Disastrous Busb Fires Widespread Devastation. Damage Estimated at £1,000,000
Widespread damage was caused by the violent westerly gale and fierce bush fires which raged on Sunday. From the Hawkesbury to Newcastle,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
89 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 5
Fire
We all know the old adage regarding the futility of locking, the stable door after the horse has been stolen; but still we are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Organisation Legislation and Local Efforts Who Will Start the Ball Rolling
To combat the bush fire menance, legislation and local organisation is now being considered, and the suggestion is made that…
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We don't say we inspired the executive of the Farmers and Graziers, but we can say that we got in first as regards the present…
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Moree had a narrow escape from a serious conflagration on Friday night, when a fine boke out about 9.45 in a portion of Messrs. J. Morgan and Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children Set Fire to House
Playing with a box or matches in the kitchen of a fibro sheet house at Russell Hill, Canberra, occupied by Mr. W. McIntyre, a child set fire to…
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A bush fire broke out yesterday on Inverness, the properly of Mr. W. A. Ledingham, Fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Namoi Shire Election Bellata Opens Fire
One of the most. representative and influentially. attended. public meetings ever, was held in the School of Arts Hall recently for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescue from Hotel Fire
When the Hotel at Cadia, 12 miles from Orange, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night, Edward Barber, a rabbits had a narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Fires Brigades Busy Night
Three outbreaks of fire occurred in Narrabri late on Friday night and early Saturday morning. A house in Dangar Village was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Fiend Moree's Disastrous Blaze Twenty-Six Business Places Four Private Residences
The moist disastrous fire ever experienced in the history of Morce occurred at an early hour this (Monday) morning, when 26 business places,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conflagration at Moree £150,000 Damage Seventeen Buildings Destroyed in Early Morning Fire
Probably the most disastrous fire in the history of the North and North-west, occurred at Moree this morning, when whole blocks of buildings were devestated, and damage running into hundreds of…
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A serious bush and grass fire raged on Sunday afternoon on "Retreat" near Mungundi. A large area was burnt and only for the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Victims Relieving Distress
During an interval at the Council Tuesday night, the Mayor (Alderman Jones) said there was a good deal of distress as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fires. a Girl Charged
Recently three mysterious fires occurred at the Empire refreshment rooms, Inverell, occupied by Mrs. H. V. Dixon. On each occasion the fires…
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Messrs. C. Harris and Co. are carrying on business at Harcourt's, Balo Street. They are booking orders for Xmas. cakes and puddings. As their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Curtain on Fire
About 11 o'clock on Saturday night, Mr. Alf. Carney was passing Mr. H. Wilde's store in Gosport Street, East Moree, when he noticed the curtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moree's Big Blaze Council Seeks Information
At Monday night's meeting of the Municipal Council Alderman. Glennie said that in connection with the recent. big fire he would like to know why…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Blaze at Moree £25,000 Damage Estimated Light MORe Buildings Destroyed
Following close in the wake of the disastrous fire at Moree on December 3, another outbreak occurred at 2.15 this morning, when seven shops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Recent Fire Motions of Appreciation
At the Council meeting on Monday night, Alderman C. w. Scannell (Deputy Mayor) referred to the good work done by the fire brigade in…
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