Huge Bush Fire. a 20-Mile Front
A message from Barallier states that a huge bush fire, which has been raging since the end of last week, is still pursuing its devastating course…
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191 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10
Serious Fires in Goulburn District
Bush fires are sweeping over a 15-mile front between the Wollondilly and Abercrombie rivers. The fires began last week, and have increased…
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Three houses, in a thickly populated part of South Melbourne, were destroyed by fire this morning. The flames threatened the entire street for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Scotia Blocks Country Made by Fire and Bores
Now where has the value of artesian water been more strikingly demonstrated than in the Scotia country north of Cal Lal, says the "Murray Pioneer."…
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A bush fire broke out on Thursday last near the Chinese Gardens behind Mr. Joseph Lawson's Kildrummie Estate about two miles from…
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A conflagration was narrowly averted about midnight on Christmas night at a residence in the vicinity of Tower street. It appear that two…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, says that owing to the dry conditions existing in parts of the State, and the very early harvest, many farmers…
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Sanction to the declaration of a number of "proclaimed areas," within the meaning of the Forestry Act, 1927, was granted by the Victorian…
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The Yass Bush Fire Brigade decided at a special meeting to ask the Graziers' Association to protest against the "way in which bush fires…
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While it is probable that the bush fire, which started in the Holbrook district on Thursday, will burn in the hills for a week or so yet it was…
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When flames, roared on a 20 mile front towards their little township, Bigga, near Goulburn, on Monday, women stood in the scorching heat,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fires Blaze at Wangaratta
An old brick shop in Murphy-street, owned by Mr. W. Blackwell, and occupied by Mr. J. Harrison, tinsmith and plumber, was destroyed by fire…
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During a service at the Roman Catholic Church at Kandos the altar curtains caughfire. Acting promptly, Rev. Father Devlin stopped a big blaze…
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The New Year was ushered in with a heat wave, and big bush fires in Young and surrounding districts have caused much damage…
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A fire broke out on the property of Mr. L. Leake, of Cudgewa, and quickly, spread. About so fire fighters were quickly on the scene, and the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiewa Valley Blaze Dairying Country Swept
The first serious fire of the season occurred on Tuesday near Quik's property at Gundowring, in the kiewa valley, about 25 miles from wodonga…
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After his boot shop in Homer-street, Sarlwood, had been wrecked by an explosion Frank Edward Massey, aged 32 years, was arrested on a charge of…
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Few of the world's minerals have had a more curious history than asbestos, and few are more curious in themselves…
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A grass fire, supposed to have been, caused by a passing motorist, started on the Hume Highway, near Tubbs Hill, and rapidly spread into Mr. R. L…
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About midnight on Monday night last a fire broke out at a boarding house at Hume Reservoir occupied by C. E. A. Cunningham. The building…
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