Motorists and Bush Fires
The recent series of bush fires in the Wollondilly Shire, as well as in many other parts of the State, has prompted the President of the Shire Council to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Wise Precaution Carry Fire Extinguisher
It is a very wise precaution for motorists to airways carry an efficient fire extinguisher, properly charged. If the engine catches fire whilst under…
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The annual return of the Cessnock Fire District discloses the fact that fires were much more numerous in 1928 than in 1927…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Fire Brigades the Year's Work
Station-officer A. Richards, who is in charge of the Maitland District Fire Brigades, made his annual report available yesterday. During the year 112 alarms…
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Another record of good service is disclosed by the report of the Newcastle District Fire Brigades for the year 1928. This district has the benefit of being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXPLOSION Shops Destroyed Fire Follows Police Question Man SYDNEY
A terrific explosion, followed by lire, destroyed, early this morning, a brick building, consisting of two shops and a dance hall, at…
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A huge bush fire is raging in the vicinity of Burragorang Valley, and is sweeping forward unchecked at a terrific pace on a fifteen miles frontage…
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The big bush fire in the Burragorang Valley is still raging, but its progress was cheeked yesterday when a big force of volunteers turned out. On Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire's Fury Blaze Breaks Bounds Property Menaced Raging on 20 Miles Front BARALLIER
With fierce northerly wind and a temperature of 102 degrees, the huge bush fire which has been raging since the latter part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sawmill Blaze Early Morning Outbreak Grafton
The Northern Sawmills at Dirty Creek, four miles from Corindi, near Woolgoolga, were practically destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toronto Bush Fires
A sensation was caused at North Toronto yesterday afternoon when a spark from a bush fire that was raging over Stony Creek, fell on a patch of day grass,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland District Bush Fires Many Outbreaks
Several bush fires swept the Maitland district yesterday, and large areas of bush and grass lands were destroyed. The first fire broke out between Mulbring and…
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Until early to-day, when the Weather, changed and heavy rain fell, the hill township of Belgrave was threatened with destruction by an extensive bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Fight Bush Fire at Saber's Gully Home Destroyed Country Swept With Amazing Speed
Though burned and suffering from the effects of heat and suffocating smoke, residents of the little settlement of Sawyer's Gully fought desperately yesterday against the worst fire the district has experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Blaze House Gutted Buildings Endangered Dungog
The continued clanging of the fire bell this afternoon was the first intimation many Dungog people had of a blaze which completely gutted the residence in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Lull Wind Drops After Red Night SYDNEY
Bush fires that were raging in the timber districts of New South Wales were scattered over a wide area in scores of new directions by a sudden change in the wind last night. Fire-fighters had an anxious and strenuous night but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Wide Area Swept Thrilling Rescues Sydney
Big bush fires are raging in several centres of the State, and wide areas have been swept by the flames, which made remendous headway owing to the dry…
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Fireman attended three minor outbreaks in Newcastle during the week-end. A fire among sawdust near Armstrong and Royse's timber yard at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Blenheim Large Stores Burned Wellington (N.z.)
Damage between £35,000 and £40,000 resulted through fire which completely destroyed Levin and Co.'s stores in Blenheim early yesterday. The buildings covered…
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Telegrams from Goulburn start that a big bush fire is menacing the village of Bigga, and should the wind change in direction' nothing can prevent its…
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