Bush Fires in Vic. £150,000 Damage (By Wire) Sydney
The Victorian bush fires are said to have been responsible for damage estimated at more than £150,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 13
£3000 DAMAGE Big Melbourne Blaze
Damage estimated at between £3000 and £4000 was caused by a fire in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, which started in a building at the rear…
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A fire occurred at Ellwood's Hall, Stockinbingal, on Christmas Eve, just as the picture show programme was nearing completion. Flames…
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The steamer Niagara, which arrived at Auckland, brought further particulars of the fire which destroyed the schooner Doris Crane, 400 miles…
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A rather serious fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Edward Goodwin in William Street, Camp Hill, Forbes, on Monday morning, January 2. The…
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At the meeting of the Council on Tuesday evening the following report was submitted by the Electricity Manager:…
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A fire broke out in Rossen's jewellery establishment, Main street, on the afternoon of Monday, 26th December, and Mr. G. Halls endeavored…
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MOTORISTS touring the country, particularly those who want to camp, are specially advised by the N.R.M.A. to take every reasonable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadcasting Bush-fire- Warnings. Sydney
A scheme for broadcasting warnings of bush-fires has been submitted to the Graziers' Association…
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Between 400 and 500 acres of good grazing country were swept by fire in the first outbreak of the season in the Yass district (writes the Yass…
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Two unsusal features were associated with a fire which caused damage estimated at £800 in one of Saunders' windows, George Street, City, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Callinan's Coroner's Inquiry
The District Coroner, Dr. E. F. Fisher, commenced the holding of an inquiry on the 28th ultimo into the cause of a fire which occurred at the…
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Auckland.—Further details of the burning of the Clan liner Clan M'Willaim, at Vavau, on December 24, were gathered from wireless messages…
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This is the most suspicious fire that I have had to deal with. Mrs. Rossen's evidence is entirely different to Schneider in the matter of where the books were kept, yet both are positive on that point, Then we have Schneider's wire to Mrs. Rossen "Return at once—urgent." That to my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Alarm Blaze in Court Street Brigade Effects Good Save
Fully 1000 people responded to the ringing of the local firebell at about 10.30 p.m. on Saturday. The scene of the outbreak was in…
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While the fire was raging in Court Street on Saturday evening, the members of the fire brigade found themselves impeded in their, work owing…
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The Brisbane mail from Sydney caught fire between Braefield and Quirindi late on Thursday night. The driver noticed flames and smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Careless Use of Fire Broula Farmer Leniently Dealt With. As He Had Taken Reasonable Steps to Prevent Fire Breaking Away
Before Mr. J. B. Scoobie, S.M., this morning, Joseph Barnes was charged with leaving a fire in the open air before same was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Put Out That Fire “I’ll Give Every Offend- Er a ‘Go.’” the Man Who Forgets
“I’ll give every offender a ‘go,”” said a Gundagai district landowner on Friday week, when the bush fire question was under discussion. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Mysterious Fire Parkes Stables are Destroyed Some Sensational Evidence
That the building was deliberately set on fire by some person or persons unknown was the verdict of the coroner, Mr. J. Swann,…
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