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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Fire at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last at about 5 o'clock the loud clanging of the fire-ball caused some excitement in Corowa and Wahgunyah. The brigade, under…

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Fire at Wahgunyah. Flour Mill Has Narrow Escape

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 3

About five o'clock on Saturday afternoon last word was received at the Corowa Fire Station that the Wangaratta Flour Milling Co's…

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Big Fire at Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 25

At 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning Patterson's fruit shop, in Hoskin-street, Temora, was totally destroyed by fire, and the adjoining building…

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Children's Story Seven-shot Billy. (Continued from last issue.) Billy Fires His Seventh Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 13

Two nights later, Six-Shot Sam rode into Fairmile again and shot one of the townsmen dead. The man, hearing a shot fired in the…

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Disastrous Fire. Dairy Farm Suffers

The Independent · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Selbourne dairy farm, the property of Mr M. J. Carew, on Saturday morning last. Milking operation were in full swing when, at about six…

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Fire at Dairy Farm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning a fire occurred at Carew Bros.’ dairy farm, “Selbourne,” four miles from Deniliquin, and before the flames were…

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Latest Telegrams. Fire at Melbourne Town Hall. The Concert Hall Demoll[?]hed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

A spectacular fire, which broke out shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, at the Melbourne Town Hail, destroyed the concert hall, and…

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Melbourne Town Hall Destroyed by Fire

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

The Melbourne Town Hall was completely destroyed by a fire which broke out shortly after 1.80 on Sunday morning. The outbreak was…

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Fire on Collendina

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

A fire broke out on Mr. J. White's property at Collendina on Wednesday last, and burned about 300 acres of his crop (which he has on the half share…

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Disastrous Fire at Sawmills

The Independent · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

Some time between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at the Gulpba sawmills, resulting in the total loss of the mill and all its contents…

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Fire on Station

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

Prosecutions under the Careless Use of Fire Act are very rare, but a case Which occupied the attention of Mr Gibson, P.M., at Wagga…

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Grass Fire at Collendina

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon, about [?].30, smoke was weem rising from what is known as the Collendina Back paddoc. There were from 60 to 70 men…

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Sawmill Destroyed. Early Morning Fire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 2

Between 3 and 4 o’clock on Thursday morning. Mr. T. O. Atkinson’s Gulpha sawmill, situated 14 miles from Deniliquin, on the Echuca…

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North-eastern Fire Brigades

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

The North-Eastern Fire Brigades held a very successful demonstration at Euroa or Saturday in fine weather. Seven brigades contested the various…

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Fire Brigade

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 3

There was a good attendance the meeting on Thursday evening last called for the purpose of definitely forming a fire…

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Fire at Railway Station Engine Shed Destroyed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 3

On Friday last about ll o'clock in the forenoon a fire broke but in the railway engine shed here and burnt the building to the ground…

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Farmer Perishes in Bush Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 29

Beaten in a race with the flames, George Dennis was found burnt to death, hanging on a fence at his farm at Katanning (S.A.), after a bushfire…

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Fires That Burn for Ever

The Independent · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 5

Tipton, in Staffordshire, has been troubled greatly by underground fires, which after burning in a disused colliery for some years are now…

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A Bush Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 13

One Christmas time, when month's of drought Had parched the western creeks, Bush fires started in tho north…

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Fire Brigades' Board

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

Alderman E. E. Collins, of Wagga, was elected representative of the country municipalities and shires on the Fire Brigades' Board. He received [?]5…

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