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Fires & bushfires, 1908

307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 16

Fire in a Paddock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

The inflammable nature of the country at present, and its habuity to grass [?], was exemplified in the town on Sunday afternoon, when an…

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Fatal Hotel Fire. a Lodger Suffocated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

The Islington Hotel, on the Maitland Road, Islington one of the suburbs of Newcastle, was the scene of a fire yesterday morning, when one of…

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Fire-fighters Function. Annual Meeting of Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wagga fire Brigade was held at the station on Tuesday evening last there being a full attendance of members…

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Wagga Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held at the station on Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance presided over by…

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Our Women's Page Conducted by Mary Gilmore. the Melbourne Fire-guard

The Worker · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 15

An efficient and properly-equipped Fire [?]gade is of more consequence to a city in an army. An invader comes but once in a…

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Danger of Bush Fires

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

The Wagga P.P. Board advises landholders to discontinue using phosphorus and fumigators as a menus of destroying rabbits during the summer…

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Bush Fires Outbreak at Moorong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2

About 9 o'clock on Sunday morning one of the police on duty reported to Sub-inspector Musgrave that there were appearances of an extensive bush fire…

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Bush Fires. Two Serious Outbreaks in Three Days

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2

The disastrous result of a carelessly thrown match, or tho flick of a half-empty pipe, with the grass in its present inflammable state, was fully…

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Fire at Gobbagumbalin

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

What might have proved to be a disastrous fire occurred at the holding of Mr. T Edmondson, at Gobbapumbalin, on Friday evening last, through one of…

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Serious Railway Collision. Many Trucks Derailed. Debris on Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

A serious railway collision happened on Tuesday evening at the top points, near Clarence, some distance from Lithgow. Goods train No. 32, in charge…

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Guard Against Bush Fires

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

THE action of Coolac residents in calling a meeting for the purpose of resuscitating the local Bush Fire Brigade invites…

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A Barracks Intruder. Lieutenant Fires Without Effect. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2

A man got into the officers' quarters at Middle Heads Barracks last night. Lieutenant Cross ran for his revolver whereupon the intruder got away…

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Fatal Fire Married Woman Burnt. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2

A fire destroyed a saddlery and confectionery shop at Pambula last night. Mrs. Bell, the occupant, was severely burnt, and died this morning…

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A Fatal Fire. Woman's Burnt to Death. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 5

English's saddlery and confectionary shop at Pambula woe destroyed by fire last night. The fire started in two living rooms at…

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Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

The premised of the Stanmore Preserving Company, jam and preserved fruit manufacturers, at Stanmore, were completely destroyed by fire last…

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Fire in Baylis-street

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A fire occurred at the rear of a fruit and confectionery shop in Baylis-street occupied by Mr. F. T. Quamby, yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock…

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The Fire Fiend. Sydney Warehouses Gutted. Sydney, Monday, 11.30 p.m

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 3

Two large fires are now in progress. The Stanmore Preserving Company's works have been burnt right out, the damage being estimated at thousands of…

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Bush Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2

A bush fire storied at about one o'clock yesterday on the reserve beyond the holding of a Mr. Clothier, one of the new Gobbagumbalin…

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