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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
357 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 18 of 18
The sympathy of the district is extended to Dr. and Mrs C. H. Wood in the loss they have sustained, whilst absent from town, by the destruction of medical and surgical equipment, furniture and personal belongings. The loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The value of organised bush brigades was strikingly instanced on Thursday last, when a fire occurred in a stubble…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which swept through a crop and grass lands at the property of Mr. N. Carr, "The Meadows," Obley Road, on Sunday afternoon. The crop was estimated to yield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Military sources report heavy German patrol activities, notably in the section of the line which the British troops have taken over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. R. G. Cookson District Coroner, opened, an inquiry at the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the fire that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fire which caused damage estimated at £2000 at Mr. N. Carr's properly, "The Meadows," Obley Road, on Sunday, travelled four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £500 was caused when a four-roomed weather-board cottage at 167 Cobbora Street was practically destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. G, Cookson, Police Magistrate, the inquest into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A start has been made with the bulk storage of wheat in the grain sheds. Tiers of full bags are built up around the shed and the grain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The entire staff of 1000 perished when a terrific explosion in the chlorine tanks at a celluloid factory in the small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the request of a public meeting, which was held in Wellington on November 24th, the Chamber of Commerce have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Congratulations to Cr. Knowles on being elected President of the Macquarie Shire Council. After intense heat, lasting from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 11.20 this morning a grass fire broke out on a property in Maxwell Street. As the fire was burning fiercely, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire which broke out at Mr. S. Cashel's property on Saturday morning destroyed about 150 bags of wheat. Splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire this morning destroyed three floors of an auctioneer's building in Harrington Street, City. Firemen who ventured inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summer is with us now with a vengeance. The nights are real summer nights. The thermometer has been up to the hundred mark. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A child playing with a box of matches is believed to have caused a grass and rubbish fire which occurred in Dennison Street, west of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is estimated by the Australian Associated Press that 42,000 were killed and injured in the earthquake in Erzindan alone. This estimate, however, has not been confirmed, other sources…
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