Alarm of Fire
About 8 o'clock on Monday night, the clanging of the fire-bell sent a number of people in search of the fire, but it was only a small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1916
127 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 7
THE Western Champion AND Parkes and District Representative. Thursday, November 9 Bush Fire Brigades
An advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue invites all interested to attend a meeting to be held at Mr. W. E. Tayler's, Adavale, on the 18th inst…
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A tram was found to be afire at about 3 o'clock yesterday morning in the Neutrual Bay tram depot, where the day previous the fire appliances were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Fires. Is It the I.w.w.?
The Lilyfield Joinery Works were destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The origin of the outbreak is a mystery. The premises were broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Forbes Advocate Friday, November 10, 1916. Careless Use of Fire
The present season is one of the best which has been experienced around Forbes for many years. As a result there is a luxuriant carpet of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Wyalong Advocate. Saturday, November 11, 1916. The Danger of Bush Fires
WITH another few weeks of summer weather, the danger of bush fires will become very real Never before in the known history of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forbes Times. Tuesday, November 14, 1916. Bush Fire Brigades
In our last Tuesday's issue we made mention of the movement started at Dabbo for the formation of Rush Fire Brigades, and suggested that steps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With the Russians. Enemy Uses Liquid Fire. Sydney
A Petrograd official message says —After repelling seven onslaughts, we fell back to our second line of trenches, is the region of Skrobof…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade. To The Editor
Sir,-- I was pleased to notice your remarks respecting the state of affairs at the recent fire at Mr. S. Bright's residence. Some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Brigade
The movement for the establishment of Bush Fire Brigades in the Dubbo district assumed definite shape at a public meeting held at that…
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Mr. F. P. Luhrmann had the misfortune to have his house and all contents burned completely out on Sunday night last. It is a mystory how…
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Mr Fred. Luhrmann, of Rose Hill, Eugowra, had the bad luck to have his house destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. Mr Luhrmann,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Brigade Formed
On Saturday last at the usual monthly meeting of tha Cowra branch of the F. and S. Assn., on the motion of Messrs. E. S. Twigg and R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Lockhart Wheat Fire. Sydney
Another fire broke out in the wheat stacks at the Lockhart railway station on Saturday at midnight. A teamster quickly removed the hessian, and not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lockhart Wheat Stacks. Another Fire. Sydney
A second outbreak or fire occurred at Lockhart railway station, in the wheat stacks, late on Saturday night. The recurrence of fire has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Bogan Residents Take Action
A representative meeting of landholders was held at the residence of Mr. W. E. Tayler, Adavale, on Saturday afternoon, November 18th, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →More Incendiary Fires. Sydney
Giving evidence regarding a fire at his premises in Oxford sereet, Simon Stolmock, a cabinet maker, said on November 21st he found a parcel under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Feared. Sale of Phosphorus Matohes Prohibited
Hon. T. Waddell is in receipt of the following from the Chief Secretary's Office:—Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science Notes & News. Fire Extinguisher
According to an American technical journal, aqua ammonia-i.e., the common liquid ammonia-forms a most efficient fire-extinguisher, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in the Wheat Stacks Outbreak at Borambola. Sydney
A tire broke out in a large stack of wheat at Borambola siding, near Wagga, yesterday, but was promptly extinguished by local men. No one was…
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