Fire Lighted by Fettlers Gets Out of Control
While railway fettlers were burning off at Caleeban Siding, in the Weethalee district, a fire got away and swept through 15 miles of grassland…
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Big Fire in the Hillston District a Call for Volunteers Hillston
Their homesteads and property threatened by fire which is raging along a 20 miles front residents of Hillston are ceaseless in their endeavors to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Splendid Saves by Fire Fighters Big Outbreak Near Wodonga Much Fencing Destroyed and Grassland Swept a Call For Volunteers For This Morning
A choppy wind, at times reaching a velocity of 30 miles an hour, drove a bush fire, which started in the hill country on Thursday, towards Wodonga yesterday. Thousands of acres of country have been swept and many miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chiltern Returned Soldiers Want Bush Fire Look-Out on Mount Pilot
At a special meeting of the Chiltern sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, at which the president (Mr. R. O. S. Wiseman) presided, members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Fire From Car Lights Roadside Grass
On Saturday afternoon as a motorist was coming down the Glenrowan hill towards Wangaratta he noticed smoke from the back of his car. When he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Praises Fire-fighters Farmers’ Fine Spirit Outbreak at Wodonga Checked
Light showers of rain and a sudden change in the wind checked what is declared would have developed into the worst fire known at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigades Conference
The Coreen Shire Council has arranged to hold a conference of bush fire brigades at the Council Chambers Corowa, on Friday, 19th inst. for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigades Council Asked to Contribute to Petrol Bill
The Carrathool Shire Council at its meeting yesterday had a lively debate on the question of contributing to the expenses of bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys House Moppett Street Blaze
On Friday night, shortly after mid-night, a fire broke out in Moppett Street, which rivalled, as a spectacle, the burning of the late Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Near Finley
Two fires occurred recently on properties in Finley district On Mr. A. Beale’s property, “Shelton Park,” a standing crop of 70 acres of wheat…
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It is now revealed that the bush fire in the Hillston district which burned for about three day a last week, was not as serious as was at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire at Rutherglen
A about 2 p.m. on Monday (New Year's Day) it was seen that a fire had started near the Springburst Rutherglen railway line. The alarm…
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Light showers of rain and a sudden change in the wind checked what is declared would have developed into the worst fire known at Wodonga on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Albury Resident Suffers through Fire
A former Albury resident. Mr. Eric Welsh, suffered a loss through fire when an outbreak occurred in a storeroom at the rear of his premises in T[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Aratula 75 Acres of Crop and Stubble Destroyed
Seventy-five acres of wheat crop and stubble, together with a quantity of bagged wheat, were destroyed by a fire which broke out yesterday on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Blackheath Determined Attempt to Burn a House SYDNEY, Tuesdty
During last night, some unknown person or persons broke into a house at Blackheath, owned by Mr. Chris O'Rourke, horse trainer, and started…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Experience Plane Catches Fire Two Officers Critically Hurt Wellington (N.z.)
Three occupants of an Air Force bomber were badly burned and two of them were critically injured to-day when the [?], after catching…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Editor Wodonga Bush Fires
Sir,—With reference to your report in Saturday’s issue, dealing with the recent fire near Wodonga, in which reference was made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Close Season for Fires Proclaimed in Victoria Melbourne
The State Executive Council to-day proclaimed January 10 to March 15 (both dates inclusive) as the declared period for bush fires, during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prevent Bush Fires
The following points are worthy of careful consideration by the various committees controlling bush fire brigade operations, in…
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