Yesterday’s Fires Burned Home [?]12,000 Acres Grass
FRANTIC WOMAN desperately tried to raise the telephone exchange for 10 minutes yesterday evening as five yards away from her house a caravan blazed [?]riously…
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Bush Fire £6,500 Damage
Smouldering wisps of grass twisted around the exhaust of a Jeep left a trail of burning grassland at Willurah on Thursday morning and caused damage estimated at £6,500…
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A man collapsed and died at Echuca on Sunday after a fire had destroyed his shop property in a £4,000 half-hour…
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Bush fire danger is still very great and strong winds are causing considerable concern…
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âPolice in all districts have been instructed to investigate the cause of all bush fires,â N.S.W. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Delaney, said last week. âFull penalties will be sought…
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The Chief Secretary has circulated Shire Councils and Bush Fire Brigades regarding insurance on motor vehicles used in bush…
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Prompt and co-operative action on the part of the Boorobanilly and surrounding Bush Fire Brigades and local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mathoura News . . Bush Fire Caused £300 Damage
A bush fire caused damages estimated at over £380 at Mathoura on Thursday of last week. The fie completely destroyed a 120 acres paddock on the Moira…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quick Action Prevents Serious Fire
Juick action by local resident prevented what could have developed into a serious fire on Wednesday morning…
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Firemen battled for over an hour on Friday night extinguish a fire threatening a home off Sloane Stree. [?] fire burning in an adja[?] addock, destroyed three ac[?]…
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The following memorandum is circulated for the advice and guidance of Councils and Bush Fire Brigades in relation to the…
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Whenever bush-fires bring threat of disaster, Red Cross emergency units at Deniliquin and 29 Victorian country centres are ready to swing into action. Other units are located at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Risk Slow Down Store Trade
Store sheep trading has not yet returned to normal tempo as many graziers are still holidaying, while others with tremendous body of dry feed are too preoccupied with fire risks to show interest in store sheep trading at…
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A slow combust[?] believed to have been [?] for starting a fire ceiling of a house at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moulamein Home, £6,000 Value, Destroyed by Fire
While the owner and his wife were away at a trotting meeting recently, fire destroyed their £6,000 home on a property near…
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A grass fire on the northern boundary of the Shire on Saturday burnt approximately 700 acres of grass. It…
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Mathoura Police this week issued a warming to campers not to light fires in the open. Constable McGuire said the…
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Prompt action by the Mathoura Fire Brigade prevented what could have developed into a serious fire on Tuesday…
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A fire swept through 200 acres of grassland near Pretty Pine Hotel on Wednesday afternoon before it could be brought under control. The fire was first noticed by a…
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The fire caused over £800 worth of damage to a Mathoura home on Thursday of last week…
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