous…
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THE final meeting of the General Committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday the 21st December, under the Presidency of the…
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Melbourne, Friday. At Benalla Police Court yesterday a man was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for setting [?] to grass…
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The West Hotel, Minneapolis, the biggest hotel between Chicago and the Pacific, caught fire when 700 guests were asleep Terrible scenes and heroic rescues are…
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What is probably the most disastrous fire ever experienced in the history of Forbes broke out on Friday of last week. It commenced at different points. The fire…
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Owing to the suspicions circumstances in connection with the outbreak of numerous bush fires on Newlands and Islands property the police from Forbes and Condobolin, who have…
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At an inquiry into a fire at Wadraberry, Parkes district, a verdict was returned that the crops had been feloniously and maliciously destroyed by…
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This year points to more bush fires in our midst than any which we hare yet experienced. Looking to the causes of these vast destructions we find that phosphorous…
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A telegram from Forbes ststes that owing to suspicions circumstances in connection with the outbreak of numerous fires on the Newlands and The Island…
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TWENTY POUNDS ! The vivid red [?]med and died on Ellice Winston's cheeks, and for the moment she could see no more; then, brushing aside with impatient hand…
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A [?]EVASTAI[?] so Thursday night and [?] the [?] for three miles. It is reported that Mr. James Don[?]lly, who resides about [?] miles from…
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A serious fire broke out on Mr. Carroll's selection in the direction of Mewabla on Monday (says a Condobolin telegram), and swept the area, sprsading with startling…
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