Fire at Minore
Word was received in Dubbo shortly after noon to-day that the Pubilc School at Minore was destroyed by fire a few hours before. No particulars…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
123 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 7
To Make Fire-breaks
It is said that the [?]easion finds the man who who prove equal to on emergency. During the time the bush fires were raging out wet, Mr. J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Levy's Buildings Two Shops Gutted
Shortly after midnight last night the vigorous ringing of the fire bell awakened many people from their slumbers, and it was not long before a largo crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor. Bush Fire Reports
Sir,—May I ask space in your columns to say how much Western people deplore the manner in which the Dubbo correspondent of the Sydney daily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Geurie
A chaffcutting plant, owned by Mr. J. Zair, of Wellington, and operating at Geurie, was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon, with two tons of chaff,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Fire Brigade
Mr. Nance, Fire Brigades' Inspector, visited Dubbo on Wednesday, and that evening inspected the local station and the men. He complimented Captain W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wellington Fire Brigade
Mr. Thomas Nance, an inspector from the Fire Brigades Board, paid a visit to Wellington on Thursday morning last. During the day he visited the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fire Crop and Hay Stacks Destroyed
The fire which broke out on Mr. Harvey's Ponoma property at about mid-day on Thursday, caused considerable damage to grass, crops and fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Seatonville Fire
In connection with the fire at "Seatonville" last week, reported in last issue, Mr. A. Hubbard, writes expressing his appreciation of the splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wellington
A fire early on Thursday morning completely gutted two shops in Percy- street, Wellington. One was a refreshment room, and the other a second- hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Losses
Bush fires still continue to bura in the district, and through the destruction of fencing the country is open from Cobar to Wilcannia, a distance of 160 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevention of Bush Fires. Action by the Railway Commissioners
The Hon. W. F. Dunn has forwarded to Mr. W. H. Pascoe, Secretary to the Emmagool Bush Fire Brigade, the following letter which he received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wyanga
On Sunday morning a fire broke out on the property of Mr. Woods at Wyanga. The alarm was quickly sent throughout the district, and men turned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Precautions Against Fire. on Dubbo-molong Railway
The following communications from the Railway Commissioners has been received by the secretary of the Emma-gool Bush Fire Brigade through Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Destruction. Application for Relief to Minister
The Mayor, Ald. Bloxham, has received the following communication from Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A.:— "If you think worth while I will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Ponto
A fire broke out in the kitchen at the residence of Mr. Thos. Jackson, Ponto, yesterday morning, the building and contents being destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Bush Fires
Outbreaks of bush fires occurred in the Narromine district on Saturday, and spread with great rapidity. The fires are supposed to have been caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires, Reported Losses of Sheep
On Saturday the volume of smoke which was driven into Dubbo by the westerly wind indicated that fairly extensive fires were burning not far away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in River[?]na
Mr. L. Sides, a resident of Narromine, has had particulars from his brother of the fires in the Gunbar district, of the Riverina. Gunbar is between Hay and…
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On Sunday morning the kitchen at the [?] of the residence of Mr. Thos. Jackson, of Ponto, was destroyed by fire. The main building was saved…
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