Fire Prevention
The usual ominous warnings are being given again this summer as to the great danger of fires in the wheat growing districts. On Saturday a railway…
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Colinroobie Grass Fire
Considerable damage has already been wrought by the grass fires, which are now burning between Colin-roobie and Narandera. The fire…
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A very successful meeting, of the Coffin Rock Fire Brigade was held at Mr. Tarte's house on Saturday night, November 18. The president Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires Vast Areas of Crop and Grass Destroyed Narrandera Menaced by APPROACHlNG Flames a Twenty-five Mile Front From Leeton Under Fire Since
Reports reached Wagga at a late hour last night that Narrandera was mensoed by a grass and crop fire, which started in the Leston District on Sunday and was raging along a frontage of from 20 to 2[?] mlies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Blowering Road. Mrs. W. Foster's Home and Contents Demolished
On Saturday morning Mrs. W. Foster, who lived with her sons George and William in a cottage on the Blowering road, lost all her worldly…
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It is reported that, bushfire have caused considerable damage at B[?]ya on the Griffith line, but no particulars are available…
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The first fire of the season occurred yesterday, 150 acres of grass country being burned on Cram Bros Beehive” farm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narrandera’s Escape Chance of Wind Diverts Big Fire Flames Now Travelling Towards Ardlethan Recent Hot Weather Causes Fires in Other Districts Also
Details of the big fire which caused much anxiety here last night, a[?]d wrought serious destruction between this town and Leeton on Sunday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riverina Fires. Loss of Many Thousands. Mumbooldool Threatened. SYDNEY
The bush fires in the Riverina caused damage estimated at many thousands of pounds. It is feared that unless the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fire. Inquiry at Boree Creek. Lockhart
Yesterday an inquiry was held at Borce Creak into a fire which occurred last week in the promises owned by F. Orme and occupied by H. Henshaw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Thousands of Acres of Grass Destroyed Serious Damage in Narandera District. Lake Midgeon Estate Swept by Flames
Not for some years has such a disastrous fire been experienced in the Riverina as that which has, during the past couple of days, raged in the…
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On inquiry yesterday evening from “Beness” Station (Cox Brothers) Yanco It was learnt that the are which had been divesting the…
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Reports from Narandera last night stated that the fire was still burning strongly in the direction of Mumbooldoo. The glare of the outbreak is…
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About midnight on Monday a Ore broke out in a detached kitchen at the residence of Mr. J. Henderson, sanitary Inspector, of Coolamon, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Sweep the South-west. Narandera's Peril Past. Fires Sweeping Towards Ardlethan
A Wagga message on Wednesday afternoon stated that a big fire, which had menaced Narandera, was diverted from the town by a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bush Fire. Grass, Crops and Fencing Destroyed. 100 Square Miles Devastated
On Monday night, a great glare in the north-western portion of the sky told of a raging bush fire, and the intense heat and scorching wind was attributed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Oura Blaze at Merton Park Other Properties Saved
Shortly after midday yesterday a bush fire broke out on T Lioye’s pro[?] perty, “Merton Park/'at oura. A gale was blowing at the time and…
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Kirkalls' Electrical Works and Brass Foundry at Balmain were destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £2500…
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Quite a number of reports have come to hand of outbreaks of fires in the district, and fortunately the flames pave been subdued before serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. Ou[?] in the West. Dubbo
Scores of fires have been started by lightning setting fire to dry grass, and these fanned by winds, are laying waste considerable area of country in…
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