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Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Disastrous Bush Fire. a Front of 30 MILES. 100,000 Acres Devastated. and Stock Destroyed. Farmers Fight for Life Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

A disastrous bush fire has been raging in the Condobolin district since Monday. The names broke out on carlols selection in the direction of…

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Outbreak of Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

Yesterday, shortly before noon, the fire bell rang, and some excitement was created The outbreak, however, proved to be a trifling one. Some grass between…

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A Destructive Fire. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

A fire occurred yesterday at Mildura, Victoria. Five shops and three dwelling were destroyed…

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Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Bush fire at Jinders, near Alhury, destroyed several farms, and over 1500 sheep, including some stand animals, were lost…

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Bush Fire. Culcairn District Swept. Farmers Burnt Out. Pitiable Scenes. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 1

Information reached Albury late last night that serious bush fires had broken out in the pastoral and farming country lying between the railway line from…

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The Bush Fires. Numerous Outbreaks. Big Fire at Wedgegalong Serious Losses Near Brawlin

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

WITH the temperature at 105 degrees in the shade on Friday and a reading of 110 degrees on Saturday, alarm was felt that there would be serious…

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Bush Fires. Large Area Swept Pitiable Scenes. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Information reached Albury late fast night that serious bush fires had broken out in the pastural and fanning country lying between the railway line…

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Fire at Mangoplah

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

James Lewis Coburn, aged 69 years, was charged with igniting inflammable material within three yards of grass lands at Mangoplah on the 10th inst…

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Careless Use of Fire. Heavy Penalty. the Gumly Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

There were two cases pointing to carelessness on the part of certain persons in the use of fire before the Police Court yesterday. The P.M. commented upon…

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Careless Use of Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

During the hearing of a case at the local Police Court, in which a man was charged with the careless use of fire, the Police Magistrate stated that…

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Lake Albert Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Lake Albert Bush Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. There were present Mr. M. M'Garry (in the chair),…

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The Heat Wave in Wagga a Sweltering Day. Serious Grass Fires in Town. Dangerous Consequences Threatened

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

The heat wave when prevailed in Wagga during the greater port of last week culminated on Saturday, which proved by far the most oppressive day…

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114 in the Shade. Combined with Smoke and Dust. Grass Fire in Town. Narrow Escape of Houses

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Saturday stands on record as the worn day experienced, this summer so far as Wagga is concerned. The thermometer registered 114 degrees in the…

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Bush Fires. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

Some of the bush fires in the central and Southern parts of the State have been most destructive Large areas have been completely devastated…

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Bush Fires. Narrow Escape

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

SATURDAY last was a day worth recording in local history—it was a regular snorter, a Hades upon earth. In the afternoon a storm came…

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Bush Fires. a Terrible

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday last Gundagai had a repetition of last year's occurrence, although the district did not suffer to any great extent, the fires occurring…

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Local Bush Fires Outbreak at Ward's a Narrow Escape

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

Fighting bush fires on a bui-terous day, with the thermometer at about 140 dug in the sun, is simply a taste of hades. Yet such was the severs experience of many iu the…

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Fire Panic

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

A cry of "Fire!" caused a panic amongst a coloured congregation in Boston and eighteen were killed and forty injured…

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Devastating Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

Many bush fires have occurred within the past few days in various parts of this State and Victoria, and enormous losses have been sustained, not only in property,…

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Terrible Bush Fires Germanton District Swept

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

The bush fire which broke out on Friday on Mr. J. J. Bowler's South A[?]anandayle station near Germanton, balzed fiercely until Sunday night…

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