Big Bush Fires
In various parts of the State bush fires occurred during the week. About a dozen homesteads in the Graft on district were menaced, and excellent…
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Bush Fires Northern States Suffer Farmer Burned to Death
Bushfires raged in New South Wales and Queensland last week. They were the worst for years in the Grafton district. Two families had…
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On Friday last there arrived from Sydney, per rail, a new and modern are engine in charge of Motor Officer A. H. Campbell, for use by the…
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At the annual meeting of the Buraja Bush Five Brigade, which was largely attended, the Secretary reported that Brigade units attended…
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Since formation in its present form, following the severe bush fires which broke out between Wodonga and Barnawartha on New Year's Eve nine…
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A message from Springwood, this morning, states that although the bush fires had waned somewhat, the Valley Heights was now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother's Heroic Attempt to Rescue Child Fire Tragedy
Heroic attempts at rescue by his mother failed to save Edwin Joseph Nicholls, aged four months, from a fire which destroyed his parents home in…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Fire at Mulwala Royal Mail Hotel Destroyed None of Contents Saved
When this Royal Moll Hotel at Mulwala caught fire at 3 o'clock on Monday morning, the licensee, Mrs. Kingdom, and her mother, Mrs. Hart, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Badly Burnt Petrol Thrown on Fire
Throwing petrol on the kitchen fire in mistake kerosene, Edwin Cleaver, 14 of Eumungerie, was badly burnt about the chest and arms when…
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Serious bush fires threatened a number of towns in the Blue Mountains on Friday. At least 20 buildings were destroyed, the damage…
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Sweeping across ten miles of country between Faulconbridge and Glenbrook on Friday, the worst fires in the history of this part of the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Couples Narrow Escape. SYDNEY, Friday Noon
During a bush fire which menaced Hazelbrook township, late last night, sparks set alight to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin James. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous N.s.w. Bush Fires Many Houses Burnt Escapes From Death
Many houses were burnt toy fierce bush fires which swept over thousands of acres in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales at the week-end…
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Damage, estimated at £10,0000, was caused by a fire in Swadling's timber yard at Leichhardt, early this morning. Adjacent buildings were…
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Third-officer Gordon Charles Lindsey, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Melbourne, fell from the platform of a ladder carriage to the roadway and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£20,000 Fire Cycle Works Gutted in Melbourne
Stocks of bicycles and wheeled toys valued at £20,000 ready for the Christmas rush, were restroyed in a fire which gutter the cycle works of…
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The Bourke-street premises of Phillips' Lamps (Australasia) Ltd. were destroyed by fire last night The damage is estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timberyards Destroyed in £10,000 Fire. Large Quantity Timber Lost Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in Swadling's timber [?] at Leichhardt, which was responsible for damage estimated at approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Urana Houses and Hotel Destroyed
In a serious file at Urana just before midnight on Saturday, two weatherboard cottages and the two-story Urana Hotel were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Urana Hotel Fire. Royal Completely Destroyed Also Two Cottages
On Saturday evening last a fire started in a cottage next to the Royal Hotel at Urana and spread to the Hotel building and a cottage on the…
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