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Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Fires in Wagga. Two in One Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

Two fires occurred in Wagga on Thursday, making a total of four within 48 hours. The first outbreak on Thursday took place at about…

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Fires in Wagga. Another Dwelling Burnt Down

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

There have been no fewer than four fires in Wagga this week, and fortunately three of them occurred during the day. Two of them have already been…

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A Sea of Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 3

Scattered throughout the dark, sunless recesses of the great deep are countless varieties of -living organisms, some minute, some large and powerful…

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A Tornado of Wild-Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

The recent great yawning chasm rent i the sun—commonly called a sunspot— so extensive that a considerable number of globes the size of our earth could be…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 1 April 1905 · 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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The Courts. TUESDAY. W. H. Richardson was granted a stage coach license. Causing Bush Fires

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 3

Police v.Leonard Troy. The defendant, a boy of 12, was charged with maliciously setting fire to crass on the property of John Nettleton…

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Fire from Spontaneous Combustion

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

Damp lampblack will ignite from the sun's rays. The same can be said of cotton waste moist with lard or other animal oil. Lampblack and a little oil or water…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 10

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

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Fire in Beckwith-street. Weatherboard Cottage Gutted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

A somewhat extensive fire occurred yesterday afternoon, when a cottage in Beckwith-street, and its contents were practically destroyed. The…

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Another Fire in Wagga. a Cottage Burnt Down

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

Five fires within a fortnight is something of a record for Wagga, and the arrange thing about them is that four of them have occurred in the broad…

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Around the Camp Fire. the Man Outside

The Worker · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 8

I have rented me a room In the close, oppressive gloom Of a narrow street, where I Watch the people passing by…

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The-fire in Beckwith Street

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire in a weatherboard cottage in Beckwith-street, on the 7th instant, was held by Mr. T. H…

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Fire in Beckwith Street Magisterial Inquiry

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon at the Wagga Courthouse, Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P.M., conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire which took…

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No Fires in the Royal Palaces

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

The Mikado is appalled at the terrible suffering of his troops from cold in Manchuria, and has ordered that no fires be lit in the Royal places until…

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The Fire in Beckwith Street. an Open Verdict

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 4

An partly reported in the last issue of the "Express," a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a lire in Beckwith-strect on the 7th insts…

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The Fire in Beckwith-street. an Open Verdict

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M.) concluded on Tuesday an inquest concerning the circumstances connected with the fire in…

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Latest News. Received at 1 A.M. Great Fire in Chili. London, April 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

A disastrous outbreak of fire has occurred in the town of Pisagua, in Chili. One third of the town was destroyed, including several banks…

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Bush Fires Fund

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 2

The final meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of those who suffered from the recent bush fires was held at the Town-hall,…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 10

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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Fire in Johnstone-street

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

A small outbreak of fire occurred yesterday afternoon at the reisdence of Mr. E. Coberoft, District Surveryor, in Johnstone-street. It appears that…

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