Fire Causes £2000 Damage to Wheat Crop Dubbo
When a fire swept through one of the heaviest wheat crops in the district damage estimated at £2000 was caused. The crop was that of Mr. N. Carr…
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Towong Shire Soldiers Memorial Park To Be Taken Over by Council Rate of 2/ in the £ APPROVED Soldiers and Bushfire Danger
The following attended the last monthly meeting of Towong Shire Council: Crs. Sutherland (President), Hutchinson, Muller, Ried, Broome, W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Does Extensive Damage Sydney
Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a huge pattern store at the Mortlake gas works to-night. During the fire a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Night Artillery Fire Paris, December 13
A French communique states that there was heavy night artillery action on the central part of the Western Front. The air raid alarm was sounded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lightning Causes Big Fire in Country Moree
Lightning caused a fire which has destroyed thousands of acres of grazing land in the Moree district. Every available man in the district is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Timber Mill Destroyed; £15,000 Blaze Adelaide
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused early to-day when the Lion timber mill and adjoining offices 'at Port Adelaide were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Daysdale School Residence Destroyed Broderick Family's Loss
One of the most disastrous fires that have occurred at Daysdale was the destruction of the school residence, in Urana Road shortly after mid-day on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beating Bushfire on Common
A beater at work at the bushfire which swept portion of Albury Common this week, the flames threatening private property for a considerable time. The Mayor (Ald. Padman) was prominent among the firefighters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comprehensive Plan to Combat Bush Fires SYDNEY
The Minister in charge of National Emergency Services (Mr. Bruxner) stated to-night that he was taking action to enlist members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Truck on Fire in Dean Street Promptitude of Driver Saves Crowd From Flames
Many bystanders, including a large number, of children, who were in the street after they had witnessed the arrival of Father Christmas at Mate's,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Troops Aid Fire Brigade Sydney
Liverpool Fire Brigade and 50 troo[?] fought r blaze in a f[?]dder store at Liverpool to-day. The shed contained 40 tons of oats, chaff and straw. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blown to Pieces An Engineer’s Terrible Fate Oil Tank Fire Newcastle
M. Nathan, an engineer, of Greenwich, was blown to pieces when an explosion occurred and caused a huge fire in one of the oil tanks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire at Coreen
A bush fire broke out on Mr, Denis O'Halloran's property near Coreen, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, resulting in the destruction of a day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Nace of [?]H Fires
[?]ountiful year such as the [?] warnings cannot be issued [?] regarding the menace [?] bush fires…
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The laddie who had a £400 car destroyed by fire on the Hume Highway may extract some consolation from the fact that he was more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners Work Under Fire
Prisoners from Gorman concentration camps are being employed to dig drenches and build fortifications between the Siegfried Line and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garden Hoses Check Fire
Garden hoses manipulated by householders were successfully used yesterday to extinguish a grass fire which occurred at the Methodist Parsonage,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Care Against Fire in Holidays
In the Albury district, dry weather in the last few weeks has caused the grass to dry off, and the danger of fire has been greatly increased. Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home Theatened by Fire at Coreen Yesterday
Believed to have been caused by a spark from a tractor, a fire broke out on the property of Mr. Dinny O’Halloran at Coreen yesterday. Driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Open Fire on Planes Utrecht (Holland), Dec. 17
Anti-aircraft batteries fired on a number of unindentified foreign planes flying over the city at noon. The planes rose to high altitudes and…
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