Bush Fires Cause £150,000 DAMAGE. Melbourne
Owing to carelessness on the part of some picknickers, bush fires started in the southern portion of the Riverina district and across the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
252 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 13
To-day's Telegrams. Bush Fire Toll. Heavy Victorian Losses. Melbourne
The Victorian bush fires are said to have been responsible for damage estimated at more than £750,000…
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The inhabitants of Dubbo had scarcely began their sleep after seeing the old year out and the new one in, which the firebell began to toll…
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The ringing of the fire bell at 2.30 yesterday afternoon soon, had a number of residents racing to the fire station, notwithstanding the…
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The home of Mr. T. E. Druitt, at Rawsonville, was destroyed by fire on Saturday, together with its contents. Mr. Druitt had left by car with his…
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A four-roomed weatherboard house near the cemetery, occupied by Mr. Ernle Rich, his wife and child, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night,…
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According to a wireless received in Sydney yesterday from the Solomon Group, the steamer Yarra, which recently caught fire, is regarded as a…
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News reached Sydney yesterday from the Solomon group to the effect that the steamer Yarra was regarded as a total loss. The crow are safe ashore…
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Devastating bush fires continue to rage in the Dandenong ranges. Several homes' have been destroyed at Bayswater, whilst, a change in the…
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During the warm season landowners around Albury are keeping close watch over their railway boundaries in the belief that at least half the fires of the…
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Between 400 and 500 acres of good grazing country were swept by fire in the first outbreak of the season in the Yass district. At the height of the…
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An interesting and very important question has ben raised at Yass as to whether a rural employee, injured while engaged fighting a bush fire on…
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The Wynyard Buildings in Carrington Street, Sydney, were completely gutted by a fire which broke out yesterday. The building is an…
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Fire fighters are still at [?] many parts of Victoria, w[?] bush fire outbreaks have alre[?] tremendous damage. The to[?]…
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A fire in the business section of Murgon, Queensland, resulted in three buildings being gutted and another being badly damaged. Practically…
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Three business buildings were gutted and a fourth badly damaged by fire at Margon, Queensland. The Bank of N. S. W. narrowly escaped a similar…
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An interesting and very important question has been raised at Yass, as to whether a rural employee, injured while engaged fighting a bush fire on…
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A fire at Currajong Valley, six miles from Alectown, about midnight on New Year's Eve, completely destroyed the residence of J.L.Barber, as well-known…
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A destructive fire broke out early this morning in a 6-roomed weatherboard dwelling in Montefiores, occupied by Mr. W. Gough and family…
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A fire might might have had disastrous results, but which was fortunately noticed in time, occurred in a window at Mr. O. G. Golsby's boot shop, in…
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