Rural Industries. Notes and News. Fighting Bush Fires
No one will question the advisability of having bush fire brigades established in the various centres throughout the farming districts, but…
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Lockhart Bush Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Lockhart Bush Fire Bridge was held on Friday the 23rd ult in the Lockhart School of Arts. The President (Cr. Wm…
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The record of fires on farms is being added to week by week. Mr. Roy Armstrong, of Coolamon, was stripping a crop of oats, when a fire…
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Following the recent outbreak of fire in Mr T. S. Davis' crop, another broke out on the 23rd ult., which happily was soon got under through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Character. Constable Fires Revolver. Sydney
Constable Power saw three men behaving in a suspicious manner in Castler[?]agh-street early this morning. Upon seeing the officer they made off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Fire in Dresden. London
A report from Berlin states that the northern portion of Dresden continued a fire for three days. The fire spread to the reserve of stores of shells and…
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A fire which resulted in no damage being done to property, started in some grass on a vacant allotment in Johnston-street, between Baylis and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Hotel Fire. Licensee's Wife Arrested. SHEPPARTON(Vic)
In connection with the fire at the Terminus Hotel on December 29 which resulted in a man named Patrick M'Kie being burnt to death,…
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A serious bush fire broke out yesterday on the boundary of Inchgrower and Carrawobitly stations, 30 miles from Forbes. Wind fanned the…
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A fire broke out on the Temora race-course yesterday afternoon and destroyed 60 acres of wheat belonging to the president of the Racing Club…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Attacks. Germans to Fire on Galatz
A German official report states: The Russians attacked and penetrated positions in the regions between the coast and the Mitra-Riga highroad. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires at Forbes. Sydnty
At Forbes a bush fire was quelled on Saturday night by an army of fire fighters. Serious damage was done to crops on Messrs. Golding, Judge's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Outbreak at Urana... Two Haystacks Destroyed. 1,000 Aches of Grass. Urana
With the thermometer at 110 degrees, it was a regular bush fire day at Urana to-day, and an outbreak occurred on the Butherwah Estate Farm…
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Burnand's timber yards, Hamilton, New Zealand, were destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Stacks Burnt. Farmer's Heavy Loss. Recond Fire in Few Days
Three more stacks, containing about 100 tons and valued at about £200, the property of Mr. Arthur Robinson, of Malebo, were destroyed by fire on…
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Our Urana representative last night advised that the Butherwah bush fire was controlled. There are fresh outbreaks, one on…
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A public meeting was held at the Commercial Hotel, Adelong, on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of forming a Bush Fire Brigade. There was…
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A bush fire which occurred on Monday afternoon destroyed 300 acres of grass on Mundowey Station, and 500 acres of grass and self-sown crop on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Tempest of Flame at Forbes. Little Hope of Stopping It. Forbes
There is a big bush fire twenty-five miles away, described as a tempest of flame. Many fire fighters went out in motors from here, but there is…
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A case of interest to formers and property owners generally was heard at the Cootamundra Court, before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., on Tuesday, when…
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