Forbes District Fires Forbes
The country has been blackened. Many of the women saved their lives by sheltering in cattle dams, where they kept immersing themselves as a…
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Dubbo Fires Controlled. Dubbo
More than 100 hay stacks in the Dubbo district have been destroyed by bush fires. After a strenuous fight the fires are now under control…
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Last Friday will be looked upon as Black Friday by many landholders in this district, for on that day a large area was swept by one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bethungra Fire. Fire Still Burning in Hills
The disastrous fire which swept through Bethungra and resulted in the death of Mr. J. Cox, is now reported to be under control, although the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While the Fires Burned. Trip to Gundagai
Mr. Young, of the Wagga telegraph office staff, motored to Gundagai on Saturday and back again on Sunday. He was accompanied by his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of Fires. Inquiry Probable. Sydney
It is probable that the Government will wrdcr an inquiry into the cause of the devastating bush fires throughout the State, and that an effort will…
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Smirnoff's piano factory at Marrickville was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £4,000. The fire originated in the…
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The fire which broke out on Deepwater Station on the Narandera road is now under control. The fire started near the woir, and jumped the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire Brigade Action by Griffith Progress Association
Having in mind the seriousness of any outbreak of fire in either the business or residential portion of Griffith, the Progress association has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fires Rambles Among the Ruins the Re-fencing Shooking of Maimed Stock
What a loss in fencing? Just at present one could travel from Junee Reefs nearly to Murrumburrah without being stopped by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hot Bearing Blamed for Fire Wheat Burnt YOUNG
Through the bearing of his header running hot while he was engaged in harvesting. Mr. F. Grainger started a fire on his property at Tubbul. The…
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About the most serious bush fire that has ever visited us broke out Friday at about 1 o'clock, right in front of Mr. G. R. Woodbridge's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Losses Near Lockhart. by Gale, Not by Fire. Lockhart
Reports received from district farmers indicate that the gale on Friday deprived them of a large proportion of their crops, Messrs. Gollasch Bros…
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We are glad to see that a public meeting is to be held in Cootamundra next Monday night to organise a volunteer brigade to help fight the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires All Subdued Small Outbreaks
The position in regard to the big fires which raged throughout the district during the week-end is now quite secure. A body of men worked on all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Cootamundra Public Meeting Next Monday Night
Last night, at the Town Council, Ald. Gibson moved that the Mayor he asked to call a meeting next Monday night to form a Volunteer Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Help Bush Fire Sufferers Appeal by Country Women SYDNEY
Dame Alice Chisholm, president of the Cumberland branch of the Country Women's Association; Mrs. K. M. Fletcher, Dubbo; and Mrs. Helen…
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A fire occurred in Fitzroy Street, Junee, yesterday morning about 10.30 o'clock, when a four roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by…
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Not for 24 years has there been such bush fires as were experienced at Gundagai at the week-end. The first outbreak occurred on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty District Fires Man Fined £10 HENTY
Before Messrs. Fielding and Young, Js.P., in the Henty Police Court yesterday, James Hall, 50, was charged with having on December 10, at…
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