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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
120 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 6
Whether any obligation re[?]ts with a municipality to provide water for fire-extinguishing purposes is a question which the Dubbo Council might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most tragic occurrences in the history of fire brigades happened on Sundny afternoon, when a fire escape ladder collapsed, causing the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The polite and detectives has just about given up t[?]ying to solve the mystery fires that have been causing a lot of damage in the town. Sergt Doran…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the biggest fires for some time past occurred on Sunday morning last when Green Bros. Motor Garage was totally destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. F. C. Beter's general store was burnt to the ground on Sunday morning. The fire was first noticed by Mrs. Rittmeester. Hearing the roar of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday an inquiry into the recent fire, which destroyed Green's garage was held at the Court House before the Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening last, at the invitation of Mr. F Permewan, the firemen and others (who assisted at the late fire) assembled at Mr C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since Saturday last a fire has been going strong on the stations bordering the Brewarrina Road between here and Brewarrina. We hear that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For a sunken ship many fathoms under the sea to catch on fire seems almost beyond the realms of possibility. But it actually happened a short…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For some time past Wellington has been agitating for a new Fire Brigade and up-to-date appliances, and by the tone of the members of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a send-off last week to Sergeant Paton by the residents of Warren, Mr. A. C. Thompson, secretary of the function, read the following letter from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hush fires are generally associated with the country districts, and it is hard to realise that such happenings should be reported from districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A grass fire broke out in Hall's slaughter yard paddocks on Sunday. The fire was conned to a small area by willing workers, although a lot of good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A series of urgent messages from Vancouver state the liner City of Honolulu, formerly the North German Lloyd, Liner Frederich Der Grosse, caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In this case B. H. Harland sued the Water Conservation ant Irrigation Commission for that by its agents and servants they carelessly and negligently and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne police have no definite clue to the persons who caused the Caulfield racecourse fire. They are making every possible effort to trace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many of tho early ways of making wood and other combustible matorial fireproof against fire were of little more that than theoretical value: and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many of the early ways of making wood and other combustible material fireproof against fire were of little more than theoretical value; and in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Every year during the summer the fire demon licks up stretches of crops and grass in this State aggregating in value a considerable fortune…
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