Bush Fire Brigades Where They Fail. Experienced Men Talk
THE heavy growth of grass throughout the district and the approach of the season when bush fires may be expected to overrun the country led…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
157 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 8
Fire at Hiawatha
A fire started yesterday on Mr Harold Davies' property at Hiawatha, caused (it is alleged) by a spark from the train. It…
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At Saturday's Shire meeting Cr. Crossley suggested the insertion of advertisements in regard to the careless use of [?]e, and prohibiting the…
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For a very considerable time the local Council have been pressing upon the Board of Fire Commissioners the necessity for proceeding with the…
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Mr. P. F. Adler of Buddigower sustained a serious loss by fire on Monday last, whereby a shed containing 18 tons of new hay and…
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Mr. E. S. Twigg writes:—I have followed with great interest Sir Joseph C[?]thers' great suggestion to have a million farms in New South Wales. O[?]…
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A big fire started back of Burgooney on Saturday last, and swept a vast amount of 'grass country, including the holdings of…
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Following a terriffic explosion in a film shop on Saturday, Park Street, between Pitt and George Streets, was bridged with flame,…
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The Railway Commissioners have received the following letter from Goldsbrough, Mort and Co, Ltd.: —" With reference to the alarmist…
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Mr Buttenshaw has received the following from the Railway Department : -- With reference to your…
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The peaceful slumbers of the inhabitants of the town were rudely disturbed by the ringing of the fire bell at an early hour on Saturday…
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We got home from the harvest field one scorching summer day, To be greeted with a message that a fire had got away…
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It is greatly to the credit of the men and women concerned, that during all the earlier part of the week, the former were engaged in that…
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Bush fires have raged round the district for a month or more, but thanks to the rain they were for the time being placed out of action…
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Under a strong westerly wind, serious grass fires have been raging here since Monday night The following stations have been…
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Mrs. D. Jones, of Granbury, suffered a loss om Monday last, when fire destroyed a building containing a Ford motor car, sulky, two sets of…
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HAY, Thursday.— A grass fire in the Ivanhoe district, which is now on Marfield, east of the Ivan hoe-Wilcannia road, is said to be…
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UNGARIE, Saturday.—Seve[?] bushfires haye been burning rou[?] the district, and the country h[?] been enveloped in smoke…
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Among the peculiarities of the severe storms at Young during the last week-end, was red lightning. To the north-west bust…
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A fire took place in the Forbes cemetery on Thursday afternoon and did a lot of damage. How the the outbreak originated is not known, but…
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