Rain eases South Coast fire danger
SYDNEY, Wed.: Rain on the south coast fire areas has eased the immediate danger. Cooler weather on the north…
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Bush fire at Rutherglen does £3000 damage
A bush fire on Thursday afternoon caused more than £3000 damage to Mr Alan Campbell’s “Silverburn” property, near Rutherglen. Twelve fire fighting…
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Albury Fire Brigade alieneded two fires during the weekend. On Saturday at 10.20 p.m. the brigade extinguished a small patch…
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In au appeal to the public for care in the use of fire during the holidays and throughout the summer months the chief officer…
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A mishap which could have caused serious fire loss recently occurred in the Wymah district While baling hay on Mr. Owne…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: A southerly buster today turned a dangerous bush fire when it was within a quarter of a mile of…
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MELBOURNE. San.: Thousands of acres of bushland and wheat crops were destroyed in Victoria’s biggest bush fire…
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A Wodonga man will be proceeded against by summons by Wodonga police for allegedly lighting a fire without a…
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HONG KONG, Sun.: The death roll from the biggest fire disaster in the history of the colony, which occurred on…
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MELBOURNE. Sun.: Vandals deliberately wrecked furniture and fittings at the Church of Christ in Main road, Croydon,…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to only two minor fires yesterday. The first was at 8.40 a.m. to the gravel dredge at Gray’s on the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: All bush fires in the south coast, the Blue Mountains and North Sydney area are under control, fire…
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A bush fire which has been burning through hilly country on Yarra Yarra Station, eight miles from Holbrook, since Boxing Day, was last night under control and was expected to burn itself out…
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At the last meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council, the president, Cr. Parker, moved a motion that Cr. Murrel be asked to…
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Drying crops and grasses throughout the southern Riverina and south-eastern Victoria have put rural bush fire brigades keenly on the alert…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called out at 8.44 a.m. yesterday to a small grass fire in Howlong road, near the old quarry. The fire was…
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HOLYOKE (Mass.), Tues.: A fire, which a fire brigade official said “must have been set” by an arsonist, yesterday raged…
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LOS ANGELES, Tues.: Decreasing winds last night slowed the fire that was creeping up the steep wooded slopes of…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Although cooler weather has eased immediate bush fire danger, fire patrols on the south coast are…
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Three small grass fires were put out by Albury fire brigade yesterday. Outbreaks occurred at Happy Valley and racecourse lane…
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