Bush Fires
One the afternoon of Thursday 23rd inst, after and exceedingly warm day a thunderstorm with [?]vived flashes of lighting came from the North…
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Careless Use of Fire. a Fine of £5 Inflicted
At the Tocumwal polios court on 23rd December Duncan Herbert Ford was charged with having at “Highfield,” near Lalalty, left a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wentworth. Mechanics' Institute's Heavy Loss. Five Hundred Pounds
Shortly before 12 o'clock on Saturday night, 1st January, a fire broke out in the operating box at the Mechanics' Institute, Wentworth. The…
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On Friday last a fire broke out about three-quarters of a mile from South Wangamong, the property Mr. C. D. Sauger, and, fanned by a…
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On Wednesday about 7.30 a.m a fire broke out in the horse paddock at Tuppal, and quickly spread to the Aratula boundary fence,…
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Mr. James Freeman, of the Forest[?] Office, A[?], ters[?]y directs attention to this subject:— Although, it has been dealth with…
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Officers of Scotland Yard carried out extensive raids on Sunday night, searching for suspected Sinn Feiners who might have been connected with the plot to set fire to…
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A grass fire outbreak occurred at Bungowannuah Park last week, and about 100 acres of grass were burnt. Settlers, residents and visitors in the…
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Admiral Beatty tells an interesting story regarding the ship's cat on the Lion. During the Jutland battle the sick bay was shattered by a shell…
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By telephone we learn that the drying sheds in connection with the Leeton canning factory were destroyed by fire the night before last at…
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A case of importance to landowners heard at oung, before Mr. Hugh Malone, P.M., under the Careless Use of Fire Act at the police court, when William Browne…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Serious Fire at Port Pirie. Thursday Night
A destructive fire, causing, it is estimated from £100,000 to £250,000 damage, has taken place at the Associated Smelters' works at Port Pirie,…
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On Wednesday afternoon at a time when everyone in the district was enjoying the effects of the cool south western breeze, after the trying heat…
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Particulars of the disastrous fire at the Port Pirie Associated Smelters works show the extent of the damage is variously stated between £100,000 and £250,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Lightning Starts a Fire. Tullialian, The Rock
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my second letter to the "Banner." and I was very glad to see my last letter in print. We are nearly finished stripping. My sister was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Fire at Young. Thursday Night
A fire broke out in the early morning at Quartz Hill, in the Young district, and totally destroyed the house occupied by Constable Giles…
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Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is about a month since I last wrote to the Page. School has started. I am glad, because I like school. How did you spend Christmas. I had a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Albury Police Court. Monday, February 7. (Bofore Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M., and Mr. J. P. Smithenbecker, J.P.) Fined for Starting a Bush Fire
Mary Ann Osborne wag charged that she did ignite certain inflammable material within 10 yards of grass land, tho property of Reginald Clive Power, at Bungowannah,…
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At the request of the Australian Labour Party and the Fire Brigades Union Mr. Doley has agreed to submit to Cabinet a recommendation for a Royal Commission…
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A grass fire occurred at North Boorhaman on Wednesday, and sweeping across several valuable properties burnt about 1200 acres of grass. The fire was…
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