On the Land Bush Fire Brigades. The Equipment Necessary
If a bush fire brigade is to function effectively it must be properly organised and adequately equipped. In a recent issue of these notes…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Xmas Fire at Wyangala Dam. Schapira’s Store Has Narrow Escape
A fire broke out on Xmas morning in a building occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. Baker, and family,, and used as a boarding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General News Fire on Memagong. Share Farmer a Heavy Loser
In a fire which destroyed several hundred acres of grass on Memagong on Saturday afternoon, a small cottage, occupied by Mrs. George West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Good Save Fire at Riverside
The prompt action of a number of willing fighters on Saturday prevented an outbreak of the on that portion of Riverside by Mr. A. J. Collits…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Runs Amok. Fires Stream of Bullets. Then Cuts His Throat. Sydney
Firing a stream of bullets into a motor car at Clovelly yesterday morning a man who suddenly became demented wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Five Fires Police Probe Farm Mysteries
Five mysterious fires, which have caused considerable damage, are being inestigated by the Harden police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nearly a Blaze Outbreak at the Rear Links’ Buildings. a Timely Discovery
What could have easily been a very big blaze was averted as the result of the timely discovery of some [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires
After a special wheat train from Caragabal had passed, a fire broke out on the eastern side of the railway line about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bush Fire Damage West Op Bland. Homesteads Narrowly Saved. Bags of Wheat, Crop. Grass and Stubble Burnt
Though burning over 40 miles away, west of the Bland, a big bush fire on Monday afternoon caused a heavy pall of smoke to hang over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Extensive Damage (By Wire) Sydney
Further particulars of the fire at Fassifern during which the railway station and houses were destroyed, state that passengers on trains in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires. Mandagery Outbreak. Wheat Crops Saved. MANDAGEBRY
A bush fire which had been fanned into considerable proportions by Tuesday's windstorm, broke its bounds on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quandialla Bush Fire £90 Damage to Fences Volunteers Save Crops QUANDIALLA, Thurs
After a special wheat train from Caragabal had passed, a fire broke out on the eastern side of the railway line, about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Engine
At a Bradford and District (England) Safety First Council meeting, a speaker said one of the difficulties with which automatic signals could…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Meatworks Blaze Estimated Damage £12,000 Firemen Risked Lives Coroner's Praise
At the public inquiry conducted by Coroner Arthur Sam at the Forbes Police Court last Wednesday, into the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Finding Molong Road Fire. Coroner's Inquiry Held
On December 6th, last, a cottage on Mr Leith Barber's property, on the Molong Road, was completely destroyed by fire a couple of days after the last tenant had left, to take his sick child to Sydney for treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire Damage £10,800 For Outbreaks in 1932
The 29 fires that occurred in Forbes last year caused damage conservatively estimated at £10.800, excluding the big…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Destructive Fire Near Yiddah Wheat, Grass and Fe[?]ing Destroyed
A very destructive fire started about 2 p.m. on Monday last on Messrs Maguire and Fehon's property, east of Yiddah, and before it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Sentenced Fire Out of Control (By Wire) Sydney
At Mossvale yesterday a man was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for allowing a fire to become out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigade Formed in Cowra. Meeting of Delegates from other Brigades to be held here To-night
There was an attendance of fourteen at a meeting convened by the Advance Cowra committee on Wednesday evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wyangala Fire Coroner Says It Was Accidental. After Hearing a Volume of Evidence
When Mr, and Mrs. John Baker left Wyangala to spend their Xmas holiday at Orange all was apparently all right at their…
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