Three Fires Started in Church Grounds GOULBURN
The police are investigating a fire the third within a few weeks; which broke out in the grounds [?] of the Presbyterian Church. It is [?]garded…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
602 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 31
Bush Fires Trunkey-Newbridge Outbreak Serious Damage Wrought
While the fire-fighters were fighting the fires at Isabella and Porter's Retreat, another fire, which started on Thursday night near Trunkey had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Night Battle Raging Bush Fire. Township Menaced
A large band of fire-fighters had a desperate all-night battle to save the small township of Porter's Retreat from n raging bush fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rock Forest Fire An Arrest Made
For some days past the Bathurst police have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the recent bush fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incendiarism. Fire at Timber Yard. Melbourne
After a fire at Rouch's sawmilling establishment West Melbourne, had been subdued, the fireman discovered evidence of a deliberate attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hartley Vale Fire. Great Work by Fighters. Saves Cottage and Buildings
The fight to save the properties of Mr. Everett and Mrs. Hunter at Hartley Vale on Friday afternoon was waged unceasingly for more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Destroys Foxes
During the bush fires at Rock Forest last week a large number of foxes were burnt. In one instance a full grown fox raced to a hollow log for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rock Forest Fire Middle-Aged Man Charged Remand Granted
A case arising out of the Rock Forest bush fires came before the Bathurst Police Court yesterday when Henry Cole, 45, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wentworth Falls. Jamieson Valley Bush Fire
A review of last week's bush fires discloses that the fire spread over the King's Tableland and destroyed the caretaker's cottage near the site of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunny Corner. Fires Quelled Early
At about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning a haystack and shed belonging to Mr. Walter Stait, situated alongside the Sunny Corner-Portland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rock Forest Fire. Man Is Remanded. Bathurst
At the Bathurst Police Court to-day Henry Cole (45) was charged with having ignited inflammable material at Rock Forest, on or about January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Thirty Miles of Flames
So far Binnaway has escaped bush fires, but the Coonabarabran district has not been so fortunate. An outbreak last week in the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fire at Coonamble Worst in Town's History. Hundreds Rendered Homeless
A fire which occurred in Coonamble last night. was the worst in the history of the town. It was first noticed in the School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrible Country Fire. Coonamble Is Devastated. Forty Buildings Destroyed--£200,000 Damage. COONAMBLE
The most disastrous fire in the history of Coonamble occurred tonight, the principal business block in the centre of the town being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colombo Tramway Strike. Fire Killed; 135 Injured. COLOMBO
Peace and quietness is expected to follow the termination of the tramway strike. It is reported that five men were killed and 136 injured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire at Coonamble. Forty Places Destroyed. Damage £700,000. COONAMBLE
The most [?] fire in the [?] of the town occurred last night, when 40 of the principal [?] in the [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Sydney Blaze. Damage Estimated at £75,000. SYDNEY
Damage, estimated at over £78,000, was caused by a fire which gutted two floors and severely damaged the third floor of Faster House in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shooter's Hill. Heavy Bush Fire Damage
Dennis brothers, of Gingkin, were heavy losers as a result of the bush fires on that end. Their loss included grass, fencing, and live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coonamble Blaze Thirty-eight Buildings Destroyed. Plucky Girls Fight the Fire
All that remained of Coonamble's business centre on Thursday morning last was one building, the Commercial Bank, which stood among the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Coonamble Fire
The disastrous fire at Coonamble last week is the latest of a series that has occurred within recent memory. Trangie, Trundle, Moree—in…
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