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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Big Fire in Williamstown

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 2

A fire which' broke out at 3 a of to-day, destroyed 11 weatherboard houses in Florence-street, Williamstown, owned by Messrs. Geo. Owen…

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New Fire Station

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 3

The Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C. president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., accompanied by Commissioners Collins. Baker, Beswick…

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New Fire Brigade Commissioners at Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 3

What is stated to be a unique experience for Reverina and for Corowa in particular was the visit of the Fire Brigades Board of New South Wales…

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Fire Brigades' Board. Tour of South-western District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 43

The Fire Brigades' Board of New South Wales has completed a tour of south western districts, commencing from Junee, via Hay, down the river…

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Fire at Australian Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 2

Yesterday morning at about o'clock the fire bell started the [?] of the town. The outbreak [?] fire was as the Australian Hotel [?]…

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Fire at Australian Hotel

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 3

About 9.50 on Monday morning the persistent clanging of the fire bell brought out the residents of the town from their places and iu a few…

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Cootamundra Fire Racing Mare Perishes

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 4

Through, a regrettable mutilation of a teleghaphic message from Sydney late on Wednesday night, It was made to appear that Limelight had been…

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Fire at Hume Weir

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 21

At about 1.15 a.m. on Monday a fire broke out in the nine-roomed wood and iron boarding house at the Hume Weir occupied by Mr. Edward…

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Fire at Mr. Martin’s

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 2

Almost simultaneously another fire broke out on Mr. W. Martin’s property, on the west of “Fairfield,” Mr Colin Tomlinson’s. Neighbours with…

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Lightning Causes Fire. Sheep Lost at the Grange

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 2

Lightning started a fire near the homestead a “The Grange,” Moira (reports Echuca “Herald”) on Sunday evening…

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Grass Fire

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 2

The ringing of the fire bell on Monday evening brought numbers of people id to streets. It was soon ascertained that grass had caught…

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Bush Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 2

Soon after mid-day on Wednesday last, 2nd inst., a fire broke out on West Kilnyann the property of Messrs. Withers Bros., which resulted in the…

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Grass Fire on Burrengon[?]

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1925 · page 3

On Monday morning a came, fire on [?] ne[?] property bro[?] away and [?] three thousand acres of grass [?] quantity of fa[?]ing on…

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Suspicious Fire at Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 39

A fire broke out in a building at Temora on November 8, and the police later found a bottle which was believed to contain petrol on the footpath…

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Bush Fire Brigade

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 5

The secretary of the Oaklsnds Bush Fire Brigade, Constable Cramp, advises that as far as he knows the appliances of the brigade are in first…

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Grass Fire on Burrengong Extensive Loss of Grass and Fencing

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 5

Al mid-day on Monday urgent calls for assistance to combal a grass the on Burrengong, the property of Messrs. Maslin and Son, were received in…

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Destructive Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 3

A destructive fire broke out on Burrangong on Tuesday, about midday whereby 3000 acres of grass were destroyed, besides an enormous amount…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Serious Outbreaks. Seven Sawmillers' Homes Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 2

Clouds of smoke from small bush fires drifted through the Dandenong ranges, where hundreds of weekenders are camped…

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Fire at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 3

Usually a fire attracts a great crowd of people, but there was a [?]ness on Saturday last, at about a quarter to one o'clock When the fire bell gave the…

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Fires and Excessive Heat in Queensland. Six Hundred Sheep Burned. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 2

Grass fires are reported from the pastoral areas in the Central West. At Winton a woman, Mrs. Low, 33 years of age, has died in hospital…

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