Fencing Destroyed Bt Fire
A grass fire behind the National Bank in Baylis-street yesterday afternoon spread to a fence and eight panels of fencing were severely…
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To Discuss Fire Fighting Needs
Alderman Griffin, the representative of local government bodies on the N. S. W. Board of Fire Commissioners, has been invited to come to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire in Stockinbingal District 3000 Acres Destroyed
Three thousand acres of grassland and stubble were destroyed by fire in the stockinbingal district yesterday, as well as miles of fencing and a few…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blaze at Batlow
On Sunday about 100 volunteers were out quelling a fire on Timmls' Bald Hill, which had got away from a patch of scrub owing to a change in the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£60,000 Damage Swagman Sent to Gaol for Starting Fire Melbourne
Alleged to have caused a fire which swept 500,000 acres of country from Mortlake to Camperdown, causing £60,000 worth of damage, James…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dudauman Bush Fire
There were about 1000 acres of grass, stubble, a little fencing, and a few head of stock burnt at the bush fire at Dudaumon on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Failure to Extinguish a Fire
Before Mr. Grugeon, P.M., at Murrumburrah court, Joseph Coddington was charged with leaving a fire in the open air without extinguishing it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mahonga
Sunday week witnessed one of the most serious bush fires experienced for years in the Mahonga and surrounding districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Commissioners Threaten Prosecutions to Motorists Racing Fire-engine
Following great inconvenience, caused by flying pebbles from the wheels of cars racing past the Leeton fire-engine so as to be first at the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wodonga Factory
A fire occurred at the Wodonga butter factory yesterday. The Albury Fire Brigade attended. Ernest Morphett, of Wodonga, was burnt about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Careless Use of Fire
George Thurling was fined £10 at the Wyalong Police Court yesterday when a charge under the careless Use of Fires Act was brought against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Application for Additional Fire-Fighting Gear
Alderman Griffin, Mayor of Bathurst and representative of Shires and Municipalities on the N. S. W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Leeton on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire On Mr. M. Doherty's Farm
Only this afternoon was the fire which started on Mr. M. J. Doherty's farm, Brookong North, on Friday evening, thoroughly extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Near Tumut Tumut
Hundreds of firelighters from the Gundagat and Tumut areas were fighting a serious bush fire last night at Gocup, about eight miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Bush Fire Outbreak Near Tumut Many Brigades Busy
Hundreds of firefighters from the Gundagai and Tumut areas were fighting a serious bushfire last night at Gocup, about eight miles from Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hampden Bridge
The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out yesterday afternoon to a fire which had broken out in the decking of the northern side of the Hampden Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Fires Heavy Stud Sheep Losses Melbourne
An officer of the Department of Agriculture, who lias returned from the grazing and agricultural areas recently, estimates that the bush fires caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Lockhart Farming Machinery Destroyed Lockhart
A fire broke out this afternoon on the property of Mr. M. J. Doherty, farmer, of Brookong North, and destroyed a machinery shed, stables,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gocup Bush Fire Under Control After Great Fight Extensive Damage
After working all night, the army of men fighting the bush fire at Gocup, near Tumut, on Tuesday night, had it under control yesterday morning…
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