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Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Bush Fires. 100,000 Acres Devastated. Thrilling Experiences

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

High winds in the Condobolin district on Saturday last fanned the embers of the previous bush fires into flames, and a great amount of further damage has…

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A Big Blaze. Lake Albert Wine Cellars Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 2

The Lake Albert wine cellars, owned by Messrs. Caldwell and Co. were destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. Mr. R. H. Caldwell, one of the…

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Around the Camp Fire. Editorial Note

The Worker · Thursday 7 December 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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Precautions Against Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 4

THE season of the year during which bush fires are to be feared has now began, and we have been requested by the Government to invite attention to…

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Bush Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

The first outbreak of fire for this locality occurred on Thursday, being in Mr. R. H. Caldwell's paddock, near the Plumpton, Lake Albert. About 4.30 p.m. smoke was…

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Fires at Lake Albert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

An extensive fire at Lake Albert has destroyed the cellars in connection with the vineyard owned by Mr. R. H. Caldwell at that place. The first…

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Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

There was a good muster at the Station on Thursday night, when the annual meeting took place. The minutes of the last meeting were…

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Wagga Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Tuesday last. Captain Spies presided, and there were also present:…

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Cootamundra Volunteer Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

A very pleasant little function was held at the fire station on Thursday night, the occasion being the annual meeting and election of officers for the ensuing year, after…

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District Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Browne Bros., of Colville Park, Currawarna, lost 20, tons of hay by a fire also two straw stacks It appears they were carting in and…

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The Bush Fire Belief Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

It says much fur the administration of the Wagga Bush Fire Belief that the whole of the expenditure, apart from tho actual payments of relief, was covered by…

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Tumut Fire Brigade

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 3
Also in Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the Tumut Fire. Brigade, was held on Friday last, at the Fire Brigade Depot. There were present:…

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Muttama News. a Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

A SERIOUS outbreak of fire occurred at Mr. Wm. Pigram's old Chain of Ponds homestead on Sunday evening last, at about 5 o'clock, resulting in the total…

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Careless Use of Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

The herdsman of the Wagga Commons has reported to the trustees, that on Saturday night last some careless or malicious person lett a fire…

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Received at 1 A.M. Fire in Arsenal—torpedoes Destroyed. London. Dec. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

A fire occurred at the Cadiz (Portugal) Arsenal, which caused damage to the extent of £100,000. Two torpedoers were destroyed…

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A Destructive Fire. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 2

A fire occurred in the arsenal a[?] Cadiz and did damage to the extent of three million pese a[?] Two torpedo boats were destroyed…

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Bush Fire Brigade Rules

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 2

The following few and simple rules have been formulated by the recently organised Bush Fire Brigade at Upper Maffra (Vic.):—(1) That all landowners…

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Yerong Creek. Bush Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 4

At a meeting held here on Saturday night last the residents formed themselves into a bush fire bugade. The large land holders, Messrs. M'Geoch Bros., kelly…

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