Fire in Wodonga Cafe
Both units of Wodonga Fire Brigade quickly extinguished a fire which broke out last night in the chimney of the B. and E…
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32 Die in Fires
CHICAGO, Sun.: Thirty two persons lost their lives fires on the North American continent yesterday…
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Five bales of lucerne hay were destroyed by fire at Albury saleyards yesterday morning. Albury fire brigade prevented the fire…
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Corowa Fire Brigade last evening quickly extinguished a grass fire on a vacant allotment in Edward st, site of the old croquet…
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Faced with the complex requirements of the new Bushfires Act, Carrathool Shire Council has decided to call a conference of all…
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On Sunday evening at about [?]o'clock a grass fire occurred at the old croquet lawn in Edward street. The fire brigade arrived on the scene…
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AUCKLAND, Tues: Fire damaged one-third of the passenger accommodation on the Shaw Savill liner Wairangi early today. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Minor Fires at Corowa
Corowa fife brigade was called out twice yesterday to minor outbreaks of fire in the town area. A motor truck burst into flames…
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Heavy growth of grass on Poole Hill was a serious fire bazar [?] Mr. A. L. Smith complained [?] last evening’s meeting of Albury…
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PRACTICALLY every able-bodied man m the township of Holbrook is engaged with men from the farming and grazing properties, in fighting the worst bush fire in the history of the district…
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Damage estimated at £50 was caused by a fire which broke out at the rear of Riverina Tyre and Tractor…
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AUCKLAND (NZ), Thursday: Police are investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt to set fire to the 13,000 ton Shaw…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire-Fighters Confine Holbrook Bush-Fire To Hill Country
ALTHOUGH the Holbrook bush fire was still burning fiercely last evening, it had been confined to the thickly timbered mountain country surrounding Upper Wantagong Station,…
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Patrols were kept busy extinguishing blazing logs and trees on Upper Wantagong station yesterday, after much of the land had been swept by fire. Picture shows Mr H. Wettenhall, “Narrawa,” Holbrook, playing water from a…
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Weather Bureau in Sydney last evening issued a warning that the fire danger in Riverina was “extreme.”…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Albury Fires Make Nine People Homeless
TWO families comprising six adults and three children were made homeless within an hour yesterday morning by fires at opposite ends of South Albury. In the first fire, which was…
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Albury needed its two fire engines yesterday. While the brigade was fighting a fire in Charles [?] another broke out in Ebden st,…
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A bush fire which broke out at 1 p.m. on Saturday in hilly, thickly wooded country between Koetong and Burrowye was…
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The Holbrook bush fire, which has now swept 12,000 acres, is under control on the Upper Wantagong property of Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Albury Meeting For Fire Victims To-morrow
SUBSCRIPTIONS as notified to the “Mail” office to help the victims of Friday’s double fire total £112. South Albury folk have called a public meeting in…
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