Dame Fortune Helps Bush Fire Victim
Dame Fortune plays some funny tricks—at least that is what Mr. W. J. Cutler, of Umbaugo, Tarcutta. thought when he was advised…
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Bush Fires Nearing Burrinjuck Dam And on Gundagai Common GUNDAGAI
Bush fires which started About a fortnight ago on the Gunnong pastoral company's "Fairview" property at Tomorroma, yesterday swept…
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A glow in the southern sky which appeared to be just outside the municipal boundary, caught 'the attention of thousands of residents last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Wagga
The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out early yesterday afternoon to a fire which had broken out In some wood at Hardy's brickworks in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tumut
On Monday morning a fire broke cut in a room adjoining the kitchen at the Chinese Camp, Fitzroy-street, Tumut. The flames had a good hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Fights Fire Alone
Prompt and courageous action by Mrs. C. L. Hunt, wife or the teacher at the Warroo Public School, saved the Warroo school residence from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kooba Fire Thousand Pounds Damage Caused Man Bound Over GRIFFITH
A lighted match, accidentally dropped by William Henry Scobie on Kooba Station on Thursday, February 8. was responsible for causing £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Timber Mills Abandoned MELBOURNE
Bush fires which are sweeping through, timbered country in the TanJil Bren area have caused the abandonment of 10 Umber mills…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Timber Mills Abandoned Women and Children Evacuated MELBOURNE
Bush fires which are sweeping through timbered country in the Tanjil Bren area have caused the abandonment of 10 timber mills. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires Near Katoomba Katoomba
A cloud of smoke hangs over the mountains as bush fires continue to rage in the valleys, fanned by a strong wind. At Hazelbrook to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jugiong News Fire Brigade Activities
Mr. E. P. Weissel, captain of the Jugiong-Volunteer Bush-fire Brigade submitted the following report to the recent meeting of the brigade:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Murrami Police Recommend Prosecution Discussion by Council Leeton
At the meeting of the Willimbong Shire Council last night there was a long discussion as to whether a farmer of Murrami should be prosecuted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Organisation 600 Brigades SYDNEY
The secretary of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Mr. C. Mack, said today that 600 volunteer fire-fighting brigades existed in vulnerable areas…
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1.—Matches. Be sure that your match is out. Break it in two before you throw it away. 2.—Tobadco. Be sure that pipe…
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The Cootamundra Bush Fire alarm rang this morning for a fire which broke out on Mr. Jim Emery's property at Bute. It was heading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire in Borambola District More Than 100 Acres Destroyed
When a motor lorry backfired shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the surrounding grassland caught fire and 60 acres in Wokolena, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Victorian Towns Swept by Flames Lives Lost, and Vast Damage Wrought MELBOURNE
Still clutching his beloved bagpipes. Leslie Forbes. an elderly man, was found at the bottom of a well into which he had fallen while running…
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At 1.30 a.m. to-day Mrs. â[?] Chaplin, sleeping with to the of her children on the verandah of her [?] weatherboard home in Method Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prosecution to Follow Murrami Blaze Divided Opinion in Council
A PROSECUTION under the Careless Use of Fire Act is to be launched against, a district farmer, following a fire at…
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