Tractor Starts Fire
On Thursday last a tractor was responsible for starting a fire in Mr. H. C. G. Nettelbeck's crop at Nelungaloo, as a result of which about 15 acres of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
316 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 16
Fire at Daroobalgie
On Monday a fire which broke out on Mrs. Hooper's property at Daroobalgie was responsible for the destruction of portion of a wheat crop, as well…
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The District Coroner, Mr. Jas. Swann, held an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the circumstances of a fire which destroyed a weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Quandialla Bush Fires
Bush fires have been the sensation of the week, and there is no doubt that in the present condition of crops and grass the man on the land lives…
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In view of the phenomenal growth of grass alongside the railway lines, the risk of fires this season will be great. The New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm Experts Teach Boys How to Let a Bush Fire Get Away
At Muswellbrook Rural Farm a practical demonstration was given to hoys in “The Best Method of Extinguish a Grass Fire” A fire was made…
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Just about the time the post office clock was striking one on Thursday morning, the fire bell rang out in the stillness of the night. A few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →“Curse” Stops Fire
A fire which had started on Mr. C. Wheeler’s property at Dubbo recently by a spark from a railway engine, and spread into a grass paddock, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Nelungaloo Crops, Grass and Wheat Bags Destroyed
The prompt arrival of a number of neighbours, prevented what might have been a disastrous fire at Nelungaloo last week…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Hugh Main’s Residence in Danger From Fire
Thus the Cootamundra “Liberal” : The fire raced away through Mr. Rand’s to the boundary of Mr. Hugh Main’s, a mile away, and took about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Terrible Bush Fires Rain Saves the Situation
Terrific fives broke out in the Forbes district yesterday, doing enormous damage. One started near Gunningbland on McGuinness', 6,000 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Eurabba
On Monday morning, about 10.30, a bush fire started on "Eurabba" station near Bribbaree, and spread at a rapid rate, burning fences and about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Fanned by Howling Hurricane Black Sunday District Suffers Frightful Holocaust Men Burned to Death
Under a favorable Providence the gale on Sunda) abated at a moment which meant the moving of the whole Wettern district. An hour before the change arrived the situation .'never' appeared more hopeless. As one well-known farmer said, "I'm not a religious man, but I got down on my knees and thanked God from the bottom of my heart when that rain came about…
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While the above was in progress a fire broke broke out on a vacant allotment near Mr. C. E. Wodehouse’s residence. and in a very brief space…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Bushfire Over One Hundred Acres of Crop Burned. Mr. Victor Bourke Has Narrow Escape. Fire Checked by Willing Band of Workers
On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out on Mr. E. J. Bourke’s “Pack’s Grant” property, and before same could be got under control 100 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GASSED 16 Overcome by Fumes Fire on Ship Melbourne
Pathetic scenes were witnessed on the motor ship, Iromeneus, at Victoria Dock this afternoon when nine stevedoers and six firemen were brought up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wyalong Advocate Tuesday, December 7, 1926 Stopped by Rain Big Fire Near Barmedman
During the height of the storm and gale on Sunday morning, a fire caused by lightning, started in the property of Mr. W. Clarke, on Bull Plain, near…
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On Sunday afternoon, when the wind and dust was at its worst, a bush fire broke out" on portion of "Reynella," Trundle road. Fanned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Balls of Fire
It occasionally happens that during a severe thunderstorm what is described as a " ball of fire" is seen to travel slowly through the air, and then to burst before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Trundle and Peak Hill
One of the most disastrous fires, ever known in the history of the district (writes a Trundle correspondent) broke out yesterday morning about 10…
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