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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Fire Drill in Schools. Practical Test with 800 Children

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 5

The value of periodic, fire drill in schools was strikingly shown yesterday morning (writes London “Daily Mail” of October 14) at the St. Luke’s…

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Bush Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 2

A meeting convened for the purpose of establishing a bush fire brigade was held at the Australian Hotel on Wednesday evening. There was a…

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Gundagai Bush Fires. Valuable Grass Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 2

Bush fires at Bongango broke out again four times on Wednesday, but a big band of fighters got the flames under on each occasion. These fires…

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Bush Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the Gobbagumbalin and district bush fire brigade was held at the Australian Hotel last evening. There were present: Messrs. Crouch…

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Bush Fire Brigade. Organisation Proceeding

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 2

A meeting in connection with the Gobbagumbalin, North Wagga, and Brucedale Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Australian Hotel last night. Mr…

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Fire on the Tarcutta Road

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred in a stubble paddock on the Tarcutta, road owned by Mr. J. Edney, yesterday evening about 5 o'clock. The fire…

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People Become Insane Dante's "Inferno." Immortal Drama Surpassed Horrors Intensified by Fire and Rain

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 2

Russian, German and French warships have been sent to Messina. The Lord Mayor of London has opened a relief fund…

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