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992 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 50
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused in Brunswick to-day when a fire swept through a wire-weaving factory, leaving it in smoking ruins. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the early hours of Friday morning a fire broke out in a cottage in Shaw-street, Wagga, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Patterson, who at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A four months old baby, Leslie Thomas Monks, was fatally burned under mystifying circumstances when his stroller pram caught alight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A chip bath heater which ignited wearing apparel hanging behind the door of a Palm Avenue home was the cause of a fire alarm which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owing to the exceptionally dry weather conditions prevailing, the Bushfires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dry weather continues to prevail in Queensland and the Government Meteorologist has issued a warning about the risk of bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the dry weather conditions prevailing, the Bush Fire Advisory Committee has issued an appeal to N.S.W. Councils to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] at £2000 was done by fire at the Hotel Max at Moree on Sunday afternoon. The fire began in the celling of the dining-room,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enemy air attacks last night were mainly against London and suburbs. Several fires were started but were all under control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meeting of the Willimbong Shire Council last night strong protests were made against the treatment accorded members of country fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"October and November have been proclaimed by many shire councils as prohibited months for the burning-off of stubble and litter. The voluntary recognition of prohibited months for carelessness by all citizens would be a splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred in a woodshed at the residence of Lieut. Purves, of 19 Jackson-street, Wagga, yesterday afternoon. The rear of the woodshed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Junee firemen on Thursday had their first call out to a fire this season. It was on the Illabo road on the border of the municipality, three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Air Ministry states that Blenheim fighter-bombers started fires at the rate of one a minute when they dropped three tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iron Guards from a neighboring house fired hundreds of revolver shots into the garden of the villa rented by the Air Attache (Lord Forbes) and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adverse weather conditions restricted operations by British bombers last night. Nevertheless, widespread military objectives in Germany and enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I attribute the absence of bush fires during the past few weeks to the magnificent work I have put in over the air, exhorting city folk to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe bush fires are raging in the East Gippsland. Omeo, Orbost and Bairnsdale districts. Telegraph wires are down at Orbost. while only one telephone wire is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHILE little damage of an actual material nature was done, an unusual fire in Leeton yesterday morning destroyed an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 100 acres of grass were burned when a fire started shortly after two o'clock yesterday on Mr. Richard Renwood's Cunningdroo property near…
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