Stock Inspector Fined £15 for Allegedly Lighting a Fire Grafton
Charged with igniting an inflammable material within 10 yards of grasslands, and injuring the properties of Arthur Ayre and Henry George Fordham,…
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Victorian Bush Fires. Melbourne
The damage to property by the bushfires in Victoria, on Sunday and Monday, which destroyed 58 houses, is estimated at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Again Many More Houses Burned
A bush fire, which caused considerable damage at Selby, in the Dandenong Ranges, on Sunday, broke out again on Monday and, driven by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Items of News Bush Fire Relief Fund
A sum of £885 has now been subscribed to the Albury Bush Fire Relief Fund, some £10 being received yesterday. The fund now stands as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Disastrous Fire £100,000 Damage Blaze in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Begun 18 months ago and on the verge of completion, a four-storied building, which was to have been occupied by the Social Security…
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The 27th annual demonstration of the Goulburn Valley Fire Brigades’ Association was held at Echuca on Monday when 12 brigades provided keen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salvaging Forest Timber 2070 Million Super Feet Damaged by Fires
Field officers of the Victorian Forests Commission, at a conference on forest salvage convened and presided over b y the Minister of Forests…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lit Fire in Forest Laborer Fined £25 BENDIGO
Declaring that the results of carelessness with fire had been appalling, Mr. Duggan. P.M., in the Eaglehawk court to-day fined Walter Stanbury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Months for Lighting Grass Fire Elderly Man Sentenced Geelong
For having ignited grass on the property of Mr. S. Richardson. Barrahool, road. Belmont, on January 29, William McClusky. aged 59. of no fixed abode,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Walgett. Damage £6,000. SYDNEY, 1.30 p.m
Damage estimated at £6,000 was caused at Walgett this morning in a fire which gutted a block of three shops. The only property saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in New Zealand. Damage, £100,000. Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Social Security Department building, a block of flats and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cause of a Fire In Lead to a Refrigerator an Expert’s Investigation
Referring yesterday to the publication of a statement in the “Mail” that a fire at the home of Mr. G. M. Stedman, Forrest, Hill, on Sunday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Relief Boxing and Wrestling Arranged to Assist Funds
The boxing, wrestling and vaudeville entertainment being promoted by Mr. Frank Fetzke and an energetic committee. to assist the B[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. Heavy Claims on Insurance Companies. Amount Expected to Be About £300,000
Dozens of claims which may total up to £300,000 are pouring into the offices of the 96 members of the Fire Underwriters' Association and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Expensive Fires Several Persons Fined Highest Penalty £35 Ferntree Gully Cases Melbourne
Eighteen men and two women were charged at Ferntree Gully to-day with having lit fires in proclaimed areas during a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incendiarist Blamed for N.Z. Fire Wellington (N.z.)
A hint that he suspected an incendiarist was responsible for the fire which destroyed the new social security building yesterday was given…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family Escapes With Only a Few Clothes from Fire at Balldale
A weatherboard house owned by Mr. Thomas Drum, of Balldale, and occupied by Mr. A. Prendergast, his wife and two young children, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Deaths in Fire Forest Officer’s Suspicions Manslaughter Charge Possible HEALESVILLE
After inquiring into the deaths of eight persons who lost their lives in bosh fired in the Toolangi and Narbethong districts recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Relief Albury Fund to Close
The Mayor (Ald. D. G. Padman) stated last evening that the Albury fund opened to raise money for the relief of those whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saved Child’s Life Man Now Seriously Echo of the Bush Fires
A young man, Raymond Powles, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Powles, Wangaratta, is seriously ill at his home, following a shock while travelling…
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