Bush Fire at Gocup Sweeps Through Several Properties Losses of Sheep
A serious bush fire broke out at 1 pm. on Wednesday on Little Minjary, Gocup, 8 miles from Tumut, definitely caused by the lightning which…
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Stopped at Fire-break Blaze in High Wind
DESPITE the heavy wind which was blowing on Tuesday afternoon, fire-fighters managed to extinguish a grass-fire which…
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A fire occurred in the Wagga Muni-cipal Council's yard in Tarcutta-street yesterday morning. The Wagga Fire Brigade was called and with the use of…
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Detectives are not yet certain whether the fire at the distribution depot of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty., Ltd., Yarraville, last night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public View [?] the Burra Road Fire The Editor. Tumbarumba Times
Sir,-- As the Times has already made reference to the outbreak of lire on the Burra road, neat McCabe's Creek, would voa please grant me space to make a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Fire Thousands of Pounds Damage at Vacuum Oil Co. Depot Melbourne
Thousands of pounds damage Was caused by a mysterious fire which broke out at the petrol and kerosene dock at the national distributing depot of the…
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A fire, which could very easily have! assumed grave proportions, occurred the Royal Hotel on Sunday afternoon last. Luckily, it was discovered…
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A seven-roomed weather board house with verandah in front and one side, with guessed-in sleepout fibro cement lined, on the .southern outskirts of the…
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The Junee Fire Brigade was called out at 3.30 a.m. yesterday to a fire in an unoccupied four-roomed weather-board cottage in William-street, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Show Great Army and Air Force Review Old and New Diggers March Together Fire Damages Stand Sydney
As a finale to the big army ana R.A.A.F. review at the Royal Show to-night, a cavalry gallop was carried out by a composite squadron of 150 Light…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Near Manly Many Homes Threatened Sydney
Many newly built homes between Manly and Middle Harbor were threatened with fire for house to-day. Thick bushland became alight and hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I.R.A. Convicts Mutiny in Dartmoor Warders Seized: Fire Started London
On the eve of the celebrations in Eire to mark the Easter rising of 1916, several Irish Republican Army convicts mutinied in Dartmoor this…
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An exhibit of considerable interest to country visitors to this year's Royal Easter Show in Sydney will he found in the Agricultural Hall, where…
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This (Tuesday) afternoon a bush fire occurred on the property of Mr. Thos. Bond, of "Yarran," Lockhart. The Lockhart and Osborne Bush Fire…
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An exhibit of considerable interest to country visitors to this year's Royal Easter Show in Sydney will be found in the Agricultural Hall where…
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The Leeton Fire Brigade effected a smart save early yesterday morning, when a fire broke out in a cafe conducted by Mr. Harry Rally, in…
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After the disastrous bush fires which occurred last year throughout New South Wales and Victoria, Mr. Tom Collins made successful…
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A number of serious bush fires broke out on the south coast to-day. Several houses were destroyed near the Bulli Pass. Fierce outbreaks occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze Minus Onlookers Cafe Proprietor Handles Fire-Hose Alone Interior Fittings of Shop Destroyed
MOST extraordinary angle of a blaze which destroyed the interior fittings of a Leeton cafe in the early hours of Wednesday morning was that—in contrast to the general rule at fires—not one member of the public was present to view the spectacle of the conflagration…
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There was a good response of fire-fighter to a call for help from Frampton on Wednesday, and the fire was put out after about an hour's work…
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