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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

309 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 16

Pastoral Bush Fires Now for Evidence

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 10

Mr. J. B. Cramsie, Chairman of the Bush Fire Royal Commission, has intimated to the several producers’ associations, that he will call the…

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Notes and Comments Bush Fire Commission

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 8

Very soon the Royal Commission which the State Government appointed to inquire into the bush fires will commence to take evidence. The…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Bedgerabong Bush Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 3

By far the worst fire this part of the district has experienced for many years broke out on Mr. Rout's additional property on Wednesday…

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Fire Damaged Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

Regarding the question of disposing of bagged wheat damaged by the recent bush fires, Mr. E. Glover, hon. secretary of the Parkes branch of the…

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Bush Fires Timely Rain

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

No loss of life has occurred during the bush fires which have raged in the Chiltern, Beechworth, Wangarattaand Bendigo districts…

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Bush Fires Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to-day interviewed the chairman of the Bush Fres' Commission in regard to…

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Tarago Bush Fires Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

The inquiry into the Tarago fire on December 10, concluded, and the Coroner found the property of J. J. and B. Lehane was destroyed by fire…

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Terrific Fire Imperial Hotel Burnt

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 4

We have used the word "terrific" in the headline, for this was a fire of such magnitude and fierceness as to strike terror into many. Just before…

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Garage Fire

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 11

What might have been a far more serious fire had it not been for the splendid efforts of the local Fire Brigade, occurred at Messrs. Howell and…

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Prevention of Bush Fires F.s.a. to Place Evidence Before Commission. Local Cases to Be Quoted

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 1

The local branch of the F.S.A. received the following communication from the General Secretary on Saturday:—…

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Hotel Gutted Fire at Condobolin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 14

Damage estimated at £2500 was done when J. Gaywood's Imperial Hotel in Bathurst Street, Condobolin was gutted by fire at 3 o'clock on…

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Hotel Gutted Fire at Condobolin. Brigade Has Hard Fight

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 5

Damage estimated at £2500 was done when J. Gaywood’s Imperial Hotel in Bathurst Street, Condobolin, was gutted by fire at 3 o’clock on Sunday…

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Bush Fires Assistance for Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last, Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Lands:-- With respect to the applications…

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Bush Fires In Victoria Now Less Fierce (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 1

The bush fires in Victoria, while not yet under control, are less fierce in their intensity, the change of wind having improved conditions…

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Racecourse Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

The face club committee applied for permission to burn off the grass on Monday 'morning, and while the work was being carried out, the…

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Fire In A Garage One Car Destroyed--several Damaged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

The fire brigade received a call to a blaze in the garage of Messrs Howell and Spicer, in Parkes, at 3 a.m. yesterday. The flames were…

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The Sketcher. Followed by a Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 3

David M. Kerr, a Detroiter, had a recent, thrilling forest-fire experience in California, and he has furnished the " Free Press" with an account of the exciting incidents…

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Bush Fires Now for Evidence

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Campsle, chairman of the Bush [?] Royal Commission, has intimated to the several Producers' Associations that he will call the…

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Agricultural Notes. Bush Fire Brigades Suggested Lines of Organisation

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

"Every country district should have its organised bush fire control unit, with officers who know what each one's job is, certain members deputed to…

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Disastrous Fire Lake Cowal Homestead Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

On Saturday morning last, at about 11.30, a fire started at Lake Cowal homestead, the property of Mr. Samuel Wilson, which made almost a…

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