Fire at Blighty. 50 Acres of Stubble and Fencing Burnt
About 50 acres of stubble country and 30 panels of fencing were destroyed by fire on the property of Mr. F. Gibbings, Finley road, near the…
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Fighting a Bushfire on Albury Common :: Men Find Oasis in Parched Country
Left: Between 400 and 500 acres of hill country on Albury Common were swept by fire on Sunday afternoon. Some of the 150 men who fought the flames beating out the last section…
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A large area of private and Crown land was burnt by a bushfire which started at Sheep Station Creek, three miles west of Beechworth about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beware of Fires, Is Country Man’s Slogan
Devastating fires, such as that pictured above, which destroyed about 500 acres of grass on Albury Common last Sunday, have been sweeping through the countryside. Carelessness is in most cases responsible for the outbreaks…
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A fire which started on “Emu Park,” the property of McNamara Bros., Daysdale, on Monday, by a tractor, destroyed 30 acres of grass and…
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A bush fire broke out at The Rock yesterday morning and about 150 acres of grassland and stubble were burned before it was finally checked. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire at Boree Creek Crops, Grass Burnt
About 3,000 acres of oats, grass, and stubble, and several miles of fencing were destroyed at Boree Creek on Saturday afternoon, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Japanese Fire Tokio, January 15
The fire which broke out in the Shizuoka prefecture has now destroyed 8500 dwellings. Fifty thousand are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Culcairn Shire Campaign Against Fires. Inspector Reports Spread of Skeleton Weed
The monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council was held on Monday. There were present Crs. J. H. Balfour (president), L. C. Lindner, W. M…
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[?]grass fire which started m swamp [?] near the Delta Creek, on [?] Falkiner and Sons’ Moonbria [?] on Tuesday, was brought…
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The need for all persons who light open fires exercising every precaution was stressed by Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., at the Albury Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Over 300 Acres or Grass Burnt in Fire Near Wagga
A bushfire, which occurred yesterday on Overlade, the property of S. G. Leahy, 10 miles from Wagga, began from a tree that had been struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire at Holbrook, 2000 Acres Swept
Believed to have been started by a tractor during harvesting, a fire broke out about [?] o’clock on Saturday morning near the woolshed on “Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Fire Brigade Has a Busy Week-end
Albury fire brigade was railed out four times at the week-end to outbreak in the town. One call was to the dispensary at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban Bush Fires. Sydney
About 80 Fires, mostly in bush and long grass broke out in outlying suburbs, yesterday. Although many homes were threatened the only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enthusiastic Coherence of Bush Fire Brigades
On Friday last, January 19, 1940, a conference of members of Bush Fire Brigades was held at the Council Chambers, Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crass Fire Near Wangaratta
A grass fire broke out at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday near the residence of Mr. G. Bonner, Targoora, three miles from Wangaratta. Driven by a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fighters’ Excellent Effort at Yerong Creek
Following an atmospheric storm, a fire broke out on the property of Mr. T. Ball, at Yerong Creek, and fanned by a steady wind, rapidly traversed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gibraltar Guns Fire Ceuta, January 23
Gibraltar’s guns fired for several minutes last night, after which a destroyer and aeroplane manoeuvred where the shells fell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed by Tree Fighting Fire Gosford
A burning tree crashed on to and killed Albert Goodworth, aged 66, of Gosford to-day, while he was fighting a fire on the property of Mr. K. Cohen,…
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