Bush Fires. Desolation Around Yass. Barren Jack Train Turned Back. Children Rescued in Wet Blankets. Family Plunges Into River. Yass
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4
The main fire is supposed to have started in the vicinity of Barren Jack. After burning a couple of days, fanned by the strong wind of Saturday and…
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The Worker · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 31
A big fire groke put in Blayney early on Friday morning, and in connection with the outbreak there are said to be suspicious circumstances which the police are…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →A Manor on Fire
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2
Pickhurst Manor, Hayes, the residence of Mr. Huntley Walker, has been burnt to the ground. The loss is set down at £40,000. Fourteen motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Fitzmaurice-street
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2
A fire broke out in a wooden building in Fitzmaurice-street, occupied as a soft drink shop by Mrs. E. A. Anderson, about a quarter to six o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fiend in Wagga. Smart Work of Brigade Saves Serious Conflagration
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2
On Tuesday afternoon, at 5 50 p.m, the clanging of the fire bell announced to the residents that the fire fiend had entered Wagga, and a crowd quickly…
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Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times
Several bush fires occurred near Wagga on Sunday, and as the day was excessively hot and unusually boisterous, there was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Protection
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times
OWING to an outbreak of fire in Blayney recently it transpired that the town was without any fire brigade. No doubt now that the mischief is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wagga
Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5
A weatherboard shop in Fitzmaurice street, Wagga, owned by Mrs. Vincent and occupied by Mrs Anderson, was partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire at Gunbar
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2
WORD was received at Hillston yesterday, from Whealb[?], that the homestead at Gunbar Station was completely destroyed by fire. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Ultimo
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5
The Sydney Furniture Company's factory at Ultimo was destroyed by fire this morning. The huge five-storied building was consumed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-swept Country. Desolation Near Yass. Yass
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2
The country swept by the flames on Sunday and Monday now bears a desolate appearance. It can be likened at night to a great military camp, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Not a Fire Brand.” Crown Prince of Servia. Remarkable Interview
Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 1
I was received in private audience by the Crown Prince of Servia this morning (said the Belgrade correspondent of “Daily Mail” on October 19). His…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mews From the Capital. Sunday, Thursday, 8 p.m. Big Fire in Sydney
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2
There was a big fire at Ultimo this morning, the Sydney Furniture Factory, confuting of a five-stopied building, being consumed in a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bush Fires. the Blaze Near Yass. Yass
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2
Latest particulars from the scene of the bush fires confirm the gravest fears of the Yass people. The mountains beyond Little River are a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting the Fire Fiend. Successful Formation of Bush Fire-brigades
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2
The lesson taught the farmers and settlers of the Wagga district by the disastrous fire of 1905, has not been without effect, and the many subsequent small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jeremiah A-fire. a Devastated Area. a Spread-eagle Blaze
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2
Since Christmas the residents outback have been experiencing a very trying time. The Bongongo fire, which we all fondly hoped had been put out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes at the Fire
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2
When rushing to the fire at Bliss, Harry Flynn received a painful hurt, caused by a limb falling on his shouder as he rode along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire. Station Homestead Burnt. Hay
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2
A destructive fire occurred at Gunbar Station yesterday at midday destroying the station homestead. The fire was discovered in the back part of…
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