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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
245 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 13
For years Mr. Arthur Davis and family have lived in their-comfortable home in High Street; but the fire demon again raised his ugly head on Saturday night, and within half an hour they were homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grim tragedy (says the Cowra "Free Press") added to the terrors of the fire fighting in the Breakfast Creek section last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coroner (Mr. A. A. Bradley) held an enquiry on Friday morning touching the fire which broke out in the Empire Hotel stables on 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious bush fire broke out in the small township of Erica, Victoria. Two hundred volunteers fought the flames which threatened the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Monday, Feb. 29, the Coroner (Mr. B. Morgan) held an inquiry touching the death of Robert James Platt (who was killed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When a general store and a 13roomed dwelling adjoining were destroyed by fire at Greensborough Victoria, yesterday morning, the inmates,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Tuesday afternoon a bush broke out on “Torrington,” and spreading to Mr. Henley’s property, destroyed about 1000 acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Or. D. J. Mclnerney, of “Bally Calba,” has asked us to thank very sincerely. through the columns of the “Free Press,” all who assisted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. E. Talbot, late of "Euroka," suffered losses in the series of bush-fires, one of which commenced on his property, part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The vivid lightning on Tuesday afternoon was responsible for a false fire alarm at the local fire station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steady rain started falling yesterday, and at 9 a.m. this morning totalled 42 points. Conditions point to more. It will do an immense amount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On March 4 a haystack, owned by Mr. E. R. Stewart, was destroyed by Are op Mr. J Barber's property on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The District Coroner (Mr. H. W. Hall) yesterday conducted an inquiry into a fire which destroyed a weatherboard cottage, the property of Mr. Albert Wilfred Prior, at Bindogundra, in the early hours of Sunday, February 21. After hearing the evidence the Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corilla, the homestead of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hayes between Numulla and Tullamore, was completed destroyed by fire on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Twin babies, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes at Tullamore Hospital on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inspector J. Meave, of the New South Wales Fire Department, is on a tour of country fire stations. He arrived in Forbes on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire destroyed a six-roomed weather-board house in Little Farrand Street about 1 a.m. last Tuesday. Forbes brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is out of the ordinary for a motor car to draw attention to the fact that it is on fire by tooting its horn, but that this really occurred is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 2.30 a.m. on Wednesday, a Weatherboard cottage in Welcome St., West Wyalong, owned by Mr. Bert Edgerton, and occupied by Mr. M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The district Coroner (Mr. H. W. Hall) held an inquiry on Saturday morning into a fire which destroyed six haystacks on Mr. John Barber's property, "Daisy Park," at Coobang on March 8. After hearing the evidence, Mr. Hall returned an open finding…
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