Fires in Crop At Lake Cargelligo
Sparks from a tractor are believed to have started two fires in Mr. A. Regan's wheat paddocks at Lake Cargelligo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1940
206 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 11
Country 'Phone Exchanges Representations to Mr. Thorby Bush Fires and Other Emergencies
The member for Calare (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) recently made representations to the Postmaster-General in connection with country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Calls to Fire Brigade Two Grass Fires Outbreak at Mr. Alan Breaden's
Several calls to Forbes Fire Brigade were made over the holiday period, apart from the destruction of a house at South Lead on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helpless Firemen See House Razed New Year's Eve Blaze
Firemen stood by helplessly while a mysterious fire burned a six-roomed weatherboard cottage to the ground at South Lead, Forbes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telephone Exchanges and Bush Fires
The Member for Calare (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) recently made representations to the Postmaster—general In connection with country telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires And Police Action Council Inquiry
Carrathool Shire Council (Griffith) has decided to ask the, police what inquiries had been made concerning outbreaks of bushfires in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Control Value of Telephones
The Postmaster-General has advised the member for Calare, Mr. H. V. C .Thorby, that it is the practice of the Department to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgians Fire at Planes BRUSSELS
Foreign planes, believed to have been German, fiew over Belgium at a great height yesterday. It resulted in activity by Belgian fighters and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Morning Fire. Timber and Shed Destroyed
Condobolin Fire Brigade was twice called out to quell a blaze amongst a stack of timber at the rear of the recently demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRES! In Country and Town. Brigade Called Out On Three Successive Days. And Do Good Work
Following on fires in the country reported In our last Issue of 1939. came two further outbreaks, one at "Loch Lomond" (Mr. Maurice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Brigades Important Meeting Called
With the object of formulating a concrete scheme to place before the Bland Shire Council in connection with a proposal that farmers be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Rain Minimises Danger (By Wire) Sydney
Widespread rain was reported over the State during the weekend which will greatly reduce the danger of bushfires, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grenfell Primary School. Destroyed by Fire. Early Morning Blaze. Building on Fire From End to End. Many Former Pupils See Old School Blaze
On Saturday morning at 5.30 the fire siren blared forth to awaken those who were not already out watering their lawns, the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Crop. at Lake Cargelligo
Sparks from a tractor are believed to have started two fires in Mr. A. Regan's wheat paddocks at Lake Cargelligo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Condobolin Fire Brigade. Station Being Demolished
Work on the demolition of the old Fire Station in Bathurst-street is proceeding rapidly and already the majority of the building has been pulled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unpleasant Surprise Man Who Heard of Fire
Mr. Attwood, of Leeton, who spent the weeK-end at West Wyalong, was on his way home on Monday when he was informed at Barellan that "the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Hawker Loses All Belongings in Fire
Charlie Khan an Indian hawker, left all his stock-in-trade, including a miscellaneous number of articles, a quantity of camping equipment and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trida Bushfire
Throughout Wednesday a bushfire raged at Trida and fire fighters did their utmost to extinguish it. Mountain Wei station, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire in Grenfell District
A bushfire was still raging at a late hour on Saturday night on the property of Mr. Thomas O'Malley, of Sandy Creek, Grenfell. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mirrool Does £2,000 DAMAGE House and Contents Destroyed
About ten minutes after Mr. R. Gardner of "Glen Yarran" Mirrool had driven his car from his garage Mrs. Gardner had occasion to go…
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