Eighty Miles of Fire
Hay, Sunday—Enormous grass fires have been burning in the Green Hills, Gunbar, and Hillston districts. The glare was visible in Hay, 70 miles away, and he country was covered with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
159 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 8
Goulburn Fire Brigade. the 1917 Record
The number of fire outbreaks in Goulburn during 1917 was the lowest on record. Only eight fires occurred, that at Bennett and Wood's on July 9 being the biggest blaze since…
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A fire, which had possibly been smouldering all day, broke out in the front bedroom of Mr. G. T. Barry's residence in Berthong street, about 6…
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A fire broke out in D. Normoyle's blacksmith shop about 8 o'clock last Friday night, but the promptness with which the fire was detected prevented…
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A serious fire broke out on Clare Station, Hay, on Thursday. The outbreak was caused by lightning. The fire burned a strip through the…
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Bush fires Have caused heavy losses in the Fortes district during the past week. At. Daroobalgle 60 acres of crop, which was going seven bags to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Palace Burned Big Fire in Spain. Reuter's Telegram). LONDON
Reuter's Madrid correspondent states that the Palace La Granja has been destroyod and a number of houses which adjoin the palace are on fire…
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Reuter's Madrid correspondent says that the Palace of La Granja has been destroyed, and a number of houses adjoining are on fire, The waterpipes are. A frozen, and it is impossible…
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A big bush Are broke out on the Woodstock road on Saturday. Mr. Bert Cooley lost six slacks of last year's hay and grass. Mr. Bert…
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On Thursday morning as the second division of the Melbourne express was steaming into Springhurst (Vic.) the guard noticed that a fire was breaking…
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The fire out Gobarralong way took on another lease of life on Friday when about 200 acres of grass were burned on Cottway (Weston's). On…
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A big bush Are broke out on Mr. Thatcher's property at Juglong on Saturday and spread to Messrs. Collis, Sharman and Quarmby's holdings. 70…
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About 12.30 o'clock this morning, a five-roomed weatherboard cottage situated at the corner of Marengo and Allanan streets, near the cricket ground…
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At the minutes past two o'clock on Sunday morning an alarm of fire was given by some person at the Exchange Hotel corner. Captain Sketheway and his promptly obeyed the…
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UNGARIE, Monday.—Fire destroyed the home of Mr. Hambly. at Forest Vale, near Ungarle. Nothing was saved from the house…
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Our Bungonia correspondent writes.—Mr. M. W. Hansell had a stack of hay, about 30 tons, burnt to the ground on Friday night, as well as a quantity of galvanised iron. The property…
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PARKES, Tuesday.—One stack of wheat and three stacks of hay on Mr. Rees' farm at Billabong creck, were destroyed fire on Saturday night,…
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Whitton, Tuesday.—Bush fires, which have been raging between Gunbar, Hillston, and Whitton for the past three weeks, were kept within 30 miles of Whitton by the strenous…
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On Friday afternoon last a fire broke out on Mr. F. Newman's property, and made rapid headway, destroying about a hundred acres of wheat…
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COWRA, Friday.—An inquiry into the recent bush fire on the Woodstock-road was opened at Cowra on Wednesday. After sitting until 11…
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