Lincoln Woollen Mills. Disastrous Fire. Melbourne
A huge fire at the Lincoln Knitting Mills at Coburg last night caused damage of nearly half a million. Valuable modern machinery was ruined, and 700…
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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
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A huge fire at the Lincoln Knitting Mills at Coburg last night caused damage of nearly half a million. Valuable modern machinery was ruined, and 700…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday afternoon a fire started in one of the rear buildings of Alam's store, and the brigade was called to action. Fortunately, the fire started in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire bell rang out about 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, and a few minutes later the engine was in Mocquariestreet pumping water into the bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-morrow (Friday) the Board of Commissioners will visit Gilgandra in respect to a decision from the members of the local brigade to resign in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday morning the following members of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Gilgnadra:— Messrs. T.J. Smith, M.L.C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A large and destructive fire occurred at Balmain last night and gutted the factory of Whitelum and Catts, wood moulders. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The iron foundry of Jones Brothers, at Camperdown, was badly damaged by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The first shot of the Federal election campaign in Dubbo was fired by Mr. L. Cunningham, M.H.R., on Saturday night. Speaking to a large gathering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Already bush fires have started in the district, no fewer than three being reported last week. The following homesteads were affected, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During last week, Mr. J. Conn, of Dapper, nearly had his wool shed burnt down, luckily the smoke was noticed by one of the people,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A few minutes after 6 p.m., on Monday, the sound of the local fire bell indicated a confiagration in some part of the town. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo is now being equipped with automatic fire alarms. Those are being placed at convenient situations to serve the different quarters of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No fewer, than nine outbreaks of bush fires were reported from one holding last week, all happening in the one day The property affected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday morning, at about 6.40 a.m., the attention of Mr. Council (Station Master' at Gular.)was drawn by a column of smoke rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Landowners and others are warned that it is against regulations to burn off within the Gilgandra Shire from October 15 to January 31 inclusive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another bushfire was noticed in the direction of the Warrumbungles on Sunday afternoon. The wind fortunately dropped before much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire occurred on the property of Mr. E. S. Bootle at Rawsonville yesterday and destroyed about 120 acres of grass. The 'phone was soon ringing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. F. M. Hill, gran[?]ier, of "Wonga" Station, Blaynoy, had his "Yarraman" Station shearing shed totally destroyed by fire last week. "Yarraman"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The season of bush fires is once again with as and owing to the wealth on grass and herbage it behaves every landholder to make all possible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One day last week an alarm of fire was given by Mrs. Hodges, who resides in a weather board cottage at the river end of Merilba-street. A neighbour…
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