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Fires & bushfires, 1900

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The Romance of Funk. How Men Feel Under Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

YOUNG Cookran was not obllged to do the work of a war correspondent, which was good luck for him; but he always boasted of it wherever he went, which was an…

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Fire at Inverell

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred as Inverell last night, the Red Flag Stores building, occupied by Messrs. Hosie and Thomas as an auction mart, and the boarding house kept by Mrs…

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The Prisoner Brought In. Why He Did Not Fire Back

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 4

WINGHAM Saturday, 12 20 p.m--Jimmy Governor has been just brought into town. It is calculated that there were 200 curious…

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Fatal Fire in New York. Many Persons Injured. London, Oct. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 2

AN explosion which occurred yesterday in the extensive premises of Tarrant and Co., wholesale druggists of New York, caused a paine and a fatal stampede in an adjacent…

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Fire at Newtown

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 2

There was a big fire at Newtown this morning. Two business premises were consumed and others were considerably damaged. Dozens of lives…

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The Prisoner Brought In. Why He Did Not Fire Back

Coolamon Echo · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 5

WINGHAM. Saturday, 12 20 p. m— Jimmy Governor has been just brought into town. It is calculated that there were 200 curious spectators, but there…

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Fire at Peak Hill

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 2

Eleven buildings were destroyed by fire at Peak Hill on Saturday…

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Big Fire at Coolac a Woolshed Burned. Damage Over £700

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 2

A BIG fire occurred at Coolac on Sunday afternoon last, at about 3 p.m., whereby Mrs. Maher's woolshed, containing 41 bales of wool, two…

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The First Bush Fire. Pomingalarna Ablaze

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 2

The first of the bush fires, many of which, unless the season changes very much, will save to be recorded this year, was brought prominently under the…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE annual monthly meeting of the above brigade was held on Tuesday evening last. Present:—Captain Strusz, 1st Lieut. Spies, 2nd Lieut. Holy, Treas. Smith. Firemen…

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Hanging Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 6

A country yokel had for some time been paying attention to one of the village maidens, but could find no way to put his meaning into words…

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Junes Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Junee Democrat · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the reel house on Wednesday night last. 1st Lieutenant Carveth occupied the chair, and there…

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The Bush Fire Danger

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 5

Once again we must seize the opportunity of drawing attention to the danger of bush fire and the necessity for guarding against their outbreak. To do so is to repeat a tale…

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The Pomingalarna Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 2

The fire which was durning on Pomingalama Common on Wednesday last was received by the fierce wind which blew on Thursday. Some additional 50 or 60…

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Big Fire At Coolac. a Woolshed Burned. Damage Over £700

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 4

A BIG fire occurred at Coolac on Sunday afternoon last, at about 3 p.m., whereby Mrs. Mather's woolshed, containing 41 bales of wool, two wool presses and…

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The Fire at Pominglarna. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 2

SIR,—As the man in the street attributes the outbreak of fire in the grass at Pominglarna to the burning off done there recently and would have the public think that…

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Local and General News. Fire at Newtown

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

A fire occurred at an outhouse at the rear of Mr. Johnathan Boon's premises, Peter-street, Newtown, about 5.30 a.m. yesterday. The building was destroyed, but owing to the…

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Fire near Reefton

The Temora Star · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out on Mr. W. Lysle selection and destroyed about 200 acres of wheat, three miles of wire fencing, forty tons…

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Bush Fires at Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 November 1900 · page 2

As already reported grass fires occurred at South Lockhart on Thursday last, but further particulars now come to hand that a conflagration broke out the same…

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