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Article : 402 wordsBush fires continue to rage fiercely round the town. A serious outbreak, which it is supposed was started by a picnic party on Gib Hill, extended to the farms of Messrs. ...
Article : 388 wordsTo-day a high westerly flerce hot wind was blowing. There were disastrous bush fires yesterday, and Austermere, the late Sir John Lackey's homestead and outbuildings, were ...
Article : 183 wordsYesterday bush fires were raging all along the mountain ranges on the outskirts of the town. The smoke enveloped everything, rendering the atmosphere most disagreeable. The ...
Article : 148 wordsThe week which closes to-night has been acknowledged as one of the most devastates in the history of the Wagga district. The heat wave, which can be said to have ...
Article : 890 wordsThursday, Friday, and Saturday were certainly the worst days experienced in this district by its oldest living inhabitants. Bush fires have been raging all round, but so far ...
Article : 84 wordsThe most disastrous bush fire ever known in this portion of the district is raging at Wallendibby, Corrong, and Tombong, causing destruction everywhere. A number of settlers ...
Article : 188 wordsMr. James O'Brien, of Cullerin, has lost his homestead. The family only escaped by taking to a waterhole. Other families have also been burnt out. The fire stretched 10 miles ...
Article : 80 wordsBush fires are raging throughout the district. Large areas of grass have been destroyed, besides fencing. Messrs. Seery and Hayter's sawmill at Mount Murray was burnt ...
Article : 45 wordsTremendous bush fires are raging in the Culcairn district, and thousands of acres of wheat have been burned. A terrific gale has been blowing all day. Farmers' houses, sheds, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 2 Jan 1905, Page 7
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