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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

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Bolshevik Reverses Fires in Northern France London, Sept. 4

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 September 1919 · page 2

A Reuter Vancouver message from Berlin states General Gouch has proclamationed the inhabitants of Petrograd that an Allied attack is imminent…

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Fire at Garage

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 1

Only recently Mr. E. R. Hawke had his motor car painted, but now the work wil have to be done again. While the car was being attended to at L. J…

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A Big Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 5

At 4.20 p.m. on Tuesday an outbreak of fire recurred in the engine room at the rear of the premises in Macquarie st. occupied by the Coastal Farmers'…

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A Dubbo Fire

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 9

The premises in Macquarie street, Dubbo, occupied by the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon…

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Sparks From the Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 5

A mathematician calculates that if the average earning capacity of the adults who stood about Macquarie-street and watched the fire on Tuesday was 19…

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Disastrous Fire. Two Shops Gutted. Poor Supply of Water

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 3

On Tuasday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock a fire broke out in premises in Macquarie-street,. owned by Mr. A. Irvine, and occupied by tlio Coastal…

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Science Notes & News. Fire Extinguisher

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 October 1919 · page 3

According to an American technical journal, aqua ammonia—i.e., the common liquid ammonia—forms a most efficient fire-extinguisher, and several…

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Sparks From the Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 1

There are no grounds for the assumption that the fire at Mr. Dixon's promises on Wednesday night was started by one of the I.W.W. agents. It is…

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Wellington Fire Brigade

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Dadd, Inspector of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades, paid a visit to Wellington on Thursday, and made an inspection of the appliances, and put…

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Brake Van on Fire

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 October 1919 · page 2

A brake van, which had just arrived at the Wellington station, attached to a goods train from Orange, was found to be on fire at about 10.30 p.m. on…

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Another Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 November 1919 · page 1

The cottage house of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. L'Amle was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. The building, a weatherboard structure, situated on the river…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1919 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, between a quarter and half-past four o'clock, an alarm was received at the Fire Station, announcing an outbreak of fire at the…

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