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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

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Bush Fire in Hay District. Enormous Damage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

Further particulars to baud of enormous grass fires which have been burning in the Green Hills, Gunbar and Hillston districts, state that the glare was…

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A Year's Fires. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

During the present year 1088 outbreaks of fire were reported in Sydney and 570 were dealt with in the country…

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Fire Alarm in Hall. Panic Narrowly Averted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

During the eisteddfod at Kurri Kurri last night a lamp crashed to the floor, Someone cried "Fire" Some women screamed and others…

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Bush Fires

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The fire demon visited Narandera district on Sunday last, and covered a fairly large area before it was got properly under…

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Fire at Dallapool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

A fire broke out on Saturday, December 29th, in a wheat crop paddock on the property of Mr. John Beggs, of Dellpool, which resulted…

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Fire Board's Estimate

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The finance committee reported at last night's meeting of the Wagga Council having considered the statement of estimates of expenditure for the Wagga…

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Immense Rush Fire In Hitlston-Bunbar District

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

A bush fire, covering many hundreds of thousands of acres, has been raging for the Past fortnight in the country to the east of…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Eighty miles of fire. Ourselves

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

We commence 1918 by thanking our growing circle of clients for their kindly patronage. There have been some further improvements to…

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Bush Fires

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

Particulars of the enormous grass fires which were burning in the Green Hills, Gunbar and Hillston districts, during the last week…

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Cigar Starts Bush Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

On Thursday morning as the second division of the Melbourne express was steaming into Springhurst (Vic.) the guard noticed that a fire was breaking…

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Railways and Fires

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

It is stated that sparks from passing railway engines were responsible for causing fires last week at Mr. T. J. S. Nicholl's property at Willie…

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Big Fire in Spain. Palace and Houses Destroyed. London, Thursday Night

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

Reuter's Madrid correspondent reports that the palace of La Granja was destroyed and a number of houses adjoining it were afire. The…

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Riverina Fires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

A serious grass fire broks out on Friday at Clara Alma Station, . in the Booligal district. The fire was subdued at midnight after an area of 5OOO…

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Dellapool Fire. Coronial Inquiry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

A coronial inquiry as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the greater part of a crop of 300 acres farmed on the shere…

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Bush Fires. Jugiong and Gobarralong Suffer

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

On Saturday a bush fire started on Mr. Thatcher's property at Jugiong, and ran on to Messrs. Collis, Sharman and W. Quamby's…

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Riverina Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

A serious grass fire broke out on Friday at Clarn Alma Station, in the Booligal district. The, fire was subdued at midnight after on area…

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Fire. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

A fire broke out in a bootmaker's shop at Liverpool, early this morning The Premises were burnt out, and the contents destroyed…

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THE Referendum. Latest Totals: Sydney, Sunday Night. No, 1,172,055 Yes, 1,008,169 No. lead, 164,886 Burnt by Liquid Fire a Terrible Ordeal at Verdun Hospital

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Mover was brought together a more terrible collection of in Mined, charred, and mangled bodies than that which confronted Gorden Edwards at the…

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Grass Fires. Damages on Lower Darling. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

Extensive grass fires are raging in the Lower Darling Districts and much scrub and fencing has been destroyed. Cuthero, Buckalow, Nulla…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Bush Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

A fire broke out on Mr. E. Weissel's property on Wednesday evening when about 10 acres of grass were destroyed. A number of willing…

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