Notes and Comments Bush Fires.—
The bush fire season is well under way, but so far comparatively little damage has been done. It is too soon to crow, as the hot weather has a…
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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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The bush fire season is well under way, but so far comparatively little damage has been done. It is too soon to crow, as the hot weather has a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 6.59 a.m. to-day to a rubbish fire in Nicholls-street. It was on a vacant allotment and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Officer J. Neville, when informed of the death of Mr. Lamborne, said:— "The late Mr. Lamborne was well…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Word has been received of the death in Perth on Saturday night of Mr. John M. Lamborne, chief officer of the West Australian Fire Brigades,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As the result of investigations by Detectives Bodel and Munro, of Goulburn, they are convinced that a deliberate attempt was made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Evidently disappointed at the failure to obtain money or jewellery, burglars who broke into the home of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A quantity of bushes and rubbish at the rear of Dr. W. D. K Maeglllivray's residence at the corner of Chloride and Mica streets caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A quantity of bushes and rubbish at the rear of Dr. W. D. K. Macgillivray's residence at the corner of Chloride and Mica streets caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TALLAROOK, Monday. — Fifty acres of grass, trees and stumps were destroyed by a bush fire on Mr. A. J. Coyne's property, Yea-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During an inquiry at Parramatta concerning a fire which destroyed the stock of tobacco and groceries on the promises of William Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soon after 7 p.m. yesterday a fight occurred between two trespassers. In Seymour railway goods yard and a railway patrol officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A fire broke out in the Eastern Market, Bourke-street, last night. The damage was confined to a section…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday. — After ransacking three rooms at the home of Alexander Copland in Elsternwick and securing jewellery valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A four-roomed wood and iron dwelling occupied by Edward Alexander M'Donald and family at 208 Newton-street, was destroyed with its contents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two firemen were crushed when a wall collapsed to-night in one of the worst fires Melbourne has experienced in recent years. They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Toorak College and the orthopaedic section of the Children's Hospital at Frankston were threatened by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PERTH, Monday. — Yesterday, while the Wiluna to Perth train was at Meekatharra, about 400 miles north-east of Perth, the local goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Of particular interest to landholders was a case in the District Court at Yass, which extended over three days and ended in a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr M. A, Davidson, M.L.A:. has received from the Unemployed Rolled Council a communication in reference [?] above, which made:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central fire brigade was called cut at 4.44 this afternoon to the wine and spirit store of A. Dulla Valla in Rowe-street, Railway Town. There…
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