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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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A Terrible Fire. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 2

In connection with the terrible fire which occurred at a model lodging house at Glasgow, it has been ascertained that 32 persons perished in the…

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Great Fire. Model Lodgings Burnt. 30 Lives Lost. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 3

A great fire, accompanied by dreadful loss of life, has occurred at Glasgow. The scene was the model…

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Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

The damage done to fences by the recent bush fires has once more reminded pastoralists that Anchor Fence is not only the cheapest but the most durable fence…

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Bush Fires. HAY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

A fire broke out yesterday at Burrabogie Station, but it was, got under control after 250 acres of grass had been destroyed. Another fire broke…

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Preventing Bush Fires. Action by the Government. Use of Wax Matches

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 2

The serious devastation that has been caused through bush fires in the [?] months has reduced the Government to take steps, with the view of…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 3

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 Down River Fire. Serious Losses Sustained. Hay

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1905 · page 3

Yesterday morning, about 9 o'clock, the grass in the vicinity of a house at South Hay, owned by Mr. Plim, and occupied by Mr. Cole, was discovered…

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The Bush Fires

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 7

The huge fire, extending from Hillston, through Gunbar, to B[?]mbah and Mount Ida, was [?] burning on Saturday. It broke out, the "Grazier" reports, on the…

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Other Fires

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 7

Several small outbreaks of fire occurred during the past fortnight on and around Buckingbong station. The first outbreak occurred last Friday, on the north-east side…

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Hens in a Fire Pump

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 6

The following is a true story of a town which owns a small fire apparatus:—Outside the fire limits is a small community that, on petition, received an appropriation for the…

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Bush Fires. Miles of Country in Flames

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 2

Hillston, Tuesday.--Men returned from the fire last night, finding it impossible to make the slightest check in its progress. It is now within four…

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Fire

The Temora Star · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 4

A fire occurred in a four-roomed house in Baker-street, owned by Mr. P. Conroy, a maintenance man, about half-past three o'clock on Friday…

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Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

The fire demon has again made its appearance amongst us! At 1 a.m. on Thursday the populace were aroused from their slumbers, by the ringing of the…

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Bush Fires

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

Last year the heart was burnt out of some of our most fertile lands by bush fires. Thousands of pounds worth of crops were formed into dust…

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Beware of Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

DURING the summer months in this state there is one great terror that is ever present in the minds of the dwellers in the bush—the dread of bush…

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Bush Fires Prevention. Action by the Premier

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

The Mayor of Wagga (Alderman W. J. Blake) has received the following circular letter from the Premier (Mr. J. H. Carruthers) on the subject of…

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The Bush Fires. Heavy Losses in the Hay District. Hay

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 3

The following losses by the recent/ bush fires from Gunbar to Mount Ida are reported: Fred. Fletcher, Curlwe Park, 18 miles of rabbit and dog proof…

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Preventing Bush Fires. Action by the Government. Use of Wax M Atches

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 4

The curious devastation that has been caused through bush fires in the summer months has induced the Government to take steps, with a…

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Fire Brigades Bill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

The Chief Secretary is sanguine of being able to pass the Fire Brigades Bill during the present session notwith standing the intention of the…

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