Fire Alarm
The ringing of the fire bell on Friday night was responsible for disturbing the quietude of the town, and it was not long before people were…
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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
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The ringing of the fire bell on Friday night was responsible for disturbing the quietude of the town, and it was not long before people were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOULD an employee, fighting a fire on private property which might, if let go, reach lands under control of the Postures Protection Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A disastrous bush fire over a frontage of eleven miles, threatened the destruction of the Bruadine and Coomore State forests yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A disastrous bush fire over a frontage of eleven miles, threatened the destruction of the Barsdine and Coomore State forests on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable damage has already been done throughout New South Wales a result of devastating bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A communication from the Shires' Association, tabled at last meeting, of the Cudgegong Shire Council, is of vital interest to the settlers. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush fires have broken out in many districts, causing extensive damage. The prevailing high temperatures are blamed for many of the outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE heat during the past few days has been bad enough, but when it comes to fighting a bush fire with the thermometer registering 100 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two residences have been desstroyed in Cilgandra during the past fortnight, together with the whole of the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fassifern (Vic.) was the scene of a disastrous fire, almost resembled a battlefield. The Railway Station and a large area of country is blackened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While all parts of the State have been have been having a bad time bush, fires, so far Dubbo and district have been singularly fortunate. It is to be hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage resulting from, outbreaks of fire between Wyong and Newcastle on Wednesday is estimated at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The authorities are considerably porturbed at the frequency of fires in the country during the past few days. Investigations in a number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Norweigan motor vessel Teronga, which caught fire near Perin' £6 miles from Aden, has been abandoned as a total loss. The vessel was bound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While Mrs. Dorothy Dwyer and an employee, named Leslie Pagan, were standing outside the former's motor garage at Queen Street, Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During last week a bush fire broke out on "Mullengean," on the Molong road. The alarm soon went forth, and it was not long before many helpers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Investigations made by Detectives Bodel and Munro, of Goulburn, show that a deliberate attempt was made to burn down the home of Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prior to the recent welcome rains, throughout the district, in recounting bush fires of disastrous nature in other districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A BUSH fire brigade naturally requires finance for the conduct of its operations—administrative expenses must be met, and benzine and oil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Councils and captains of bush fire brigades are given new and wide powers under a new law, the kernel of which was communicated to…
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