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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

146 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 8

Wrecked Train Catches Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2

Grim scenes were associated with a disastrous railway collision which occured recently on the Northern Pacific Railway, near Young's Point, Helena, Montana…

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Sensational Railway Collision. Wreckage Takes Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 3

AT about 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening a serious railway accident occurred at Clarence, a siding three miles on the Sydney side of Zig-Zig, on the Westernline (reports the 'Daily Telegraph.')…

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Fire in South Australia

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 3

A large portion of the Wattle Bark Mills, Hindmarsh, South Australia, was destroyed by fire. Damage estimated at several thousand pounds…

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Wellington Fire Brigade Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 2

The management wish to announce that the concert in aid of the Wellington Fire Brigade has been postponed from Boxing Night to the night of New…

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Extensive Bush Fires

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 3

Bush fires still continue in the Gundagat district, and are causing widespread devastation. Already 50,000 acres have been laid waste…

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Fire at a Convent

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 3

In the small hours of Christmas morning the Convent school mid the Sinter's residence at Lymington (Tasmania) were wholly destroyed by fire, with their contents. The…

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