£50 Fine for Careless Use of Fire
At the Beaufort (Vic.) Police Court last week two men were each fined £50one charge of careless use of fire. The men who were [?]…
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Bush Fires Conference at Junee
At the last meeting of the Illabo Shire Council the recent bush fires in the southern district, which had such disastrous result, were…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Applications received from more than 1000 persons who suffered in the western district and northeastern bush fires…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: The disastrous fire which developed in the open out at Yallourn coalfield on Monday was locally extinguished to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Convicted on a charge of having caused a fire which damaged other persons property Albert Green, of Gambrook, was…
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The Junee Fire Brigade, under Captain, W. Edwards, was called out to a bush fire on Mr. J. P. Armstrong's farm land at Junee South yesterday…
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At Friday's meeting of the Good-radigbee Shire Council, the president (Mr C. Grogan) said the Railway Commissioner had been reported as…
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The Bush Fire Relief Committee, which last week interviewed landholders and inspected areas devastated by bush fire in the Muttama-Bethungra,…
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Financial relief for bush fire sufferers will be made available at once. Announcing this the Premier (Mr W. J. McKell) said that the…
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About 100,000 acres of grasslands were swept by fire in the country between the Burro. River and the Lechlan River on Wednesday and…
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A man was accidentally killed while fighting a bush fire which occured last week on the property of Mr Hyles of Bungendore…
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MELBOURNE. Sun.—The severely burned body of William M'Nalr. of Morwell. who had been missing in the Jeeralang district since the bush…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade received three calls over the week-end. The only outbreak, however, that caused any damage was the fire which…
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A fire at the newly erected railway engine round house at Junee destroyed a tarpaulin covering, 35 bags of cement The later were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Hit by German Air Raiders Capital Ringed by Fires Many Casualties
LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.). The Germans on Friday night failed in their biggest bid since the big raids of 1941 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fireman Injured in Sydney Fire Well Known in Wagga
A popular officer of the Wagga Fire Brigade until his transfer to Sydney two years ago. First-Class Fireman Thomas O'Dea, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Temora Fire Lutheran Church Damaged Early on Saturday Morning
For the second time in 15 months, the Lutheran Church in Victoria strict, Temora, has been damaged by fire. The last outbreak occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are Cigarettes to Blame? For Starting Bush Fires
At last meeting of the Goodradigbee Shire Council the president (Cr. c. Grogan) said the Railway Commissioner had been reported saying that…
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Donations to the Cootamundra Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade's fund for the purchase of new equipment have now reached over £100, mainly…
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A grass fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon on a portion of land belonging to Mr. Percy Choy. Approximately 50 acres of grass…
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