UNSUCCESSFUL Four-hour fight to save house from fire
Although local settlers fought the flames for more than four hours, fire tragically destroyed a house at…
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Largest post-war betting plunge won £23,000 on Pure Fire
MELBOURNE, Sun.: The largest post-war betting plunge was launched at Caulfield yesterday afternoon by one operator…
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The lighting of fires in the open air for the purpose of cooking, heating or praparing meals or boiling water, or for other like…
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Shortly after midday last Saturday the Corowa Fire Brigade was called to a grass fire on the reserve adjoining Mr. Larry…
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Regorting on fire brigade matters at the Deniliquin Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday, District Fire Brigade Inspector…
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The lighting of fires in the open air for the purpose of cooking, heating or preparing meals or boiling water is prohibited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Items of News Five Fires in Albury Yesterday
Albury fire brigade was called to four grass fires yesterday and to extinguish a motor cycle which caught alight in Wyse st. last…
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MELBOURNE, Mon: Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by fire which destroyed the 30-roomed Embassy Lodge, one of Geelong’s…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Tomorrow has been declared an “acute fire danger day” by Country Fire Authority. This means that lighting of fires in the open is completely banned, even if a permit is held. Penalty of up…
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Albury firemen fought a grass fire in Thurgoona street for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, before it was brought under…
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BOSTON, Tues.: While a FIRE ragged in the upper floors of a tenement house in Boston yesterday, Mrs. Ethel Murray, 35, aided…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire bug at Canberra!
CANBERRA, Tues.: Chief Canberra bush fire control officer (Mr. Cole) said today that his organisation suspected bush fires…
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Kergunyah residents will meet at the local hall on January 25 to discuss means of raising money for the family of Mr. A. Crockett,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police rush to Wagga cemetery for Mangoplah fire-fighters
Police dashed to a funeral service at Wagga cemetery yesterday to warn Mangoplah residents that a bush fire was raging near the township. They were attending the funeral of Mrs. H. Roy, who died at Mangoplah on Monday…
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At approximately 12.30 p.m. last Saturday a fire broke cut in a heavily grassed area on the Spring Plains property, an out-station of…
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SENDAI (Japan), Wed.: A fire which started in the main shopping centre of the city yesterday destroyed 120 homes and stores as…
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One of the many who carried water in buckets to Monument Hill fire yesterday. Mr. M. Hutchinson, fills a knapsack for Mr. J. Schneider, one of the fighters…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A bush fire destroyed 10,000 acres of grassland, scrub and timber between Underbool and Linga,…
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Police, the City Council and the fire chief were worried about the constant outbreaks of fires on public property. Mayor (Ald. Bunton) told aldermen at the City Council meeting last night…
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CANBERRA, Wed: Fires which have been burning near Canberra for the past six days were in the same area and of the same nature…
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