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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Big Fire at Newcastle

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 5

Breckenridge's Sawmills in New castle were totally destroyed by fire last night, the damages being estimated at £2,500…

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Fire at Dubbo. Dulhunty's Buildings Almost Totally Destroyed

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

A big fire broke out at Dubbo yesterday morning at 3 o'clock in what are known as Dulhunty's Buildings, Macqunrie-street, opposite Mrs. Simms'…

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Fire at Dulhunty's Buildings. Collapse of the Front Wall Some Narrow Escapes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 3

Shortly before 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, Dulhunty's buildings were destroyed by fire—and practically completely so—making the third, and as the event…

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Dubbo Fire Brigade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

The Dubbo Fire Brigade has received a cheque for £65 16s 7d from the Under-writers' Association…

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Football. Fire Brigade and Band Beats the Town

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

The season closed on Wednesday with a match between a combined team, from the Fire Brigade and Band, and one picked from the rest of the town. W. Matthews…

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Fire in Wellington. Little Damage Done

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 3

A fire that might have resulted in a large amount of damage being done, occurred on Saturday night in premises in Maughan-street, occupied by…

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Fire at Wellington. A Good Save

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

A FIRE occurred in Wellington on Saturday night, by which Mr. Daily's hairdressing saloon, adjoining his tobacconist's shop, was destroyed, Mr. Dally was in bed upstairs when the flames…

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The Late Fire. to the Editor of the "Dubbo Dispatch."

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 3

SIR,--Can you spare me a small space in your valuable journal to remark on your local contemporary's report on the recent fire. First of all, I would ask who was his…

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Latest Cablegrams. Fire in a Coalmine. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A fire has occurred in a coal mine at Haileyville, Okiahoma, and it is believed that 30 miners have bean suffocated. Twenty-six bodies have been recovered…

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Fire at Bugaldie

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. E. May-Steers, held an inquiry on Saturday last at Bugaldio, touching the circumstances surrounding a [?] which occurred at Longreach, on…

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Dubco Fire Brigade. Monthly Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the members of the Dubbo Fire Brigade was held at the station on Friday evening Captain Ritter in the chair. There was A good attendance of members of the brigade…

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A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 7

The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…

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Forest Fires

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

Groat forest fires are now raging in California (U.S.A.)…

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A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 7

The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…

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Forest Fires

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 3

The fires raging in the forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin have the town of Chisholm, Dulhuth is threatened. The damage is estimated £300,000…

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Latest Cablegrams. Buss Fires in America. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 2

Fires are raging in the pine forests of Minne[?]ota and Wicconsin (U.S.A.). The town of Chish[?]lm was destroyed, and Duluth is threatened. The damage is…

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A City Fire. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

The largest warehouse of [?], Hey[?]ood and Clark, [?], narrowly escaped destruction yesterday morning as the consequence of the…

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An Accident and a Fire

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 2

A man named John Duckett, employed by Mr. W. F. Stephenson, of "Highfield," Maryvale, met with a painful accident on Friday evening…

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Cobar Fire Brigade

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 2

A meeting of management of the Cobar Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Friday evening last. Present:—Capt. Lanyon and…

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America's Fire Losses

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 4

The idea prevalent among Americans that the United States is the greatest country in the world receives a severe shock from figures issued recently, by the National Board of…

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