Wakool News (From Our Correspondent:)THURSDAY Grass Fires
[?]erybody is talking about fires The [?]residents cannot recall anything [?]aching the number of fires that [?]started by lightning during the…
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Wakool District Fires
Every body is talking about the fires in the Wakool district recently. The oldest residents cannot, recall anything approaching the number of fires that…
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On Sunday afternoon a bush fire broke out in Bruce'a Bend, three miles from Yarrawonga. The town fire bell was tolled, and a number of volunteers…
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On January 27 a fire occurred, in the main administrative office at Hume Weir. The ceiling, portion of a wall, office furniture, a telephone and…
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The Hillston freezing works was destroyed by fire on Friday. A number of men were working in the building preparing rabbits for cold storage, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →North-Eastern Fire Brigades. Annual Demonstration at Rutherglen
The annual N.E. Fire Brigades demonstration was held at Rutherglen on Monday last, when teams from Wangaratta, Benalla,…
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At about 1 p.m. on Saturday persons passing, at the rear of Mr. Gillespie’s ironmongery business in Cressy cases noticed some rubbish and packing oases…
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The furniture and cabinet making factory of E. H. Vary, 628a, Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The fire…
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A fire which broke out in the Gulpa State Forest on Gulpa Island on Wednesday burned untill Saturday before it was [?] finally, Gangs…
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But for the timey intervention of persons who happened to be in the [?] and checked the blaze before [?] reached serious proportions, a fire…
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Early yesterday morning a tire broke-out on Wooloondool in the paddock adjoining Mr. Root. Wade's on the south and The Binghams on the…
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At the Yarrawonga court house on Monday an inquiry was begun into the circumstances of a fire which occurred near Telford on December 21. The…
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A BUSH fire brigade naturally requires finance for the conduct of its operations—administrative expen ses must be met, and benzi[?]o and oil…
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On Tuesday evening of last week another fire broke out on Yanga Station and destroyed about 600 acres of grass. The exact origin of the fire is not…
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Henry Richard Regan, aged five years, was burnt to death in a fire which occurred at his father's home at Soldiers' Hill, Ballarat, on…
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A case involving the liability of the Ranway Commissioners for a fire on property adjoining a railway line has been by the District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Heat Wave. Bush Fire at Tumbarumba. Further Heat Predicted. Tumbarumba
A bush fire on a 12-mile front threatened the Mannus Soldiers' Settlement, but after a hard fight the settlers gained control…
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A grass fire occurred on Sunday afternoon in the yard of the old Salvation Army barracks in George street. Constable Keogh and others were…
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Candid criticism of the inadequate and inefficient fire alarm facilities existing in Deniliquin was made by the Mayor at last night's meeting of the…
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A protest was made by the Mayor (Ald. E. T. Matthews) at the council meeting last night against what de described as the antiquated fire alarm at…
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