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Fires & bushfires, 1905

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An Alarm Ok Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

The inhabitants of Wagga wore startled about half-past two yesterday afternoon by the ringing of the fire-bell. A rush was mode to the residonce of Mr. Enoch…

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Fire Brigade Ball

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 3
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

The ball held in O'Brien's Hall on Easter Monday night, under the auspices of the Tumut Fire Brigade, proved anything but a success, only…

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A State Fire Trap

The Worker · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

The George-street Asylum for old and infirm people at Parramatta (N.S.W.) is a fire trap which at any tune threatens to produce such a fearful hol[?]ca[?]st as did the…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 29 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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Fire at Thursday Island

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

A big fire is raging, at Thursday Island. Several loading business premises have already been destroyed, and twenty other buildings are…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 6 May 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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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 13 May 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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Fire in Melcourne

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

Buckle and Sons machinery works, North Melbourne, were destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at about £20,000…

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Fire in Holland

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

Two churches and two hundred houses were destroyed by fire in Holland. BUTTER FOR EXPORT…

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Burnt Out Stockowners and the Stock Reserves

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

On 6th January the Minister for Lands issued an order permitting stockowners, who had been burnt out a few days previously, to graze their stock on the…

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Burnt Out Stock Owners and the Stock Reserves

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

On the 6th January the Minister for Lands issued an order permitting stockowners, who had been burnt out a few days previously, to graze their…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 10

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

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A Column of Fire. Forty Feet High

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 6

A remarkable occurrence took place on Tuesday evening at the corner of Johnston and Nicholson-streets, Abbots ford (Melbourne). Sewerage works were…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. General Business. Bush Fires Prevention

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 3

In continuation of our report of the monthly committee meeting at the M. P. and A. Association, held on Friday night, and the conclusion of…

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Prevention of Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 2

It must be conceded that the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, when it undertook to initiate means by which the…

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The Narraburra Fire

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

An inquiry as to the cause of the fire, by which the Narraburra Hotel was destroyed on Saturday morning last, was held before the District…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 27 May 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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Bush Fires Protection

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

Relative to the resolution recently carried by the M.P. and A. Association the Railway Commissioners have sent the following reply. "I have to…

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Items of News. Bush Fires Prevention

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

The Secretary of the M.P. and A.A. has received the following letter from the Acting-Secretary for Railways:—"I have to acknowledge the receipt…

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