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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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Moss Vale Bush Fires Relief Fund. (Per favor of the Editor.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 2

To the public,— Our local fund amounts to £130, but at two sittings of the committee no less than £66 has been disbursed in…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

At a meeting of the central executive in Sydney it was resolved to invite applications for relief to be lodged with the honorary secretaries before the 31st…

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Moss Vale Bush Fires Relief Fund

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

We hear that the State government are sending £125 to the local fond for relief of settlers who have suffered loss through the late bush fires…

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The Origin of Bush Fires

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

In reply to the letter recently forwarded to the Railway Commissioners from Moss Vale, respecting the origin of bush fires in that locality, Mr. C…

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Bush Fires Relief

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 3

It is reported that the state government is sending £125 to the Moss Yale fund for the relief of settlers who have suffered loss through the late bush fires…

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Bowral Bush Fires Relief Fund

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

We have been request by the nonsecretary of the above fund to state that the executive committee have held two meetings, and as there were no local cases…

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Fire Fighters-remunerated

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

A pleasing ceremony was enacted at Miss Rush's tea rooms, Mittagong, on Saturday week, 28th [?]mo, when Mr. Thomas Pratt; on behalf of himself, Mr. W. H. Jones, and…

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The Bowral Free Press And Berrima District Intelligencer. Wednesday, February 15, 1905. News. Gleanings. Bush Fires Belief Fund

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

Then Executive Committee of the Bowral Branch of this fund have received the following letter. under date lltlh February, from Mr. H. C. Brierley, hon. Secretary of…

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Letters to the Editor. the Recent Local Bush Fires

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

Sir,—In view of the refusal of the Railway Commissioners to give any compensation for the losses caused by the fires between Bowral and Exeter on New Year's…

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Open Column. The Recent Local Bush Fires. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

Dear sir,—In view of the refusal of the railway commissioners to give any compensation for the losses caused by the fires between Bowral and Exeter on…

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Fatal Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 5

A shocking burning fatality occurred on Friday afternoon at the chemical works of Messrs. N. Guthridge L[?] at Vimiers road, Marasfield. The victim…

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The Fire Fiend. in Country Houses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 5

An expert in the London and Lanceshire Fire Insurance office writes in the London "Daily Mail"— We are becoming fammillar with the…

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Fire Brigade Ball

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The annual fire brigade ball, which was held in the Moss Vale hall on Friday evening last, proved a most successful function from…

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Fire Brigade Ball

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

The annual ball in connection with the Moss Vale fire brigade, was successfully held in the Moss Vale Hall on Friday evening last. Fully seventy couples were present,…

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Pantomime Fire Stage and Scen[?]y Destroyed. at Crouch End Opera House

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 6

Sts[?]d the Sailor. his [?] of pretty girls and "sapers," paraded the stage, sang their songs and exacted, their jokes throughout…

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Caught in a Bush Fire

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 2

A message from Melbourne states that a shocking burning accident happened at Beech Forest on Friday afternoon to a young man named…

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Bush Fires RELIEf FUND

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

The Moss Vale bush fires relief fund, which has been declared closed, reached the respectable total of £735, towards which the Lord Mayor's fund contributed £450,…

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Minimising Bush Fires

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

An important discussion on the subject of protection against bush fires took place at the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and…

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Sensational Fire in Melbourne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 2

On Monday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and fiercs outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders lane in a three-story building occupied on the ground and second…

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Sensational Fire in Melbourne

Robertson Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

Shortly before 6 p.m on Monday a sudden and fierce outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders-lane, Melbourne, in a three story building occupied on the…

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