Fire Brigades Demonstration at Katoomba
Between 90 and 100 fire brigades will visit Katoomba next week to compete in a grand volunteer fire brigades demonstration. This demonstration,…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
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Between 90 and 100 fire brigades will visit Katoomba next week to compete in a grand volunteer fire brigades demonstration. This demonstration,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cockle lost furniture and valuable wedding presents to the value of about £200 in a fire which broke out in their apartment at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the fire brigade's euchre party on Tuesday night Captain Tom Rainey thanked all those who have assisted so generously towards the raising or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire which broke out at Brighton Flats, Coffs Jetty, last Tuesday afternoon did damage estimated at £300, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When members of Guyra Fire Brigade were about to practise, they were surprised to find that the petrol had been drained from the engine tank. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage amounting to hundreds of pounds was caused, and two persons were badly burned when a fire, preceded by an explosion, broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Word was received early in the week that the Dorrigo Fire Brigade team, which left here on Saturday, had an enjoyable trip to Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Volunteer firemen, representative of every part of the State, continued their competitions and demonstrations at Katoomba to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out at Porter's sawmill at Tuncurry, amongst logs, but the shrieking mill whistles and sirens called the townspeople to the rescue, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest fires have been raging during the past week in the State forest, about seven miles south-west of Inglewood, and have destroyed hardwood timber…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What looked very suspiciously like an attempt to set fire to a building in Kurrajong-strcet, Dorrigo, was discovored when the fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saving a block of buildings in Kurrajong street last night may be attributed to the fact that Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fraser were entertaining visitors at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious fires are raging on Crown lands in the district, particularly in the Pilliga scrub, and valuable timber is threatened with destruction. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Very dry weather has been experienced in the Hogarth Range district for the past few weeks and some high temperatures were recorded at the school,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New South Wales fire brigades' annual demonstration concluded at Katoomba on Saturday. The Dorrigo Brigade, which took part, gained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to set fire to Mr. F. Macrae's cottage in Kurrajong-street was made last Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The application of the guillotine to the Repatriation Bill, in the House of Representatives to-day, limiting the discussion to seven and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The temporary home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Toovey, situated next to the bakery on the Coff's Harbor road, at Woolgoolga, was destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The two-storey homestead on Wanganella estate, which is one of the best known stations in the Riverina, was burned to the ground this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper river areas chiefly benefited from the moderately heavy rains over the week-end. More rain is badly needed. Heavy losses of cattle…
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