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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
209 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 11
DANGEROUS use of fire allegedly by a picnic party was responsible for the starting of the worst grass fire for many years late yesterday afternoon. Burning on a three-mile front the fire destroyed 10,000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →YESTERDAY'S disastrous grass fire which destroyed 10,000 acres of feed and seriously threatened stock revealed the efficiency of the fire fighting forces of the pastoralists of the district. Through the Pastoralists'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A bush fire broke out about 1 p.m. last Wednesday on Whyco Station, about six miles east of Ivanhoe. About 100 men were soon on the job and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHEPPARTON, Monday— For more than two hours on Saturday afternoon a detachment from the Shepparton Fire Brigade fought a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOKIO, January 15— Four hundred persons are believed to have been burned to death in a fire at Shizuoka, on the south-east coast of the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TIMELY change of wind-from north to west-coupled with the efforts of a handful of station employees, on Sunday night checked one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GUNNER who put out a fire with his hands is in the latest list of R.A.F. awards for gallantry in action…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE necessity for people-going outback to observe every precaution against the extreme danger of grass fires was pointed out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PROMPT action by the South Fire Brigade last Might prevented what might have been a serious fire. Called out from the alarm box at the corner of Piper and Whittaker Streets at 9.7 o'clock, members of the brigade were notified of an outbreak of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The slogan "Prevent Bush Fires; Most Are Man Made, and Carelessness Costs Lives and Money," prepared by the Bushfire Advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE danger of bush fires is the greatest worry of pastoralists in the Western Carling division at present Stating this today a pastoralist,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting held at Wilcan[?] on [?] 19th inst, the following Committee [?] for the management and [?] and disbu[?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Sutton Forest, Lord Wakehurst joined fire fighters in efforts to storm bush fire. Dressed in khaki blacks, he took his place with a party of about 30 men. His son, Peter Lubbock, who also assisted, had parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Sixty thousand pounds' worth of damage was done by a fire which destroyed the four-storied furniture manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The master of the American steamer Barbara (4,637 tons) has sent out a wireless message that the crew is fighting a fire between deeks and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THREE calls were answered by the Central Fire Brigade during the week end. One was of a serious nature and might have resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—At Nanangolast last night fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel and adjoining eight shops. Most of the occupants of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →lt is estimated that the bush fire which swept through the Yass district on Sunday and yesterday destroyed 50,000 acres, besides thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Representatives of graziers and farmers organisations and fire officials today repudiated the charge that the carelessness of farmers was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday. — All fires which had been burning fiercely throughout various parts of the State for three days, were reported to be…
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