Goods Train on Fire
A goods train proceeding from Nyngan to Bourke contained, amongst other things, a truck of lucerne, and when nearing Grahweed siding it was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
150 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 8
Bush Fire Campaign
Now that the Narromine end if the [?] Shire has made a move in the matter of organising bush-fire brigades it is up to Trangie to follow the…
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A meeting of landholders was held in the a Shire Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. Mr. T. M. Scott presided, and there was a large attendance…
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The bush fire menace seems to be influencing the minds of many of the landholders in the district. Fire-breaks are being made around many holdings…
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The inquiry into the recent fire has been postponed for [?] a fortnight. The cause is [?] to be that Mr. G. [?] Coroner at [?] has been in…
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Sir.—In your issue of 20th [?] in referring to the recent fire, you say that the sites of the previous fires are now vacant gaps with unsightly debris…
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One morning I was awakaned by the noise of a fire bell. I hurried outside, and, to my dismay, saw the big hotel on the corner all in flame…
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Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.M., sitting as Coroner, inquiry was held at Narromine Court House on Wednesday into the cause of the fire in Dandaloo-street,…
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A fire on Thursday night destroyed the house of Mr. Dan Dowd, of Wollumbi. At the time of the accident the house was occupied by a…
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The new fire station, which has been erected neat the Warne Street railway crossing, is now practically finished, and is a most imposing…
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The residence of Mr. Dan Dowd, at Wollombi, was destroyed by fire last week. The house was occupied at the time by a sharefarmer named Hope,…
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The residence of Mr. Dan Dowd, at Wollombi, was destroyed by fire last week. The house was occupied at the time by a sharefarmer named…
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The new motor fire engine arrives in Wellington this evening. Mr. McCarthy, representing the Board of Fire Commissioners, is in town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Alarm. Midnight Excursions
Shortly before midnight on Sunday the fire bell clanged out its warning. The full brigade turned out smartly, and within a few minutes the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Night Scare Fire at Loco Shed Little Damage Done
Charles White, a fireman acting in the capacity of callboy, was on Sunday night responsible for the start and the extinguishing of a fire in a…
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Wellington's long-looked for fire engine has at last-arrived, which, it will be remembered, was promised in the early part of 1914. It came…
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A slight outbreak of fire occurred on Sunday morning at Peter and Co.'s resturant in Marshall-street. The woodwork around the stove in the kitchen…
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On Wednesday night lest at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock a fire occurred in the premises of Mrs. J. Cleary in Oxley Street, caused by the upsetting…
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Trevallyn Jones, at one time well-known sporting journalist, escaped the Bolshevik horrors in Russia a couple of years ago only to…
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A big glare in the direction of Maryvale on Monday evening indicated a big grass fire, but later particulars showed that the fire was in…
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