Bush Fires
Most of the bush fires were reported at the end of last week to have either burnt themselves out or been extinguished. The fires to the south…
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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
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Most of the bush fires were reported at the end of last week to have either burnt themselves out or been extinguished. The fires to the south…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in the West are still extending. South of Bourke, the fires are expected to reach the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There is little likelihood of the Government adopting a suggestion to send unemployed from Sydney to hell in fighting the bush fires around…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paul Nomchong will be pleased to quote rates for Haystacks, Buildings, Fencing, Motor Cars, &c., against fire. Personal accident and sickness, also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reports from many country centres report dire losses of grass, fencing and stocK. At Cobar, where fires were still raging at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A severe thunderstorm, which occured on Wednesday evening, at the end of old year, was, it is believed, responsible for creating several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly after noon on Sunday, smoke was noticed issuing from : the yard of the Post Office, and the alarm was given which was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When fire brigades reached the scene of a fire in a fruit shop at Chatswood, early this morning, they discovered that petrol had been spilt in at least a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At last it seems us if the people of the district have awakeued to the crying need of some organised effort being made to protect their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The meeting called at the Literary Institute for Saturday night by the Mayor (Aid. J. Roberts) was well attended, and effective steps were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mudgee freezing works were totally destroyed by fire yesterday. It is supposed that the fire originated in a railway truck near by. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—People generally sympathise with all men on the land in their present time of anxiety, and will give practical help in fighting the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A well-known grazier writes in the Sydney press:- "I have been nearly all my life amongst busk fires, and bare never…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Ireland there are hearthstones where fire has not been allowed to die for many generations. The raking is done very carefully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Terminus Hotel at Lismore was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Following the hot weather conditionst bush fires occurred on Crown lands on the opposite side of the river from Mr. J. C. Gorman’s “Googong”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For many years Braidwood has been singularly tree from the awful scourge of fire. Something like 12 or 13 years have elapsed since we had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Breaking out at noon yesterday a bush fire threatened the eastern side OF Pine Range, in F.C.T., two miles from Queanbeyan. Upwards of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Frank Chisnolm, of Kippilaw, furnishes some excellent advice regarding methods or combating bush fires. He says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire broke out on Friday shortly after lunch on Woodpark, a property leased by the estate of the late A. B. Chisholm. Fanned by a…
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