Bush Fires
Many large areas of grass and several very considerable lengths of feneing have been destroyed by bash fires in the Beak Hill district. Messrs…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
73 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 4
Bush Fires
This is the season when the bush fire and becomes rampant, and the danger [?] year is very great--greater than [?]has been for a long period. Last…
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During extensive bush fires at Mathoura (Vic.) district, 20,000 acres of grass were destroyed, and large numbers of sheep were burnt to death. Hundreds…
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Mr. J. Sheridan, organiser for the Dubbo Bush Fire Bridade, is not satisfied with the response to his appeal for the co-operation of all landholders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Bodangora Fire. Inquiry by the Coroner
An inquiry was held by the coroner on Friday into a fire which occurred at Bodangora on the night of December 31 last, and resulted in the total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Devastating Fire at Walmer. Large Area of Country Swept. Mr. W. Bishop a Heavy Loser
[?] was mentioned in last issue that [?] the time of going to press a serious [?] was raging at Walmer, and later [?] developments showed that it was one…
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Despite the apathy of hundreds of farmers In tho Dubbo district, bush fires have been causing much loss in the unrounding centres. At Peak Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central Powers And Ukraine Make Peace Engineers Demand Negotiation Strikes Spreading Like Wild Fire London. Jan. 22
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says an agreement has been reached at Brest—Litovsk between the Central Powers and the Ukraine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Bombed German Sympathisers At Work In America Great Loss By Fire London, Jan. 27
Reuter's correspondent says Sir Douglas Haig reports that the British bombed a large number of enemy munition works, factories and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Near Wongarbon
A fire occurred on Thursday morning last on Mr. D. M. Renshaw's property, "Glenelg," near Wongarbon, resulting in the destruction of the stables and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wonga[?]on
At W[?]garbon last Thursday morning a fire [?]stroyed a sh[?]d and te[?]tons of chaff a binder harvester, and harness, the property of Mr. David…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Fire Station
In reply to a letter from Dubbo Council, the Fire Brigades Commissioners have intimated that authority had been given for the erection of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Bushranger's Creek
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock the police received a report that a fire had occurred at the residence of Mrs. Jackson, Bushranger's Creek, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yerribah Fire Brigade
At the final mooting of the Yerribah Bush Fire Brigade there were present: Messrs. W. J. Doyle (president), Allen (3), Comerford, Marsh, Ross, and J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Checking Grass Fires
A recent grass fire in the Cootamundra district, in which 1200 acres of grass were destroyed, proved again the value of an efficient system of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dubbo Fire Brigade
Inspector Graham, officer for the western districts under the Board of Fire Commissioners, visited Dubbo on Tuesday, and that evening put the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tanks. German Account of Theis Doings. Fire-spitting Monsters
Writing from The Hague recently, the "Daily Mail" correspondent quotes from the "Cologne Gazette' Dr. Georg Wegener's account of the part taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Curra Creek Fire Witness Fails to Appear
An inquiry was opened by the District Coroner on Monday concerning an outbreak of fire at the residence of Anne Selina McDonald, Curra Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tanks. German Account of Their Doings. Fire-spitting Monsters
Writing from The Hague recently, the "Daily Mail" correspondent quotes from the "Cologne Gazette' Dr. Georg Wegener's account of the part taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire at Old Dubbo
A bush fire broke out at Old Dubbo on Tuesday, and before it was extinguished 400 acres of the best grass on the estate was consumed. Very few…
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