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992 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 50
The worst fire for over 30 years raged all day yesterday in the Tarcutta district, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Last night more than 700 men were fighting the fire, which had laid waste 8000 acres of valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the second time in a fortnight a bush fire raged in the Tarcutta district on Wednesday afternoon, and before it was extinguished it had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Every available man in the Ardlethan district turned out yesterday to fight a fire burning on a three-mile front a few miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Standing by with thier equipment ready to be transported to the fire at Tarcutta, members of the Tumbarumba Bush Fire Bridge and volunteers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some excitement was caused at 1 a.m. on Saturday last, when an unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard house in Hare Street, Marrar, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Every available man in the Ardlethan district turned out yesterday to fight a fire burning on a threemile front a few miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in the new cemetery, Tumut, at midday yesterday, and spread to adjoining properties, destroying Valuable grazing lands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday afternoon Mr. Dick OâBrien was driving a tractor along the Cottee Road from Brushwood near. Mr. G. Eisenhauerâs orchard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Standing by with their equipment ready to be transported to the fire at Tarcutta, members of the Tumbarumba Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At noon to-day a big fire started on the property of Mr. W Lowden, at Little Indigo, near Barnawartha. Swept by a gale travelling at close on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Details of the action in which a British trawler fired on a raiding German plane in the North Sea reveal that the vessel was one of four,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHILST members of the Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade and other authorities in Leeton were gathering up men and fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While other bodies controlling gas supplies are seeking to increase their charges, the Wagga Municipal Council last night decided to reduce the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Soviet bombers attacked the Swedish town of Pajala and set fire to one quarter of it. There were no deaths or injuries. A frontier village telephoned news of the passing over of the bombers, thus enabling the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RACING THROUGH THE BROBENAH DISTRICT YESTERDAY IN FRONT OF A HIGH WIND, FIRE SWEPT A TRACT ESTIMATED TO BE EIGHT MILES EAST AND WEST AND FIVE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH. MANY VALUABLE FARMING…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush fires were reported to be raging almost from Tarcutta to Batlow last night. The fires have been burning since Wednesday, and hundreds of fire fighters have been engaged in the colossal task of bringing the fires to a halt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When cranking his utility truck at Coolamon on Tuesday. Mr. T. H. Denner, aged 62 years, of Coolamon, sustained a broken wrist. The handle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tremendous damage has been done by a fire which occurred in the Adelong district on Thursday, and after raging all night on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Junee Fire Brigade has had four calls out this week. Three were for grass fires, while the fourth was a false alarm. During 1939 the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late last night a fire which had been razing on a five-mile front to the Brobenah district and was advancing in the direction of the town…
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