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954 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 48
It is officially stated that contact was not made with any aeroplanes which made a reconnaissance near the east coast this morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Broken Hill on Wednesday four 'planes and a hangar were destroyed by fire. Firemen and police are searching the ruins for the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Old Junee a fire broke out in the stables at he rear of the former hotel property. Constructed of weatherboard, the stables were utilised by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Detectives are investigating a fire which destroyed a linseed oil store at James Barnes Pty. Co., Alexandria, last night. Within 25 feet of the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the request of Coolamen Shire Council, a meeting of the Matong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held last week to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a well attended meeting of district residents on Tuesday afternoon last a Bush Fire Brigade was formed with the following office-bearers:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE growth of buildings in Leeton's industrial area is a very happy state of affairs so far as the progress of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. H. W. Hodgson, H. V. George and J. T. Lynch, representing the Lockhart Bush Fire Brigade and the Milbrulong Bush Fire Brigade;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty people were killed and 80 injured in a cinema fire on the island of Lemnos…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →George Alfred Hughes, aged 43 years, was charged at the Leeton police court with having stolen between September 2 and 7, 100 feet of canvas hose, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A NEW device for aircraft, designed to prevent or put out fire in any emergency either during flight or on the ground, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"AT the best the case has not been advanced beyond the realm of suspicion in the absence of sufficient evidence of identity," said Mr. J. A. Harris, Police Magistrate, after listening to the police evidence in a case at Leeton Court on Friday, in which George Alfred Hughes (43)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For several hours firemen fought a huge blaze in the basement of G. E. Crane and Sons, Pty., Ltd.. hardwood merchants, Circular Quay, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"If fire broke out in the industrial area of Leeton with a strong southwesterly wind blowing, the cannery, butter factory, and other business…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fire Advisory Committee announces that a public campaign for the prevention and mitigation of bush fires this summer will open next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Carrathool Shire Council, at its meeting on Monday, made further are arrangements for the fighting of tush fires during the coming summer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DANGER to the town's important industrial area because of lack of fire hydrants will probably be remedied shortly, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now that spring has arrived and the weather is appreciably warmer, farmers' thoughts are turning again to harvesting time. Soon the summer will be upon us, with its attendant dangers of bush and grass fires, and now is the time for all who are concerned with the safety of land and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AS soon as instructions on the standard methods which will be adopted in the coming summer to fight bushfires throughout the State are received from the Forestry Commission, the Shire President will call a meeting of all district residents who will be affected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the inquiry to-day into a fire in a block of flats at Darlingh [?] on August 11, the City Coroner remarked that the evidence showed that the…
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