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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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Fire! Herald' Printing Works Threatened

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon after 4 o'clock, the townspeople were alarmed by the ringing of the fire-bell; and Captain Hudso, of the local Volunteer Fire…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 8

The Editor of The Worker invites literary contributions, in prose and verse for publication in the worker's will lie returned if postage is…

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Bush Fire at Harefield

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 2

Considerable excitement reigned at Harefield on Saturday when it became known that a large bush fire had broken out in the locality. It raged…

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Bush Fire. Unpleasant Christmas Experience. Over 30,000 Acres Burnt

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 2

A bush fire broke out about 4 p.m. on Xmas Eve in a grass paddock a short distance behind Mr. W. Patterson's residence at Hatefield. Mr. R. J…

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Fire on the Steamer Sophocles. Loss Estimated at £20,000. PERTH

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 4

The Aberdeen liner, Sophocles, which left Albany for London on Thursday last, put into Fremantle on Saturday with a fire in the engine store-room of…

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Serious Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 2

A BUSH fire of some magnitude broke out at Mundarlo on Christmas Day, at about mid-day. It originated on Mr. A. Parson's land, and spread…

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The Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 2

The officers of incoming Steamers describe the smokes on the coast as the most dense experienced for some years. North Head and the Barrenjoey light…

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Bush Fires in Victoria

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 2

In the Gippsland district of Victoria, near Bairusdale, very serious bush fires have been raging. On Friday grass, timber, and…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 3

The attention of the public is particularly directed to the subjoined extracts from the Act for preventing the Careless use of Fire, No…

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Bush Fires

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

Bush fires continue in many parts of the country, and are causing great loss to settlers…

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Bush Fires. Settlers Suffer Severely. Big Blaze at Adelong Xing

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

CHRISTMAS-time was an anxious period for the men on the land, for, in this district, it brought with it the usual mid-summer calamity, bush fires…

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Great Bush Fires a Face of Over Twenty Miles. Selectors Burnt Out. Destruction of Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

This summer threatens to make itself historical by the number of bush tires which are occurring in this district, Only in last issue we had to record the…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Extensive Damage. Two Destructive Outbreaks

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

There have been many bush fires during the last month on the various stations surrounding Wagga, and more or less damage has been sustained by…

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Bush Fires Raging an Outbreak Near Yass. Thousands of Acres Burned

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

Yass, Wednesday, -- A great bush fire raged at Bendeoine station on Monday and Tuesday. It is supposed to have been accidentally caused by some boys while oat…

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Another Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

Another fire started at Tuning Creek, and got over the line to Mr. M'Geoch's paddocks at Egan Creek, and was before our going to press raging furiously in…

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Fire! Grandstand Burnt Down

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

At 11 o'olock on Thursday night the firebell rang oat its warning, and people flocked out of doors to see a huge conflagration on the northern outskirts of…

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The Fire Demon. Grandstand Destroyed

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

While we lounged in our garden chair about 11 o'clock on Thursday night, after the excessive heat of the day, and enjoyed the gradually cooling air, we saw a sudden…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Nots

The Worker · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions, in prose and verse, for publication in THE WORKER'S Camp Fire column. Unaccepted MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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