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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 13
Mr. Charlton, Federal Labour Leader, at the Young Conference, said he realised they were making history and he was glad it was being made in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the second time this summer the decking of the Cowra traffic bridge caught fire. The brigade Mas called out, but the outbreak was only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three fires occurred in Forbes within the last three days. The first was on Sunday night about 9.30 o'clock, when a blaze broke out in the house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Los Angeles message states that Southern California is threatened with bush fires, which are raging in the hills…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message from Riga states that a girl who was dismissed from a cotton mill confessed after her arrest that in revenge she set fire to the mill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The railway station at Colo Vale, near Mittagong, was destroyed by fire late on Saturday night. According to the police, the fire occurred under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquiry into the fire that occurred in a house in Johnson St rot, the property of Mrs. Le Brocque, recently, was held at the Forbes court on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire which caused damage to the extent of about £2,500, occurred at Barellah during the early hours of yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Arthur Sam held an inquiry into a fire which occurred recently in Barwon Street, Forbes, at the Court House on Wednesday, The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. W. E. B. Filby has resigned his position as Captain of the local Fire Brigade after 26 years of honorable and useful service. The brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An disastrous fire occurred in the main street last night. Five shops and contents', fire destroyed by the outbreak; It was first noticed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage to the extent of £10,000 was done at Glgandra last Monday night when the drapery and grocery store occupied by T. McCann caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →It is not unusual for the tar in the boiler used for the preparation of the liquid for street dressing to boil over and ignite, but the flames are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. F. J. Biswick has been elected to represent the volunteer fire brigades on the Fire Brigades Board, and Mr. E. E. Collins to represent the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The shed at the rear of McDade Taylor's premises, which was burned on Monday morning early, was sub-let by the Arm to Mr. C. Markwort. as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Thursday morning was devoted to an inquiry by Mr. Coroner Sam, J.P., into a lire which destroyed a motor car on the Marsden Road on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The intimation that the Government did not intend to subsidise the proceeds of the Fire Brigade's Carnival in aid of the public hospitals of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. A. E. Anderson has received the following letter from Mr. J. F. Beswick, of the Board of Fire Commissioners, N.S.W.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bakery and residence ownedby Mr. W. J. Gaut, of Ungarle, was completely destroyed by fire at 4 a.m. on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the local court-house on Wednesday, the District Coroner (Dr E. P. Fisher) resumed the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the…
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