At Canberra Herd Testing Bush Fire Brigades War Service Homes Canberra
In the House of Representatives today Mr. Chariton, leader of the Opposition, asked if in view of the letter received from the secretary of the…
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Oil Tanker Wrecked Petrol Drifts with Current Precautions Against Fire London
There was a sensution at Liverpool when the Anglo-American oil Co tanker Seminole grounded in the Mersey and broke its back, releasing 8000…
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A big scrub fire, raging in the Sundriugham district, was suppressed by fire brigades from several stations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Telegrams Bush Fire Melbourne
A big scrub fire raging in the Sandringham district was suppressed by fire brigades from several stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze at Griffith Fire Causes Heavy Losses. Banna Avenue Business Premises
One of the most disastrous fires that has ever occured in Griffith started early Monday morning in the premises of Mr. Con Com[?]'s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Narandera
A fire broke out yesterday morning at Narandera in the refreshment rooms run by Mr. H. Watters. The shop is one of a row of five owned by Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Fire Brigade Public Demonstration
On Wednesday afternoon at Messrs. Pyke Bros. [?]ll, the newly formed Coolamon Fire Brigade gave a [?] demonstration and subjected the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Steamer Wrecked Precautions Against Fire London
The strictest precautions are being maintained to prevent the combustion of the 800 tons of petrol which discharged into the Mersey when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Outbreaks in Victoria Melbourne
Spanks from railway engines are believed to be responsible for many out breaks of grass and bush fires in various parts of Victors. Yesterday 60…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Barmedman
A fire occurred in Queen street, Barmedman, last Tuesday night, when the grocery shop of Mrs. M. H. Green was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Quebec Boarding School Destroyed Quebec
Another disastrous fire has destroyed the St. Lonis Academy, a boarding school for boys. The 200 inmates were rescued. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways and Bush Fires Strict Safeguards in Force SYDNEY
We are already "doing it, and have been for years," is, in effect, the Railway Department's reply to a country parliamentarian's proposal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Davies' Boarding House Burnt Out
On Monday afternoon at about 3.30 a fire broke out In Mrs W. B. Davies' "Nairobi" Boarding House, situated on tho corner of Third and B[?]ree…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightning Starts Fire
At Gilmore, near Tumut on Saturday a flash of lightning struck a big rock on Mr. Tom O'Brien's place, and started a bush fire. Not much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Douse That Fire
"I'll give every offender a "go," said a Gundagai district landowner, on Friday, when the bush fire question was under discussion. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire. Willie Ploma Homeslead Destroyed
About midnight on Sunday (the Willie Ploma bomestead was burnt to the ground. At the time no one was living at the house, os…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Whom Fire Couldn' Stop. LENT £200,000 to Junee Farmers
The following is reprinted from the "Daily Guardian" (Sydney): What type of a man is Mr. James Taylor, who, the other day, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swaggie and Bushfire
A swaggie boiled his billy near the hawthorn trees, just over Stony Creek, on Gundagai-Tumut road, about 4 p.m. on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable Fires And Effects an Arrest MELBOURNE
Noticing two men acting auspiciously near, a motor service station in North Melbourne early yesterday a police patrol called on them to stop…
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Says the Junee paper: "Although warnings have from time to time been issued drawing attention to the grave danger from carelessness with fires,…
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