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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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CONSIDERABLE surprise has been expressed that the Royal Automobile Club of Australia has had little to say on the suggested increase of 6d. a gallon on petrol. The reason is a simple one. There has been no official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ROME, January 1.—Pire broke out at midnight in the upper part of the Palazzo Cancelleria at the Vatican, Rome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Thieves broke into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Simmons, of Canterbury, while the occupants were absent and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALL members of the Second A.I.F. will be X-rayed for pulmonary tubercuosis before they are finally accepted for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INQUIRIES and examinations today by District Fire Officer Rodney and Sergt. Loy, who is conducting the police inquiry,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Another disastrous bush fire broke out at Borambola, in the Wagga district yesterday and destroyed 2000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MESSAGE from Hilston states that a terrific bush fire which is sweeping along a 20 mile front has already destroyed 70,000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although reports concerning an outbreak of fire, starting it is believed on Nelyambo country, have been very conflicting we believe that this fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HILLSTON, Saturday.—Aided by three points of rain which reduced the fury of the flames, dozens of men and women, who for days fought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds of men and women are fighting fires which, whipped up by the strong north wind, are raging in Victoria and New South Wales-in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday night at 8.15 p.m. an outbreak of fire occurred at the home of Mr G. Walsh, Cleaton St. Fortunately the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holding [?] a fiery cross, a young Scotsman stood bareheaded beside the Cenotaph as a protest against English rule in Scotland. Crowds rushed up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRENFELL, Monday.—A fire early this morning destroyed the primary school at Grenfell. Although the fire brigade was soon on the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.) Tuesday.— After it had caught fire at 500 feet a Vickers Vincent three-seater bombing plane crashed near Blenheim and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The interior of a detached laundry at the residence of Mrs. G. R. Parry, of 145 Sulphide Street, was severely damaged by a fire which broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Noticing a large volume of smoke issuing from a chimney and thinking it was a fire a passer-by called the Central Fire Brigade from the street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The extent of the damage caused by the bush firs of last week is now known. Damage to the various properties was as followsl R. Grimms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Friday—Allegations that canvas blinds were nailed down where the fire escape joined the verandah, and that the bottom part…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slight damage was done to the rear of a back room at the Regal Cafe, 37-39 Oxide Street, when a fire broke out shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday—Damage estimated at about £20,000,was caused by a fire which completely, destroyed the administrative block at…
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