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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires
115 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 6
On Tuesday Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M., opened an inquiry into the circumstances regarding a fire which destroyed a cottage in Auburn Street, East Moree, on December 30, the occupants being Mr. and Mrs. L…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An outbreak of are occu[?] at the East Moree Convent School shortly before 2 p.m.on Wednesday. The fire was quiekly exungushed by the Moree Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed a cottage in Auburn Street, East Moree. on December 30 was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixty-six people—men, women and children—lost their Kves in the terrific bush fires which raged throughout Victoria. Many others are in hospital as A result of the fire—suffering from burns or from exhaustion and collapse caused by days and nights of fighting with the flames. Bush fire areas in Victoria are outlined in white in this map. Figures underneath names of towns indicate the number of deaths reported since January 13. Twenty-one deaths greviously reported at Rubicon, Narbethong and Toolangi are wot shown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not once since settlement began has Australia experienced such a tragic period as during the first couple of weeks In the New Year. The drought in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about noon on Tuesday the fine homestead at "Ballimborah," about fifty miles west of Moree, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two school teachers who had planned a motor trip to Alice Springs during tho Christmas vacation have returned home without having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE tragie results of the recent bush fires, particularly in Victoria, have made it clear that there must be a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by neglect. The association's chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →According to a report prepared by the executive of the Hardwood Millers' Association. 1,000,000,000 feet of millable timber and about 4,000,000 acres of State forests were destroped by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raymond Joseph Wright, labourer, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment on each of four charges of having ignited grass fires. He told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three business premises, together with their contents, were destroyed by fire at Walgett early on Tuesday morning. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message from Melbourne this morning states that rain has set in steadily and from appearances, was likely to fall in many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A demonstration of the methods used to fight fires, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recently Mr. W. H. Spilsbury, of "Homebush," Weemelah. had a narrow escape from having thousands of acres of valuable grass destroyed, and probably heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of a cotage in Auburn Street, East Moree, on the morning of December 30 last,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A demonstration of the methods used to fight bushfires, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will take place at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of a cottage in Auburn Street, East Moree, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two homesteads were destroyed by fire on Saturday—one in the afternoon and the other in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A demonstration of the methods used to fight bushfires, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will take place at…
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