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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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Although high hopes were held early last night that the disastrous grass fire which has devastated part of Netley Station, some 50 miles south of Broken Hill, would be brought under control before morning, a late report last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Both the Central end South Fire Brigades attended two small fires in the early hours of this morning. The first call was received at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE. — Forestry Department Rangers claim that a firebug deliberately caused the extensive bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AFTER appearing to have been stemmed late last night and held in check up till about 10 a.m. today, the grass fire on Netley Station broke out afresh just before 11 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWS from the fire area along the Wentworth Road was more encouraging today after a change in the direction of the wind had turned most of the fires back in their tracks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recently a fire occurred that destroyed completely the homestead At Kulnine Station in the Wentworth district. Kulnine has been in the hands of the Croziers for more than a century…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A small grass gre on vacant land on the Barrier Highway, near the Cemetery, was beaten out by the Central Fire Brigade at 9.12 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. R. Allison, of Kars Station, telephoned the Pastoralisis Association this afternoon, stating that her husband had reported another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Netley fire has assumed such huge proportions with the advent of a strong, scorching wind that at a late hour last night it was raging out of control on five station properties with 300 fire fighters almost helpless in the face of the strong breeze and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The most disastrous fire in the history of the For West is raging between Kudgee and Coombah. It storied early on Tuesday and has been continuing with disastrous results. The No[?] assumed such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.A.A.F. reported in Melbourne on Monday night that five sorties were made on Monday by Anson and Dakota aircraft which spotted bushfires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BECAUSE of the scattered nature of the grass fires little information was available today as to the actual position in the fire areas on Netley, Back Hut and Nettlego…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne, January 23—All but one of the seven fires raging in the Otway Range had been deliberately lit. the Fire Protection officer of the Forests…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE. — The bush fire, which cost Yorke Peninsula farmers £40,000 yesterday, is under control today, but 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hobart, January 23—Queenstown, centre of the Mt. Lyell mining operations was threatened early yesterday by raging bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports late last night from the fire areas south of Broken Hill indicated that the fires were not yet under control, but were being checked to a degree because of the wind and weather being more in favor now of the firefighters than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FIRE on Netley Station was under control to day and a patrol was detailed to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE. — The police suspect that incendiarists are responsible for another serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After devastating an area of over 300 square miles, and when high hopes were held that it was out, the fire which started on Netley Station on Tuesday last broke out again afresh on Netley late yesterday afternoon. Seriousness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reports from the Netley fire area today indicated that the fires were still being held in check, but precautions were still…
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