Fire near Jindera “started mysteriously”
A fire, which swept through two properties near Jindera yesterday afternoon, destroying several hundred acres of grass,…
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Coroner Decides Mathoura Fire Accidental
In the inquiry on the total destruction by fire of the Mathoura Estate Woolshed and shearersâ but on February 27…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: An elderly man, exhausted from his efforts to stop a grass fire from burning down his home, collapsed on the edge of the fire at Selby, near Belgrave, this afternoon…
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Firemen had to crawl up steep slopes on their hands and knees to reach a fire at Jindera early last evening. The fire swept over almost 200 acres of heavily…
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The Corowa Fire Brigade has been called out twice in the last few days to early morning fire alarms…
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Two minor fires were fought early this week by Deniliquin firemen. The first fire was reported by…
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After 15 years, demonstrations are to be resumed by the Sixth Volunteer Fire Brigades. The first will be held at Leeton over…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Fire which gutted the front portion of a factory building tonight caused £20,000 damage…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Victorian railways administration will be under fire at the annual conference of the Victorian…
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LONDON, Mon.: The British destroyer, St. Kitts, sailed for Gibraltar early today with the first batch of 200 soldier…
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A fire on a property near Benalla was still burning last night, though under control. This was confirmed by No. 23…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to a fire which broke out among rubbish at the rear of Arnoldâs box factory in Olive st yesterday…
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Albury Fire Brigade quickly extinguished a small rubbish are which broke out at about 1.45 p.m. in a city lane yesterday…
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Albury Fire Brigade attended two grass fires yesterday. First was at Monument Hill at 11.15, and the second at Happy Valley about…
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Jerilderie turned-out at approximately 9.30 a.m. last Saturday when the fire alarm was given. The cause of the…
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Following an unavoidable lapse of 15 years, the sixth volunteer fire brigadesâ demonstration, under the auspices of the Board of Fire…
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Albury Fire Brigade attended two small grass outbreaks yesterday, and both were extinguished with knapsack pumps. First was…
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A plumberâs blowlamp started a fire in a grass paddock on Mr. Jack Cookâs property at Londrigan at noon yesterday,…
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A grass fire, which broke out on the western side of the Henty Showground at about 3 a.m. last Sunday morning,…
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Local grass fires last month totalled about 30, average of almost one a day. That was stated yesterday by a spokesman for…
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