Fire Alarm
About 9.30 o'clock on Tuesday night, the fire bell rang out its note of alarm, and people stirred with curiosity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1931
219 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 11
Stubble Fire
A flame-lit cloud of smoke to the east of Forbes last night was a stubble paddock burning on the Back Yamma Road, about seven miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£5000 DAMAGE Fire at Kyogle
Fire at Kyogle destroyed an 18-room residential in Geneva Street and Shirley's coac[?]building shop. The Soldiers' Club and Shipp's bakery were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Quelled In Old Victoria Hall
Shortly after 1 o'clock on Thursday morning a blaze was noticed in the wooden building at the rear of Hanson's Hotel, utilised by Mr W. C…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires
On Thursday bush fires had swept nearly 15,000 acres between Marengo and Burrowa. Miles of fencing and some hundreds of sheep have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Another Attempt on Vic. Smiths Property. Black Tracker on the Job
While in town on Friday in conversation with Sergeant Ryan, Mr. Victor Smith received word that another fire had broken out 011 his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous Leaves From the Bush. the Fire Fighters
Travelling through the Northern Tableland during September and October of last year i was impressed with the possibilities of devastating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Mr. Sweeting's
The call came through on Saturday morning for the brigade to go to a fire which had broken out on Mr. Sweeting's property at Eualdrie. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Fire. Open Finding
On Saturday afternoon the District Coroner, Mr. H. W. Hall, held an inquiry into the origin of a fire which occurred in a wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inquiry Concluded Open Finding Returned, Further Investigation Recommended
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the destruction of a barley crop belonging to Louis C. Knight, Wellington Road, which had been adjourned from January 10, was continued and concluded before the District Coroner, Mr. H. W. Hall, on Saturday, a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FIRES Three Outbreaks at the Week End
Cowra, usually a very free place from outbreaks of fire, put up a record during the past few days, the Fire Brigade receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire 5 Million Dollars Loss (By Wire) Sydney
A cable from Buena Ventura states: A fire, believed to be the work of an incendiary destroyed the business district of this town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades Board
The appointment of a Municipal representative on the Fire Brigades Board is one for ballot amongst the Councils, and at the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Petrol Depot. Fire on Sunday. TRUNDLE
On Sunday afternoon a fire was discovered in Mr. McRae's petrol and oil depot. In a few minutes large numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Fire of Leadership. Special by Dr. George S. Arundale
What does leadership involve? It involves fire. It involves contagious enthusiasm. Not that everybody catches that enthusiasm—some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advance Australia News Service Too Much Talk of Revolution. Playing with Fire. Citizens, Preserve Law and Order!
Reckless talk of violent upheaval and of meeting force with force is rife—reckless talk by Labour extremists of revolution, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Fires Incendiarism Suspected at Cowra Haystack Blaze
There are strong grounds for believing that a fire which burnt three stacks of hay at Mr. Percy Field's West Cowra property in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eugowra Blaze Shearing Shed Destroyed
A shearing shed containing a new shearing plant, a motor car, and other farming implements, the property of Mr. J. Moss, of Miora, Eugowra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Fire South Forbes Home Burnt
Fire destroyed a five-roomed cottage on the South Condobolin Road about 2.30 this morning. The house, which was occupied by Mrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Famous School. Gutted by Fire
Most Australian tourists have seen the famous Abbey School in London. At 4.30 on Saturday morning a five broke out in the Abbot's Hall, and…
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