Bush Fires. Alleged Careless Use of Matches. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 8
Several bush fires are reported in various parts of the district, but full particulars are not yet available. An outbreak occurred on the farm of Mr. F. Schultz, a few miles…
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Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 3
NARRABRI, Monday.—The country store and dwelling-house of Mr. Robert Abrahams, of Dangar Village, was burnt out early this morning. There was about £1000 worth of stock in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Bush Fires. Serious Outbreak Near Culcairn Heavy Losses of Stock and Crops
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 6
ALBURY, Sunday.--information reached Albury late last night that serious bush tires had broken out in pastoral and farming country lying between the railway line from Culcairn…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 8
Further bush fires are raging in the vicinity of the town, and a large area of grass, has been burned towards Neulangabo station, T. M. Dunn being especially a heavy loser. The…
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Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph
The premises of Messrs. W. Lowe and Company, 21 Oxford-street, City, had a narrow escape from destruction this alternoon, a fire.having broken out in a basement at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Chemist's Shop
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 7
A fire occurred on Saturday evening in a chemist's shop in Oxford-street, Woollahra, occupied by the Sadler Pharmacy, Limited. The outbreak, which was in a workroom at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Chemist's Shop. an Explosion of Benzine
Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 4
A lighted match coming in contact with some benzine was responsible for a fire at the chemist's shop of the Sadler Pharmacy, Limited, Bondi Junction, on Saturday night. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 6
We print to-day lamentable stories of the appearance and destructiveness of bush fires in various paris of the State. In Cootamundra a new conflagration was only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Farmers Heavy Losers
Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 5
COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday.—Big bush fires been raging about the district during the last few days. At Jugiong, miles of country have been burnt, and the scene of devastation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage Near Condobolin. Many Settlers Burnt Out
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--On Wednesday last a fire mysteriously originated on John Waite's property, on the Cugong-road, and fanned by fierce southerly winds, it devasted the holding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Extent of the Damage. Two Thousand Sheep Killed. Wheat Crops Ruined
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
ALBURY, Monday.--Fuller particulars are now available of the destruction wrought by bush fires in this district. The outbreak occurred at Huon Farm, Jindere, the property of…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
WAGGA, Monday.--At the Wagga Police Court to-day,. James Lewis Coburn, who travels about the country with a horse, and waggon, was fined £15, with £3 costs, with the alternative of two…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
Superintendent A. Webb, of the M.F.B., is now inquiring into the position of the fire brigades of Newcastle and district, which are asking for £1500 to enable them to carry on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Milton. Milton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
The residence of Mr. Jno. Connolly, at Conjola, was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The fire apparently started in the kitchen, but was not noticed by the family…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 7
About half-past 2 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out in the basement of No. 21 Oxford-street, which is a portion of Lowe, and Company's store. It occurred in the hat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Germanton. an Arrest Made
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
GERMANTON, Monday.--A bush fire broke out on Friday on The Willows, Mr. John Bowler's property. It was caused by a spark from a pipe, and spread with great rapidity, burning…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4
A fire broke out in a basement at the rear of the shop of Messrs. W. Lowe and Co., 21 Oxford-street, city, yesterday afternoon. Some hats were destroyed, but the damage was not…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 8
In consequence of representations recently made to the Chief Secretary regarding the position of the fire brigades of Newcastle and district, together with a request that a sum of £1500 be granted to enable them…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 7
The bush fire which broke out on Friday on Mr. J. J. Bowler's South Annandayle station was still blazing fiercely on Sunday night. Mr. Bowler lost 700 acres of grass, fencing,…
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