Suspicious Fire Hotel and Eight Shops Destroyed. Brisbane
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a file which destroyed the Commercial Hotel and eight shops at Nanango last night…
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Cause of Bush Fires Farmers’ Organisations Defend Men on the Land Sydney
Responsible representatives of farmers and graziers’ organisations to-day denied the assertion made that farmers, through carelessness, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carabost Fire Devastates Over 5000 Acres
It is estimated that the Carabost fire, which is now under control, swept 5000 to 6000 acres of timbered country. The fire began on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Country Fire Brigades Mr. A, R. Stewart Chairman Melbourne
Mr. A. R. Stewart of Ballarat, was to-day elected president of the Country Fire Brigades Board, and chairman of all its committees for 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Confidence in Bush Fire Brigades Bags As Beaters SYDNEY--Thursday
The State Premier (Mr. Mair) to-day appealed to motorists to take a few old bags in the car when they were going to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →F. & S. Association Purchase of Feed Wheat Bush Fire Precautions
The monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the Farmers, and Settlers' Association was held on Tuesday evening, tie president (Mr. K. R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Burns 180 Acres Crop And 300 Bags Wheat On “Pine Hills”
More than 300 hags of wheat and 180 acres of standing wheat crop and stubble, principally crop, were destroyed by fire which broke out on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Sweeps Hills Near Chiltern Nearly 30,000 Acres of Grass Destroyed Desperate Fights to Save Homesteads Many Outbuildings Devoured; Family Takes Refuge in Creek
A fire which started in a State forest about two miles south-east of Chiltern yesterday burnt to a spot to the town itself. It is believed to have had its origin near the hut of a prospector, Mr. J. Tidyman, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire Does £120,000 Damage Sydney
Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused when Nicholson’s warehouse, between Market and George sts., city, was gutted early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Mair Criticised Motorists and Bosh Fires HIS SUGGESTlONS Derided Sydney
“We have had the [?] experience of hearing the Premier. Mr. Mair—a man with country interests— urging motorists is carry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Badly Burned a Launch on Fire a Solicitor’s Bravery Sydney
Two women were badly burned and eight other persons, including two children, were slightly burned when a 25 ft launch caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Music Warehouse Nicholson's Burnt Out SYDNEY
Nicholson's music warehouse in George Street, City, was burnt out yesterday morning. Damage was done to stock in Hordern Bros.',…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fires
A fire which swept 10,000 acres of grass land and forest near Wodonga is believed to have started from a piece of paper blown off the fireplace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze Near Wodonga 3000 Acres Swept
Three thousand acres of gross land have been hurried by a fire which started in forest country between Barnawartha and Chiltern on Sunday…
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About midday on Sunday a fire started near Mr. C. Amery's property at Doweyn, in the direction of the Thomas St. James road. With great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damage Estimate— £70000 SYDNEY
It is now believed that the damage caused by the fire at Nicholson’s buildings early on Sunday morning will not exceed £70,000. Police are puzzled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Music Warehouse SYDNEY--Monday
According to the Fire Brigade Officers, the damage caused by the fire at Nicholson's musical esablishment George-street city yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extensive Fire ln Millewa State Forest
Breaking out on Sunday morning about 10 o’clock, a fire in the Millewa State Forest adjacent to the Murray River, burnt throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting Equipment Needed at Public School
The headmaster of the Albury Public School (Mr. R C. Smith) told a meeting of the Parents and Citizens’ Association last night that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged With Having Left a Fire Burning
Vincent Drinnan was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday with having left a fire before he had extinguished it. He pleaded not guilty…
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