White Rose Fatality. A Double Inquiry. Fire Due to Incendiarism
The District Coroner, Mr. H. Bowditch held on inquiry on Tuesday into the recent fire at the White Rose refreshment rooms and the death of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
154 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 8
The Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigades’ [?] forwarded the estimates for [?] year, stating the cost of upkeep of the local brigade as £395/16/7, of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Haystacks & Crop Burnt
A fire started at noon yesterday on Mr. H. M. Robberd's farm, Yalgogrin Road. Two stacks of hay, totalling about 25 tons, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ford Car Sounds Fire Alarm
The Ford car of Mr. P. Tides, of Cullen Bullen, was practically destroyed by fire near Wallerawang on Sunday. Mr. Tidex was paying a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fire Follows Explosion Three Shops Destroyed; Two Damaged Man Killed at Parkes
A serious explosion and fire, with a fatal accident occurred at Parkes early on Sundaymorning. A man named Theo Georgulon,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FiRE at Girral 150 Acres of Crop Burnt
On Saturday last whilst Mr. Mark Miller was taking off his crop at Girral, with a new header, a fire, which appeared, to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wyalong Advocate Tuesday, December 12, 1923 Beware the Fire Fiend
Two happenings in the country last week are forcible reminders that the time has arrived when every possible precaution against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Railway Precautions
The Railway Department stated this week that everything is being done by the department to avoid the risk of bush fires. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Grudgery Mountain
Since Tuesday night a fierce fire has been raging on Grudgery Mountain. This was started by lightning striking a tree in the storm which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Big Blaze Mr. J. Belcher’s Residence Mr. and Shop Badly Damaged. Good Save by the Fire Brigade
At about 8 o’clock on Sunday evening the unwelcome ringing of the fire bell threw our townspeople into a . great state of excitement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Water Supply and Fire Brigade
IT is only when a fire [?] our town that our residents become sufficiently thankful for our splendid water supply. The pressure at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Fire. Organisation of Bush Brigades
The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Fight Eire Organisation of Fire Brigades
In a recent article, we drew attention to the danger at this time of bush fires, and recommended that certain precautionary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Fight Fire. Organisation of Bush Brigades
The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every…
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