Fire Siren Out of Action
The high-pitched whine of Albury Fire Brigades fire siren, which has become part of the city’s many noises, has been…
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903 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 46
Car Fire Starts Fire
When a car caught fire in the Thoona district of Wangaratta early yesterday afternoon grass became ignited and flames ravaged…
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Two small grass fires in Hume and David streets were extinguished with knapsacks by Albury Fire Brigade yesterday. The Hume st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£10,000 grandstand fire
MELBOURNE, Tues: A fire to-day caused £10,000 damage to the main Hill stand at Flemington racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Fire Brigade Quiet
Albury Fire Brigade has had a quiet time during the new year holidays. Yesterday a call to a small patch of grass burning in…
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A bush fire swept through five Holbrook properties yesterday and destroyed over 2500 acres of standing wheat, stubble and grass. Four of the farms belong…
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Albury fire brigade extinguished two grass fires yesterday afternoon, one on Lindsay ave, and the other in Guinea st. Both were…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Fanned by a gusty north-easter, more than 30 bush fires, including two alleged to have been deliberately started,…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: The prohibition of the lighting of fires in the open air has been extended until midnight on Wednesday,…
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Mr J. McKay, a soldier settler at Greg Greg, had his utility truck destroyed by fire on the Greg Greg Gap. Neighbors who had…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: In Parramatta Court today five men were fined £20 each for failing to extinguish an open fire they had…
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"Keep doors and windows closed when bush fires are near you house," said a C.S.I.R.O. spokesman this week. This…
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SYDNEY, Thurs: A bush fire was started near Marulan today when a 600 gallon petrol tank rolled off a lorry and exploded…
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Owing to the abnormal growth of pasture and the amount of poorer types of native grasses, the bush fire danger was extremely high at present, and it behoved everybody to…
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Culcairn Shire Council has convened a conference of representatives of all Bush Fire Brigades functioning within the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman fight Union lane blaze for 1½ hours
Albury fire brigade and volunteers fought a grass fire in Union lane for 1½ hours yesterday afternoon, and halted if within a few yards of the Albury racecourse residence…
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Nearly 100 acres of wheat and grass were destroyed by a fire which broke out on Mr. Alan Klose's property, six miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Emu Park
About 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon last, December 29, a fire broke out in a standing crop on "Emu Park" property owned by…
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Dear Sir,--Seeing on article in the "Fr[?] Pros[?] of December 23, I have been promo[?] give a full and complete explanation…
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A fire broke out in the home of the Culcairn Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Conley) on the afternoon of December 20. A…
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