Help the Fire Fighters Food Wanted
An appeal is being made for food and drink for the fire fighters. Yesterday many men fought the fire all day without any food…
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Fire Ear Marulan Terrific Heat Experienced Goulburn
A terrific bush fire is sweeping through Old Marulan towards the gullies bordering Shoalhaven. As long as the wind holds in its present quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cootamundra Biggest Fire in History of District Cootamundra
Bush fire brigades, assisted by hundreds of men, have been fighting fires in various parts of the district during the last two days…
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The necessity For organisation for fire-fighting has been forcidly demonstrated by the devasting outbreaks with which the district has…
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A Sydney traveller, who had an Essex motor car in town, gave it over to a local driver, Arty Craine, to "try it cut." During the big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sabbath Blaze Fire at Deltroit
About noon yesterday a fire got in on to Deltroit (Mrs. F. J. Fraser's), and in a little while had a big hold. In less than an hour, 50 motor cars,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Still Raging in Riverina New Outbreaks Reported Wagga Man Burned to Death at Bethungra Devastation in Yanco Area. Big Blaze Near Tarcutta Wagga District Fires Under Controi
Most of the bush fires that started on Friday have been extinguished, and others are reported to be well under control. The progress of the fires on the Tarcutta Road, and in the Book Book, The Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Start of a Big Blaze Fast Travelling Fire
Shortly after a number of the fire-fighters returned to town and were going to lunch, when a fire was noticed to spring up on Mr. Geo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Other Fires
The ringing of the fire-bell shortly after 3 o'clock on Thursday heralded an outbreak at the rear of Mr. D. Hallinan's property on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tarcutta Road Blaze. Fire Fighter Tells Story. Great Damage and Narrow Escapes
One of the fire fighters who attended the outbreak along the Tarcutta road on Friday, almost from the start until the fires were well under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Other Big Fires
Tremendous fires have swept Wagga, Tarcutta, Henty and Coolamon districts. At Bethungra the fire has swept in through Eumolo (Sawyer's),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thursday Fires Bad But No Comparison
In Friday's Issue we reported the fires on Mrs. L. K. Harris's and on Mr. Len, Harris's. The latterproperty was swept of all but the home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Deepwater
A big fire occurred on Deepwater Stallion on the Narandera road on Friday and caused a great amount of damage. On Saturday, however, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Burned to Death. Big Blaze Between Bethungra and Junee
Another disastrous outbreak started between Bethungra and Junee Reefs about midday on Friday, and swept through the country in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Fire Started
Mr. Geo. Woodbridge saw the start of the fire. "I noticed," he says, "the blaze jump from a burning stump on the railway line into my paddock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire Near Koorawatha
A massage from Young this morning stated that there were no out breaks there over the week-end; hu[?] a big broke out yesterday, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Fires in the Goulburn District Goulburn
THE worst bush-fires in the history of the Goulburn district broke out this morning, and, fanned by a strong north-westerly wind, are sweeping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rock Fire Under Control
The outbreak which started on Bullock Hill was got under control in The Rock Station paddock but is still smouldering on the hills…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in the Hills. Outbreak From Tarcutta. Advances Towards Adelong
A big fire, which is likely to have disastrous consequences, broke out on Sunday morning at the point where the Adelong road turns off towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Tompson Street. Grass and Sawdust
At 7.45 o'clock last night the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to Thompson street at the rear of the premises of Messrs. John Gelme Ltd…
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