Guns Will Blaze Early This Morning
Zero hour for the thousands of wild duck which have made their home on Lake Hume and the swamps adjacent, to the river Murray will be at day-light…
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Fire Brigade Called Out
The Fire Brigade was called out on Wednesday night about 9 o’clock to extinguish a fire in a chimney—at the home of Mr. L. Laker, in Harfiuer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiewa Forms Bushfire Brigade Last Night’s Meeting Sequel to Last Week’s Outbreaks
About 100 people attended an enthusiastic meeting in the Kiewa Hall last evening at which it was decided to form a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal Now Totals £757 Agistment Offers Still Come in
Now standing at £757, the appeal to aid settlers whose holdings were swept by the. bush Ores near Wodonga continues to progress…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire At North Albury Store
The Albury Fire Brigade was yesterday called to a fire which started’ among packing eases at the rear of Mr. Post’s North Albury Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire. House and Contents Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred on Monday evening last when a house in River street, containing 14 rooms with kitchen, storeroom and bathroom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in French Film Studio; Heavy Loss Paris, February 29
Fire to -day destroyed all seven Fathe studios in France’s “Hollywood,” which is situated outside Paris. The loss is estimated at £125,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French and Italian Steamers Sunk Fire of Crew Dead Nazis Machine-gun Fishing Boats London, March 1
Four members of the crew were killed when the French steamer, PLM 25, sank in the North Sea on Tuesday after two explosions,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwayman Burned in Tallangatta Bush Fire Four Hundred Acres of Hill Country Destroyed Rabbits Suffer on Crown Land
A bushfire which broke out on the property of the late Mr. P. H. Cook at Annandale, five miles from Tallangatta, on Saturday afternoon, resulted in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting Fires in the Tallangatta District; Brigade Formed
Following a public meeting hold at Tallangatta to deal with matter [?] out of the settling of accounts incurred in connection with the bush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Near Ammunition Dump Two Outbreaks Within Quarter of an Hour Authorities Alert
Although sabotage Is not exactly suspected, headquarters of the military forces guarding vital points of national importance in the Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attack on Convoy Germans Claim Success Gun-fire of English Coast London, March 2
The official German news agency [?] that early to-day German war planes successfully attacked British warships and armed merchantmen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal Fund Now at £788
With a total or £757 2/6 on Friday last, the Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal brought in £31 10/6 over the weekend. No offers of agistments for stock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Look-out At Mt. Pilot (Chiltern)To Be Provided
At a meeting of the Chiltern Bush Fire Brigade, Cr. C. D. Martin. President, said he was happy to state that the agitation for a bush-fire look-out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants Public Inquiry Into Every Bush Fire Holbrook Advisory Council I Seeks Amendment to L.g. Act
At the last meeting of the Holbrook and District Bushfire Brigades Advisory Council, it was agreed that [?] brook Council be asked to press…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bruarong Yesterday
Little over 100 acres of grassland was destroyed yesterday afternoon, by a bushfire which started on the property of Mr. Jack Sebastian at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Behind Dean Street Premises Last Night
Little damage was done by a fire` which broke out in a store at the rear of Harrison Bros’ hardware shop in Dean street about 11.30 last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finances of Albury Fire District
The Board of Fire Commissioners of NSW presented to Albury council at its meeting last night a statement of the revenue and expenditure in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hangars Worth £325,000 Destroyed by Fire New York. March 6
Fire to-day destroyed one of the world’s largest hangars. It was valued £325,000. and was nearing completion at the La Guirdia airport. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wodonga Shire Plans to Reorganise Finances New Bridge at Waterworks; Fire Relief Activities No Support for Bush Hospital
Principal business before the Wodonga Shire Council yesterday was a long report submitted by the Shire Secretary setting out in…
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