Getting Ready for Bush Fires
Pastoralists and sheep farmers further west are anxiously guarding their runs against bush fires. Over hundreds of miles of country the grass is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
123 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 7
Bush Fires
For two days Dubbo has been enveloped in a haze of smoke which has moved in with the western winds. There are fires everywhere…
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Since our last issue the bush fires have been raging in the eastern and southern quarter. The outbreak in the southern…
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'Reports from Condobolin yesterday stated that an immense bush fire is now raging ut Condebolin, where the grass and herbage are everywhere…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Far West Ablaze. Millions of Acres Op Grass Burnt
What has been feared for several months has now come to pass. The far west is ablaze. From south of Wilcanaia to beyond Browarrina in the…
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Several fires have occurred in the district. Mr. G. A. Sem[?]ler, uf Kiewa. lost 50 tons of hay and a lot of out buildings. Mr. C. Law, of Wattle…
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Among the heavy losers by fires [?] the Nyngan district are Messrs. C. Menzies, W. Singleton, C. E. Webb, G. Margieson, A. Firth, R. Temple, W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Terror of the West. Miles of Country Ablaze. Many Holdings Burnt Out. Sweeping Away Towards Condobolin
A moderately dry season with an enormous growth of grass—and corkscrew at that—fille Westerners with concern and even fear. Why Well,…
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During yesterday morning the alarm was given that a fire had broken out a couple of miles east of Dubbo, in a 200acre paddock of wheat belonging to…
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Yesterday a fire which it is supposed spread from the railway line, where grass was being burnt off, broke out in the wheat crop of Mr. G. A. Wheel[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at C.S.A. Mine. Report by Mr J. R. Godfrey, Inspector of Mines
Mr M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., has forwarded the following report on the fire at the C.S.A. mine, which was submitted by Mr J. R. Godfrey,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo Liberal and Maoquarie Advocate Friday, November 4, 1921. Editerial Notes. the Grass Fire Menace
This summer the likelihood o extensive grass fires occurring is more pronounced than it has been for years. the growth of grass everywhere has…
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The bush fires have burnt out Jandra out from flooded country, and although no stock were lost, it is estimated that over £1000 damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The West Ablaze Bush Fires Still Rage. Immense Areas of Pasture Lands Devastated
Saturday was a day that will never be forgotten in the west. It will be remembered as Black Saturday, [?]very one realised that tragic occurrences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Large Tract of Country Devastated
For the past week Cobar has been enveloped in dense smoke, consequent upon the many grass fires which have occurred in the district. Early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in the West
There have been extensive fires in the West, which have destroyed large areas of grass and perhaps some fences, but here in Dubbo it is known how…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mogo Forest. Starting of a fire
On Saturday evening a very heavy clap of thu[?]ter startled Mr. R. Charles' horses as he was plaughing, and looking back he saw the lightning had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires In The West. No Stock Losses Sustained City Press Reports Greatly Exaggerated
Though grass fires, which extended over a considerable area of the West, are still burning, and the air is impregnated with smoke, the amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Blakeley and Bush Fires
Mr. Blakely (our Federal Member) wired us as follows on 10th inst.:—"Please extend my sincere sympathy to those who have suffered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires-Fierce and Devastating. the Worst of All Fires
A "Rambler from Outback" writes: —In the category of fires there is much variety. First, there is the incendiary fire. This usually happens in the dend…
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