Fire Destroys Haystacks
A fire on the Cobra Road, about three miles from town, destroyed three haystacks, the property of Mr. Mick Wheeler…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Biggest Flying Boat Destroyed by Fire London
A Shetland Hying boat, the only one of her typo thus far built, caught fire and sank at her moorings at Felixtowe. The crew was unharmed…
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A survey of bush fires and their causes shows that numerous fires are caused by tractors used in harvesting…
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A letter of 24/l/46, from Mr. R. S. Lane, was presented to the Municipal Council at Tuesday's meeting, advising that the building in Brisbane Street,…
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In a survey of bush fires and their causes being made by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee it is noted that numerous fires are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Night Fire in Dubbo Honeysett's Store Destroyed Dubbo Fire Brigade Called In The Small Hours
A building, which was estimated to be at least 100 years old, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of yesterday morning. It was the premises known as Honeysett's Store, owned and occupied by Mrs. Mary Honeysett, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£30,000 Damage in I.H.C. Blaze Sydney
THIRTY thousand pounds worth of damage was done to the storeroom of the International Harvester Company early yesterday morning, when a fire gutted the premises. The Chief Fire Officer of the…
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A severe outbreak of fire occurred north of the Wellington Municipality on Saturday evening last and only a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor Bush Fire Brigades
[?] After raiding the report of [?] discussion on Bush Fire Brigades our last Graziers meeting, I real[?]some letters of protest would be…
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Receiving a call at 9.45 last night to a fire at the rear of the Dubbo Cafe, in Talbragar Street, the Dubbo Fire Brigade promptly attended and…
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Dubbo Fire Brigade was called to a fire at about 6.30 p.m. yesterday. It proved to be a grass and thistle blaze, on Mr. H. Carrett's property on the…
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A CONFERENCE of Bush Fire Brigades, called by the Cobbora Shire Council, was held at Elong on February 6th. The following brigades were represented: Elong, Gollan, Ballimbre, Spicer's Creek, Windorah-Comobella,…
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Sir,—Will you please allow me space in your valuable paper to make an answer to those condemning the farmer who is burn…
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A strong worded resolution of protect against the Government's wheat stabilisation scheme was carried at a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Association on Saturday night…
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A survey of bush fires, and their causes, shows that numerous fires are caused by tractors used in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquest on Fire Honeysett Bros' Store Coroner Records Open Finding
At the Dubbo Court House, on Friday morning, the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Morgan) conducted an enquiry into the cause of a fire which destroyed the general store and residence of Honeysett Bros., 258 Macquarie Street, Dubbo, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rioting Spreads in India Police Shoot Into Crowds Troops Guard Naval Barracks Mutineers Seize Warships And Open Fire On Bombay BOMBAY
Civilian rioting, in sympathy with the Royal Indian Navy mutiny, spread last night through a wide area of Bombay. The police repeatedly fired revolvers into the crowds in the Indian quarters, who smashed shop windows and stopped three…
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Whilst a party was in progress at the Caves House on Saturday night last, a fire was seen in the vicinity, and…
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Volunteer firemen of the Dubbo Fire Brigade left their jobs in a hurry on Thursday to attend a fire which broke out in a stack of wood at the works…
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Shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday the waiting of the fire [?] and a column of dense smoke drew numbers of Narromine residents…
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