Fire at T. Goodwin's
A fire broke out on Tuesday after noon on Mr. Thos. Goodwin's farm on the Barmedman-Wyalong road. The railway line runs parallel with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
143 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 8
The Late Bush Fires
An inquest was conducted by Coroner Montgomerie on Monday into the cause of bush fires at Westville on Saturday and Monday, 5th…
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QUITE a number of early Grenfell residences have been of late removed by fire, the latest departure being the premises in…
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The Coroner then proceeded to take evidence in connection with a second fire which broke out on the following Monday (January 7th), when an oil…
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At an early hoar on Monday morning Mr. Coroner Montgomerie opened an inquiry into the cause, of the outbreak of fire on Mr. Albert Cooley's…
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A Wellington message, dated Saturday, says:—A big bush fire is raging on the Parkes road, a few miles from Wellington. A gang of men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Westville Fires. Albert Cooley Committed for F[?] on a Charge of Malle[?] Starting the Fire on the Y[?] Inet
On Monday the coroner (Mr. J. Montgomerie) held the adjourned inquiry into the fires which occurred on Mr. Albert Cooley's property…
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B. A. Budd and W. A. Miller pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless use of fire. It was alleged that a fire broke put from a tree which…
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A somewhat serious fire took place at Mr James Henderson's property, on the Grenfell road, on Monday last, when 65 acres of standing crop…
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David and Lucy lived in a log cabin in a great Oregon wood fifty miles from the nearest town. Their papa and mamma worked…
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A Washington message says the firing by Chinese on the Yangste River on the United States gunboat Moncacy, which resulted in the…
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Carbon tetrachloride, recently made comparatively cheap, is a very valotile liquid yielding a vapour that is very effective in putting out fire…
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A fire started by a threshing machine on the western plains of Vicoria burnt 70,000 acres of grass. It is still burning…
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"Thim praties ire long iv bolin', Jimmie asthore; run in an' sec if the foire is out or in," exclaimed a busy mother to her boy while she spread…
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Last Thursday evening, about 9.30 a weatherboard cottage in Hill street, occupied by Mr. Phil McKay, was almost completely destroyed by fire,…
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The estimates of revenue and expenditure in connection with the Forbes Fire Brigade for the ensuing year, were laid down on the table at…
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The feature of this rope fire escape is the novelty of the arrangement and construction of the parts. The carrying device is a loop…
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A big blaze was observed yesterday from the direction of Ooma, and on inquiry it was learnt that it was due to a grass fire through the…
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On, Sunday last, between Trundle and Bogan Gate, what appeared to be a big fire near Mr. Percival's farm is reported to have damaged…
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A fire broke out in one of Mrs C. K. Douglas' paddocks, on the Eugowra-Goolagong road last week, and getting a good hold before it was…
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