Splendid Save in Griffith Blaze
DAMAGE exceeding £100 was caused to stock in a shed at the rear of the Griffith Newsagensy by an outbreak of fire on…
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954 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 48
Strong Plea for More Powerful Fire Engine Officer Here Next Week to Hear Case
NEXT Wednesday an officer of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades will be visiting Leeton and during the afternoon will hear a strong case…
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Reports from country districts recently received by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, and from Field Officers of the Rural Bank, indicate…
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The laddie who had a £400 car destroyed by fire on the Hume Highway, may extract some consolation from the fact that he was more than ordinarily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in Wagga Three Over Week-end Mother Rescues Child
Promp action by a mother enabled her to save her three-year-old son when the bedding, on which he was sleeping, caught fire late on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Depot Fire Engineer Killed NEWCASTLE
Mr. M. Nathan, engineer, of Greenwich (Sydney), was blown to pieces when an explosion occurred and caused a huge fire in one of the oil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scouting Notes Bushfires—a Phase of National Emergency
It is almost inevitable that bushfires will occur during the present summer, just as they have occurred in past years, and it is well that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevention of Bush Fires
With the approach of the Christmas and New Year holidays the Bush Fires! Advisory Committee makes an earnest appeal to all picnickers, campers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Some Advice on Their Prevention
With the approach of the Christmas and New Year holidays the Bush Fires Advisory Committee makes an earnest appeal to all picnickers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire at Beckom 200 FIGHTERS Property Owner Badly Burned BECKOM
Fire brigades from Beckom, Ardiethan, Ariah Park, and Ganmain, assisted by more than 100 volunteers, fought heroically for five hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Sydney Sydney
A fire this morning destroyed three floors of an auctioneer's building in Harrington street, City. Firemen who ventured inside the building at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Open Fire London
It is reported from Utrecht (Holland), that Anti-aircraft batteries fired on a number of unidentified foreign planes flying over the city at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 Acres Burnt in Colinroobie Fire
APPROXIMATELY 1000 acres, including 600 acres of crop, was burnt at Mr. Ingle's property at Colinrooble by a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Fire at Planes London
It is reported from Utrecht (Holland) that anti-aircraft batteries fired on number of unidentified foreign planes. flying over the city at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crop Burnt at Birrego Big Fire Narrowly Averted
Starting near a hay pressing plant, apparently from a spark from the engine, on Mr. A. C. Aston's Hillview property at Birrego, a fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Fire Danger Great Care Needed by Visitors to River
THE approaching Christmas and New Year holidays will be a danger period in the heavily-grassed river frontages, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire 14 Miles U.s.a's Longest-range Field Gun
The United States, states the Scientific American, now has a field gun which has fired a projectile farther than any other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreak at Beckom More Than 200 Fight Flames Property Owner Badly Burned
Fire brigades from Beckom, Ardlethan. Ariah Park and Ganmain, assisted by more than 100 volunteers, fought heroically for five hours yesterday to…
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Reports from Ardlethan yesterday indicated that the bush fire that had caused so much concern in that district on Monday had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevention of Bush Fires
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee commends the thoughtful application of the following precautionary rules in an effort to prevent possible outbreaks:…
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