Fire in Cemetery
Shortly before 10 o’clock last evening Albury Fire Brigade was called to a grass fire which broke out in the Albury cemetery…
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Arson Charge Follows Barmah Fire
A 67 year old labourer was arrested in Moama by Moama police and charged with arson. The man has been bailed to…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thurs: A fire in Dalgety and Company’s store destroyed wool valued at £500,000 and caused £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£250 Damage at School Residence Fire Brigade Busy
Damage estimated at £250 was caused when a fire party destroyed the laundry and enclosed back verandah of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reduction of Fire Insurance Rates at Henty Culcairn Shire Council Blamed for Delay
In connection with the reduction of fire insurance rates for Henty, the Fire Underwriters' Assocation informed the monthly meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scores of Bush Fires
MELBOURNE Fri.: Fire fighters all over Victoria battled again today with scores of bush and grass fires which flared up with…
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The Albury Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished two unusual fires. The first was early in the morning, when a wireless set in…
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Mr Harry Jarvis, Walwar, suffered burns and shock when his truck was set alight in the yard of his home. He had backed the…
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BRISBANE, Fri.: A great wall of fire from Wyandra to Tata la in the Charleville district was out of control Mr [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Destroyed in Fire, Coveted by Insurance
AUCKLAND (NZ), Fri.: [?] valued at half a million pounds, destroyed by fire in Dalgety & Company’s store last night was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grave Fire Danger in Albury and District Warning by Hume Shire Councillor
The fire risk had never been greater in Albury and surrounding districts and because people were less careful towards the end of the summer February was one of the worst danger months, Cr. A. R. Sergeant told Hume Shire Council yesterday…
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HOBART, Sun.: Bush fires continued to burn in many parts of Tasmania during the weekend. Forestry Department…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: At least 12 properties within a two and a half million acre area have been completely burned out by…
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Rutherglen Shire Council’s failure-to repair a water tap on the lawn at the side of the Memorial Hall has been the…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: No fresh outbreaks of lire were reported in Victoria today, but tomorrow has been declared as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ivanhoe Fire at Gypsum Mines
On Friday evening, 2nd February, a fire broke out in the plaster factory at the Crystaline Gypsum mines owned by Messrs. Des. Danson and Son…
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The wall of the fire siren on Sunday afternoon at 420 brought the usual number of ardent fire followers in the wake of the…
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LANSING [?] Nineteen - year-old: Richard Shay confessed setting a fire which caused 4,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Wagga Fire
WAGGA, Tues.: Fire which gutted the White Rose Cafe store room, Fitzmaurice St., shortly before midnight last night threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Howlong Grass Fire
A match thrown from a passing bus is believed to have caused a fire which destroyed quarter of an acre of grass at Howlong recreation…
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