Will Close To-morrow Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal Shire President’s Thanks
With the Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal closing to-morrow, the “Mail” yesterday received a letter from the President of the Wodonga Shire…
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Rain Hopes Fade Bushfire Danger Renewed SYDNEY--Thursday
The Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said to-day that the rain hopes had faded, and the drought was still with us. He added that brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spider Fires Gun "The Little Gunner" is Now a Museum Piece
South Africa claims the honor of owning the smallest creature ever known to become a gunner. At the Castle, Cape Town, there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Better Than Wet Bags Albury Man Designs New Type of Fire Beater
Bush fire brigades and men on the land throughout the Murray and Riyarins districts will be interested in an Improved fire beater that has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire at West Albury
About half an acre of grass adjacent to Lindsay avenue. West Albury, was destroyed when a fire broke out about 12.45 p.m on Saturday. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire Near Rand “Mahonga” Station Loses Four Thousand Acres of Grass All Day Battle; Miles of Fencing Destroyed
Brigades from the Rand. Urangelinc. Bulgandry and Bidgeemia. assisted by hundreds of volunteers, fought an all day fight yesterday against the…
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The biggest bush fire of the present summer occurred on "Mahonga," the property of Mr. G. Armstrong, near Rand, on Sunday. Miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Schubach Street
A corrugated iron shed in the back yard of Mr. W. T. Barlow’s residence, 559 Schubach street, was partially destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Front. Renewed Activity Hottest Artillety Fire Yet PARIS
Machine gun and rifle fire, along most of the Rhine-Moselle front reflected more general activity on the Western Front,, resulting from better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Snagging Gang in Bush Fires
Sir.—We are the snagging gang that was burnt out on Thursday, February 22, at Baranduda. While out fighting the fires (we were not given any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Grass Fires on Forrest Hill
Albury Fire Brigade was called to two grass fires on Forrest Hill late yesterday afternoon. The first outbreak in Pemberton street, near Small street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hume Shire President’s Warning on Bush Fires (To the Editor)
Sir.—The prevalence of bush fires is most unusual for the middle of March. However, due to the dry spell experienced during the previous four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Grass Fire on Forrest IBU
The third grass fire on Forrest Hill in two days occurred about 6.10 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The fire which was on a vacant allotment near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires Again Ravage Victoria 57 Houses Destroyed in One Locality Farmer Drowned Trying to Escape From Flames Six Other Persons Badly Burned; Three Dangerously MELBOURNE
Victoria is again in the grip of ravaging bushfires, and so serious has the position become that the Minister for Lands (Mr. Lind) to-day invoked special clauses of the Forests Act compulsorily stopping all work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Volunteers Fight Bush Fires and Hotel Blaze Sydney, Friday Morning
After a loud explosion, a fire broke out, last night, in the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, and destroyed the greater part of the premises. Between 20…
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More than a thousand men assisted the Katoomba and Leura Fire Brigades last night, in a successful fight against a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria in the Grip of Fires Torquay Almost Burnt Out Further Gippsland Outbreaks
On Wednesday, Victoria was ablaze with bush fires, which caused thousands of pounds of damage and rendered hundreds of people home…
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A cool change over Victoria yesterday, checked the fires burning in various parts of the State. T[?]quay was again threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire. Outbreak Near Finley
Last Sunday afternoon the largest outbreak of fire which has occurred in the district this year, destroyed about 450 acres of grass and a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bank’s Ten Guineas Towodonga Fire Fund
In connection with the Wodonga bush fire appeal fund the Secretary of Wodonga Shire (Mr. Hallum) has received the following letter from the…
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