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Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Correspondence. Bush Fires. (To the Editor Wagga "Express")

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 June 1905 · page 2

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a little space in your valuable colums to ventilate my views on the subject of "Bush Fires". In the first place then while…

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Greatest Naval Battle in History. Terrible Russian Disaster. The Baltic Fleet Annihilated. Every Vessel either Sunk or Captured. Effective Japanese Fire and Deadly Torpedo Work. Weak Russian Resistance. London

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

THE Acting Consul—General for Japan in Sydney (Mr. K. Iwasaki) received the following reports of Admiral Togo from the Japanese Minister for…

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Rockefeller's Fire Insurance

The Worker · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 6

John D. Rockefeller, the richest man in America, who gives away £2,000,000 every year to school's, churches, and charities, has received the severest castigation from clergymen of the…

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Around the Camp Fire. Come Back to the Bush

The Worker · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 8

Come back to the bush, Lenora, come home where the wild bee hums All day through the bushland flora, In the shade of the grand old gums…

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Latest News. a Hellish Japanese Fire. Consternation in Russia. London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 2

Publication of details of the naval battle have produced universal consternation in Russia aud have caused angry denunciations at the rottenness…

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Around the Camp Fire. Empire Day

The Worker · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 8

I stood above the surging crowd and heard the bandsmen play The war songs of the British race on "our first Empire Day"…

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Fire and Flood. a Bush Experience

The Worker · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 8

Midsummer night pressed heavily upon the bush. The moon, a red eye, weeping blood, glared on the horizon, and disappeared as though fiery lids had closed upon…

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Country Fire Brigades

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

An influential deputation, consisting largely of members of Parliament, urged the Government, through the Chief Secretary, to apply the partially…

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Fire at Tarcutta Creek

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

A somewhat serious fire occurred last Saturduy week at Tarcutta Creek, when a shed, containing about eight tons of tobacco leaf, the…

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Fire at Oberne. £700 Damage

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

Tarcutta Creek, on the Oberne Estate, 16 somewhat remote, and Chinamen are reserved even about their losses. Hence it is that it was only yesterday that the…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invited literary contributions, in prose and verse, for publication in THE WORKER'S Camp Fire column. Un[?]pied. MSS. will be returned if postage is…

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Big Fire in Moscow

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

A great fire has occurred at Moscow[?] amongst the destroyed buildings were four depots containing procisions for the Far East…

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Latest War News. Outpost Fighting in Manchuria. Alleged Telegram From Kuropatkin. Regrets Agitation for Peace. Russian Army Sure of Victory. Japane Spies with Kuropatkin. Russian Fabrication. Destructive Fire at Moscow. London, June 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

Further outpost fighting occurred on Thursday and Friday. General Kuropatkin telegraphed to the Moscow nobility regretting the…

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Country Fire Brigades

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 6

An influential deputation, consisting largely of members of Parliament, urged the Government, through the Chief Secretary, to apply the…

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Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

We have been informed by Captain Hudson that Mr. Holman has succeeded in obtaining a grant of £20 to the funds of the Fire Brigade…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 8

The Editor of THE WORKER invites literary contributions, in prose and veree, 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 1 July 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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Latest News. Incendiarism at Odessa. Wholesale Destruction. a Mob with Fire Brands. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 2

There has been an outbreak of [?]condiarism at Odessa, Russia. The mob have devastated the entire harbour, all the war[?] and [?] Russian…

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Insane Woman's Suicide Lacerates Herself with a Pair of Scissors. Then Sets Fire to Her Clothing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 6

A shocking case of suicide occurred at Bourke, the victim being Mrs. L. A. Payne, who was staying at the residence at her daughter, Mrs…

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Burglars Fire a Bank. One Shot Dead

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

At the town of Lancaster, [?] miles west of Montreal, four burglars on the night of 25th April broke into the Merchants' Bank by battering in the door…

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