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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

155 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 8

Blaze of Light Thom's Corner Remodelled Now Three New Shops Mr. Favero's Enterprise

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

"The brightest spot in the South-west," is how" Mr. John Favero, of' West' Wyalong, and formerly of Young, describes the…

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North Hill Fire This Morning's Blaze Home and Contents Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 4

A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage in Abbott Street, North Hill, owned and occupied by Mr. Wm. Doolan and family, was almost…

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Cottage Destroyed Blaze at West Wyalong Rifle Bullets Explode

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

About 3 a.m. this morning (Thursday) a small weatherboard cottage in Church Street, West Wyalong, was totally destroyed…

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Tallimba House Party in Aid of Ball Funds Log Fires Brighten Function

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 7

The house parry conducted at the home of Mr. and Miss. E. Carmichael of Tallimba, last week, proved most enjoyable, cosy lof fires warming the…

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Scouts' Bon-fire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

On Tuesday night—Empire Night— bon-fires were to be seen in all parts of the town, and the surrounding country was brightly illuminated…

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New Fire Station Council's Request

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 5

The Mayor (Ald. Moulder) brought the matter of a new fire station to light at Monday night's council meeting. We should have a building in…

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Fire at Bendigo Mine Damage Estimated at £25,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 4

Fire which broke out in the battery of the new Red, White and Blue Consolidated Company's mine destroyed the battery and extensive mining…

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Set Fire to School Four Young Men Charged

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 4

The public school at Beleveolan, near Tullibigeal had its walls and doors badly charred, and wall maps burned on Sunday last when a fire…

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£15,000 DAMAGE Big Fire at Trangie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

When a fire broke out at 2.20 o'clock on Tuesday morning in the premises of Western Stores mid Edgeley's Ltd., Trangie, townspeople…

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Wyalong Fire Cottage Destroyed Brigade Not Called

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 1

About 10.20 p.m. on Saturday night last, a weatherboard cottage owued and occupied by Mr. S. G. Lloyd, of Bligh Street, Wyalong, was totally…

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Farmer's Bad Luck Fire Destroys House and Contents

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 1

Returning from a hunting trip on Saturday afternoon, Mr. B. H. Whitlock, district farmer whose properly is several miles out along the…

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Municipal Council Topics. Correspondence Tabled Regarding Jockey Club Buildings, New Fire Station, and Presbyterian Cemetery

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 2

Council faced a lengthy business sheet on Tuesday night last at its usual fortnightly meeting. The Mayor (Ald H. C. Moulder, M.L.C.)…

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Fire Brigades Union Agitation for Shorter Week (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

The Five Brigades Employees Union decided to renew its agitation for a shorter working week. A meeting has been convened, to…

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A Fire Claim Pertinent Questions Asked By Hon. P. M. McGirr

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 3

The Hon. P. M. McGirr. M.L.C., asked the president of the Executive Council to supply answers to the appended pertinent questions…

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Fire on Train the Temora Mail

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

When the Temora mail train arrived at Goulburn on Wednesday morning it was discovered that the floor of the travelling postal van,…

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School Fires "Lone Wolf" Again Two Boys Arrested

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 2

When the police were called to the Glebe Public School on Saturday to investigate three separate fires on the first floor, they found chalked on the…

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New Rural Bank for Lake Cargelligo Sequel to £10,000 Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 8

That the Rural Bank authori[?]s have every confidence in the Lake Gargelligo district is borne out by the fact that, as a result of the…

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Coottage Razed Early Evening Blaze On Saturday Last

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

On Saturday evening last, at about 8.30 p.m., a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Boundary Street, West Wyalong, owned by Mrs. W. Fealy,…

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City Blaze Five Fireman Injured Damage of £30,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 6

Damage estimated to be about £30,000 was caused, and five firemen were injured and had to be taken to hospital, in a spectacular fire in Kent…

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Fire in Snowstorm Chalet Burnt Long Tramp Through Snow

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 6

The Chalet, a large wooden building at Charlotte Pass, near Kosciusko, was totally destroyed by fire early on Monday morning, and 66…

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