£120,000 DAMAGE Big City Fire
Many thousands watched a fire which gutted a big building of four floors, occupied by Petersen Boeson and Co., Ltd., importers and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
316 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 16
Fifty Homes Burned Disastrous Fires in Victoria Towns in Darkness (By Wire.) Melbourne
All day yesterday Melbourne was surrounded by most disastrous bush bush fires. A Conservative estimate is that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tottenham. Bush Fire
A bush fire broke out at Woodlands on Friday last. About fifty or sixty district and townspeople were soon on the scene and after working…
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About 4 a.m. on Sunday last the wine shop and store, with residence attached, at Cookamidgera, were burnt to the ground, in the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →GREENETHORPE. Disastrous Fire. Total Destruction of Mr. Fred Neal's Home
Last night, while the family were attending the Harvest Festival in the Church of England, Mr. Neal's beautiful home was burnt to the ground…
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Every citizen of New South Wales will heartily endorse Mr. Lang’s prompt and whole-hearted offer of assistance to those victims of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty One Dead Toll of Bush Fires
Thirty-one dead, one missing, and five seriously injured is the toll of rush fires which swept Victoria on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trundle Bush Fire. Extensive Damage
On Friday morning a bush fire broke out on Mordialloc and spread to the properties of Messrs. F. W. Gibson and H. Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Country of the Fires
The Victorian tires have been the most destructive in the big timber country at the head of the Yarra. Warburton, the railway terminus of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MISSiNG Mew Turn Up Thought Victims of Fire Victorian Fires Dying Down (By Wire) Melbourne
Three, missing men who were thought to have perished in the fires at Warhurton, have turned up safely. The mother of one of the men broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Tubbul £1500 Damage Done
The general store at Tubbul, owned by Mr. E. E. Trewin, was totally destroyed by fire at three o’clock yesterday morning. The family escaped in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lit a Fire to Burn Off Noxious Weeds Prosecution Under Careless Use of Fire Act
An interesting case, at this time of general bush and grass fires, was heard before Mr. Reed, Relieving Police Magistrate, at the Young Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at West Wyalong Royal Hotel Stables Destroyed Cow Severely Scorched—Little Dog Perishes
The clanging of the fire-bell at about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the appearance of a large conflagration in the vicinity of Main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEARLY £100,000 For Relief of Victorian Fire Victims (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
It is expected that the £100,000 mark will be reached to-day in the fund for the relief of the bush fire sufferers in Victoria…
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On Sunday last the lightning was particularly vivid, but unfortunately the storm was a compaatively “dry” one, only a few points of rain being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Victoria Now Under Control (By Wire) Melbourne
Reports received yesterday indicated, that most of the bush fires in Victoria are now under control. No further loss of life has been reported,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greenethorpe Disastrous Fire. Mr. Fred Neal’s Home Destroyed
One night last week, while the family were attending the Harvest Festival in the Church of England, Mr. Neil’s beautiful home was burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Important Case Litigation Over a Fire.—sequel to Destruction of Stables. Verdict for £150
In the District Court at Cootamundra John Holder, horse trainer, sued Edward Dodd, licensee of the Albion Hotel, Cootamundra, claiming £200 for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. State Forest Threatened. Melbourne
The State forest, worth over a million sterling, is threatened by bush fires near Whittlesea. Twenty men are fighting the fire, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Gaoled for Starting a Fire
At the Gunning Police Court on Thursday last, before Messrs. Hahesy and Ardill, Js.P., Frank Hudson, a bagman, wag charged with igniting…
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