Stony Point Fires
AS Is the case each year grass fires have again started on dry areas adjacent to Stony Point…
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Fire Brigades' Demonstration Narandera Team's Successes at Katoomba First in Three Events
The Narandera team competing at the Fire Brigades' demonstration at Katoomba has met with remarkable success, and on its return it looks as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Orange Wins Championship Wagga and Junee Win Places KATOOMBA
The Orange brigade won the championship shield at the New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades' carnival. The holders, Cronulla, finished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collingullie Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Collingullie Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Collingullie Hall on Saturday. There was a fairly large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires 900 Acres Burnt at the Gap
The first serious bushfire of the season occurred on James Saimon Rockview Estate, The Gap, 7 miles north of Wagga, early on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News Bush Fire at the Gap
The grass fire which occurred on the property of Mr. J. Salmon, Rockview. The Gap, on Tuesday, destroyed about 400 acres of grass. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Firemen Rushed From Katoomba Desperate Fight Stems Flames Sydney
Bush fires which have been burning in the valleys in the vicinity of Woodford for three days, began to spread with alarming rapidity to-day with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Careless Use of Fire
Time and again the danger from the careless use of fire has been impressed on the public, but still there are people who apparently fail to realise the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades Demonstration Wagga Team Placed
Orange, with two firsts, a second and a fourth, was the leading team in Thursday's events, and when the team won the Dennis suction engine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Brigade Quells Fire
Soon after mid-day yesterday the Wagga Fire Brigade was called cut to quell a fire which had started in a heap of brambles and refuse on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Fiend
The serious bush fires which broke out last week in the Katoomba district—where, fortunately, there was no lack of firemen owing to a mass demonstration being held there at the time—are an unwelcome reminder that once again the Fire Fiend is ready, at the slightest opportunity, to spread…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jindalee Fire a House Gutter
Mr. J. Harpley's residence at Jindalee was completely gutted by fire last night. Mr. and Mrs. Harpley and family are away on holidays. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Wagga and Junee Successes Katoomba Competition
Both the Wagga an Junee Fire Brigade teams gave splendid performances at the Katoomba demonstration last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narandera Fire Brigade Wins 16 Trophies at Katoomba
The Narandera team competing at the fire brigades' demonstration at Katoomba met with remarkable success. In addition to gaining second…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration Narandera Team's Successes at Katoomba Firemen Welcomed Home
When the team representing the Narandera Fire Brigade left Narandera on Saturday week in order to take part In the Fire Brigades'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Grass Fires
Two grass fires occurred at Wagga yesterday. Little damage resulted. The first occurred shortly after 1 o'clock at the rear of the South Wagga School…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRE! Hay Burnt at Novitiate
Just after midday to-day the fire bell tolled out the bush fire call for an outbreak in a paddock of hay at the Novitiate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Warning Valuable Forests Burnt Dust Storms and Gales Sydney
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) today issued a warning that [?] and grass fires were likely in many parts of the State owing to northerly winds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Cottee Portion of Wheat Crop Burnt
While Mr. Norman Hall, of "Waverley," Cottee, was stripping his wheat crop yesterday it caught on fire. He lost four acres of wheat crop, 40 bags…
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