Overcome by Exertion Fire-fighter Dies LISMORE
Apparently overcome by the exertion of fighting a serious bush-fir at Uralba near Ballina, Michael David Nilon, 38, a well-known farmer of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 29
Ugly Rumors Phosphorus Found Near Fires? Six Victims Country Towns Saved from Destruction SYDNEY
Sinister rumors, are abroad in the Riverina that phosphorus has been found at the scene of some of the fire outbreaks, and, that unemployed men were vindictive towards farmers who had refused to engage them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Still Rage Two More Deaths Further Damage Done. Sydney
Reports from many country districts indicate that the disastrous bush fires are still raging, despite the tremendous efforts made by settlers to cope with them…
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WHILE far fewer lives have been lost in the bush fires than were lost in the tragic Gippsland blaze last year, the sympathy of the whole of Australia must go out to those country folk who have lost their crops and their stock and their homes—in some cases their all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Die Down Riverina Danger Past Big Losses Wagga
The Riverina is now practically free from bush fires. Some arr still burning, but are well under control. The big fire, which for a time,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Damage Reports to be Made SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said to-day that officers of his department in districts affected by bush-fires had been instructed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bush Fires
That we are passing through a particularly dry time is unquestionable: but, alas, dryness is not the only thing. An over dry season, when it is summer, means…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Now Under Control Sydney
Reports received from the country districts state, that the disastrous bushfires are now under control. Outbreaks are still smoldering in many districts, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Track of the Bush Fires— —Scenes in the Peak Hill District
BREAKING BOUGHS FROM THE PINE TREE to fight the flames. ON THE EDGE OF THE GREAT FIRES.—Where the march of the flames has been checked and HIS TROUBLES.—The smoke and fire in the background do…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Back-yard Fires Tell Brigade First
With bush fires, and several other alarms, Cessnock fire brigade had a busy time last week. "A regulation with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in School SYDNEY
A are broke out in a detached classroom of the Artamon. public school, Abbott-street, Artamon. The room and its-contents were destroyed. The…
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The most disastrous fire on record in this district occurred yesterday morning in Rose-street, the principal thoroughfare…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Government Assistance. Sydney
Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, said to-day that all possible measures would be taken by his department to render assistance to all deserving cases in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the Fires
Rain which has fallen on the North Coast will do much to relieve the conditions which have existed in that part of the State since the bush fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Midnight Blaze Shops Alight at Cessnock Brigade's Good Work
Damage estimated at £1360 was caused about midnight by a fire which broke out at the rear of a tallor's shop, occupied by Mr. W. Ilangcr, at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fire Inquiry Sydney
Mr. J. B. Cramsie, Chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board, Mr. N. Jolly, Forestry Commissioner, and Mr. M. Jackson, Chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Risks Property Holders Complain Waratah Appliances
Waratah residents and property holders claim that the fire-fighting appliances in the municipality should bo Improved so as to afford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Bush Fires
Touching the bush and grass fires that made such vivid reading, it is hoped that the sorry business has been a bit exagerated, or, better, much so. At the same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Native Fire-Walkers
Members of certain Fijian tribe celebrating the Wakaya, a fire-walking dance, in which they work bare[?]ted on white, hot stone, and are not burned. No white man has been able to offer a scientific explanation of the feat…
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The Coastguard schooner Lincoln has been destroyed by fire off the coast of North Carolina. Six lives were lost, but two of the crew…
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