The Grass Fire Season. Outbreak on Burrabogie
Yesterday, owing to the great heat, and the haze which often accompanies a very hot day, there were many reported grass fires, but we have…
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More Bush Fires Stock and Fencing Destroyed
The bush fire at Darlington Point, near Hay, last week was the worst known in these parts. The fire, which was started by lightning, burned nearly all the week,…
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A bush fire, causing very great loss and damage occurred north of Junee on Saturday afternoon. About 2 p.m., just after a "push" engine on the railway line had…
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A paddock belonging to Mr. A. Bolger, on Fontenoy, Young, which he had been saving for pasturage later on, took fire and the flames spread very rapidly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Fire at Talmalmo
Talmalmo residents have been fighting bush fires in hilly country extending as far as Jingellie. For over three weeks these fires have been burning. A recent…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Red Guards Fire on Black Hussars
The "Weser Zeitung" reports a bloody encounter in Brunswick between the Red Guards and the famous Black Hussars returning from the front. The Black…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire on Goree. Heavy Losses in Stock and Property
The smoke clouding Wagga on Monday appeared to have come from a fire raging that day on Yamma and Goree holdidngs, near Narandera. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Grass Fire Season. Big Outbreak in Murrumbidgee Shire. Cooimbil and Toganmain the Principal Sufferers
One of the biggest fires of the year so far as the Hay district is concerned took place on Wednesday, and was responsible for a lot of destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Schooner a Cold-blooded Crime. Sydney
The City Coroner held an inquiry to-day into the fire on board the American schooner Edward West. Four seamen, Willie Woodson, Carl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bush Fires Hay
Another extensive bush fire on Wednesday was responsible for great destruction. It started early in the afternoon on Yarooga, the property of Messrs Cully and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire [?] the Absence of Breaks
In referring at the meeting of the Jerilderie Pastures Protection Board on Monday of last week, to the number [?]h fires that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Season. Gilmere
Dear Uncle Jeff,—The weather has been very hot up this way lately, and the grass is drying up very quickly. We could do with a few inches of rain. There have…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sh[?]ip Burnt in Fires
The bush fires that swept the Jeri[?]derie district last week canoed great damage. On Tubbo station 25,000 sheep, were burnt to death and 15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zeppelin Factory on Fire
A fire has partly destroyed the great German Zeppelin factory at Friedrich shafen. Enormous damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Grass Fire Season. Two Outbreaks To-day
As we were going to press word came to hand that a fire, supposed to have started on Willurah, was burning in a north-easterly direction, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Train. Trucks of Chaff Ignited
There was some excitement among the passengers of the Tocumwal train on Saturday afternoon last, when it became known that a couple of trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Grass Fires. In the Darlington Point District. Summary of the Losses
Particulars of the losses of grass, crops and fencing suffered by hardholders through the recent grass fires have been made available apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Party's Thrilling Escape Faced by Wall of Fire. Gilgandra
In the fight against the bush fires there have been some narrow escapes from death. One recent experience is that of the…
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One of the biggest grass fires of the season broke out near Hay yesterday, and covered a distance of 44 miles. It is feared that 4000 sheep have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Terpors to Landholders Near Railway Line Engine Sparks Menace Property
During the past few weeks the trains passing between Wagga and Albury have been directly responsible for a number of bushfires, which, fortunat[?]y never got the…
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