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Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Bush Fires is West

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 2

The whole of the western country, with a frost, say, from Wilcannia to north of Brewarrina, and extending east for more than 150 mite, Is the scene of immense…

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Bush Fires. Still Raging in the West. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 2

Bush fires continue to rage in the west, and it is estimated thai 8,000,000 acres of grass have been burnt to the root, and hundreds of miles of fencing…

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Brungle News. Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 2

ON Friday evening lost the district was suddenly lit as if by the switching on of electricity and looking for the cause of this unusual…

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Danger of Bushfires

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 4

Attention is invited to the fact that bushfires have already broken out in various parts of the country, considerable damage having been reported…

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Bush Fires

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 2

The d[?]vastating grass [?]res which are sweeping over considerable areas of the West and North West for New South Wales should serve as a caution…

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Bush Fire Season

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 2

Yesterday morning heavy smoke was noticeable in the sky from Wagga, and there were [?] that bush or grass [?] had broken out in the…

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Bush Fires Bad in the West Outbreak at Ariah Park. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 2

A Dubbo messages states that a [?] bush fire is still raging west of Bogan gate and is travelling in a southerly direction over a frontage…

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The Bush Fires Million Acres Burned. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 4

Properties lying between the Bogan end Darling Rivers, aggre[?]ting 1,000,000 acres, have been swept clean by dis[?]strous fires during the…

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Bush, Fires. Whole of West Enveloped. Homesteads Reduced to Ashes Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 2

Smoke fills the countryside, and the sun can be seen through a dense canopy of smoke and haze as a Here, golden orange. The whole of the west beyond…

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Big Blaze at Junee Taylor's Store Gutted. Damage About £30,000 Man Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 2

Junee was awakened in the early hours of yesterday, morning by an put-break of fire, the extent of which has never previously been experienced…

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The Fires Out West Death of a Soldier Three Men Missing SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 1

Bush fires, according to a letter received in Bathurst, caused the death or a young-returned soldier, while trying to save his wife and two children at…

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Fire at Junee J. S. Taylor & Co. Ltd. Store Gutted Damage Estimated at About £30,000 Fire Brigades by Good Work Save Other Places

The Daily Express · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 1

The township of Junee was awakened from its usual calmness in the early hours of yesterday morning by an outbreak of fire, the extent of…

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Big Junee Fire. J.s. Taylors, Ltd., Gutted Building and Entire Stock Destroyed. Damage Estimated at Over £25,000. Volunteer Fireman Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 2

The residents of Junee were startled from their slumbers on Sunday morning by the clanging of the fire alarms, and on turning out were amazed to find the…

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Prepare for the Bush Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

It is a pity that a prolific season such as this part of the State is now enjoying should be "attended "by anxieties in another direction, but this year…

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Local and General Fire at Mirrool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

At about midnight on last, whilst Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moon were attending the 'footballers' banquet in the local hall, the four-roomed…

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Junee Fire. a Melbourne Cup Dream. Firm May Not Resume

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

Large crowds of people yesterday viewed the ruins of the premises of J. S. Taylor, Ltd., at Junee, and one and only to look among the debris from the…

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Raging Fires. Quenched by Thunderstorms. Many Returned Soldiers Ruined Loss of Stock Not Serious. Condobolin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 2

Thunderstorms, with rain of varying quantity, yesterday put an end to the fires that have raged for several days in many parts of this district…

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Fire in Lawson House Noticed by Little Girl Promptitude Saves Property SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 1

Freda Johnson, 12, noticed flames in the seventh storey of Lawson House, Clarence street, last night, and reported the matter promptly at the police…

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Bush Fires Still Bad Out West. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 2

Large fires are still raging in Western New South Wales. Thousands of acres were burnt at Gulgar, where the flames attained a…

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The Bush Fires Condobolin Easier Bad Chapter in the West SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 1

A message from Condbbolin states there were no fresh outbreaks of fire yesterday. Three of last week's fires were still burning, but they should be…

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