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Fires & bushfires, 1901

2,011 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 101

Big Bush Fire

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 8

COROWA, Friday.-A report is to hand that a big bush fire broke out near Mabouga on Thursday morning, and travelled towards Day[?] where it is still burning. Persons are out trying…

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Bush Fire at Lockhart

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 6

LOCKCHART, Thursday.—A big grass fire broke out to-day in Galore district. The Are started at Sandy Creek, passing through Hollies' Estate (a property recently purchased by…

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Extensive Grass Fires

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 6

TEMORA, Thursday.-A destructive grass fire has occurred at the residence of Mr. Thos. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A. The wind and heavy grass made all attempts to extinguish it useless. Fully 60…

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Another Big Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 6

What at one time seemed likely to be a fire which would sweep another city block away broke out in Little Collins- street to-night between 9 and 10 o'clock. Before it was conquered…

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Alexandria Fire Station

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

The proposal to remove the Alexandria Fire Station to the Erskineville side of the borough was discussed at the meeting of the Alexandria Council on Wednesday evening. Alderman…

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Fire at Coronga Peak

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

The poor pastoralist has a lot to contend with in this country. If he hasn't a drought, he has floods, or fires, or anthrax, or rabbits, or thistles…

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A Geass Fire. Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 5

A fire started in the Galore district to-day and has destroyed up to the present 4000 ac[?] of grass. The fire was first observed at a place known as Sandy Cr[?]k, traversing the Holli[?] estate, and Th[?]ce it…

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Fire in a Butter Factory. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 4

A fire broke out in the Euroa butter factory last evening which, owing to a scarcity of water, was of a most disastrous character. The buildings covered about half an…

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Large Fire in Melbourne. Printers' Establishment Partly Destroyed. Narrow Escape of Employees. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 8

A fire broke out to-night in a three-storied brick building situated in Little Collins-street West, occupied by Messrs. Mason, Firth, and M'C[?] [?] printers and manufacturers of…

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The Country. Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

MOREE, Friday.--The fire which broke out on Goonal boundary on Tuesday has been mastered. A large number of residents fought the fire, and those who went from Moree have returned…

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That Big Bush Fire

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 6

COROWA, Friday Afternoon.-Further particulars are to hand re the bush fire at Mahonga. It appears that it broke out on the property of Mr. Donne, New Coreen,…

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Bush Fire Near Corowa. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

The town has been enveloped in smoke from a bush fire which broke out on New Coreen, the property of Mr. F. Dunn, yesterday morning. A very strong southerly wind was blowing at the time of the…

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Burnt-out Settlers

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 11

A deputation, including Messrs. Watson, Gormly, Hayes, Affleck, Brown, Nellsen, and Carroll, M.'sL.A., waited upon the Chief Secretary yesterday afternoon to ask that relief…

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Fires. a Blaze at Government House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

A fire, caused by the electric lighting wires, occurred in the servants'-hall at Government House yesterday afternoon, and burned portion of the celling before it was extinguished. The…

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Damage by Bush Fires. State Relief Applied For. Deputation to Mr. See

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

That some immediate action should be taken by the Government to give effective relief to those settlors in the south-western portion of the State whose homes have been laid waste…

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Burnt Out Selectors. Deputation to the Government

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Hayes, Gormly, Watson, Neilsen, Brown, Affleck, and Carroll, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Chief Secretary (Mr. See) on Friday afternoon to urge that…

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Bush Fires in the Southwestern Districts. Application for Relief to Sufferers. Deputation to the Colonial Secretary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the following Members of Parliament waited upon the Hon. John See (Colonial Secretary) as representatives of their respective districts, to call attention to the disastrous results of the…

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Two Small Fires

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 11

Yesterday afternoon a fire, which was caused by the electric light wires, broke out in the servants' hall at Government House. The brigades lost no time in reaching the…

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Fire on Riversdale Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

Mr. A. Hermiston, of Riversdale Station, near Alexandra, sustained a severe loss by a fire which broke out in a stubble paddock yesterday afternoon. In addition to destroying several straw stacks…

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Destructive Grass Fire. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

The watercourse fire has been extinguished, and the men who went from Moree have returned. A fire has broken out on the boundary of the Goonal run, destroying all the country on the Big Leather…

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