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418 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 21
SYDNEY, Wednesday: With most of the State baking under the second day of a heatwave and swept by dry westerly winds, the bushfire danger in N.S.W. increased today when serious outbreaks raged along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday: Six persons were killed and many injured in one of Adelaide's most tragic fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special provisions designed to, protect "be hervest from losses by fire were announced at the week end by the Acting Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There was some excitement at the Gundagai saleyards yesterday after-afternoon when the interior of a car burst into flames. Buyers and agents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Baddeley stated that on the recommendation of the Bush Fire Advisory Committee conditions had been proscribed under the Careless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire which gutted a storehouse at Barmedman last night was prevented by volunteer firemen and civilians from spreading to adjacent buildings, and probably saved the major portion of the town from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early reports in reference to the Barmedman fire yesterday were exaggerated. The fire occurred at a shed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five people were burned to death on Wednesday night in a fire which raced through a crowded restaurant in the centre of Adelaide. All were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Within the past four days, two big fires have caused serious loss to the Barmedman business community. On Thursday last there was a £9000 blaze in Barmedman, when the town’s largest store, that of John Meagher and Co bad it store…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barmedman's second largest store was gutted by fire last night. Damage is estimated at nearly £7000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A detective will go to Barmedman from Wagga today to investigate the town's second major fire within four days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Regulations governing the lighting of fires in the open air were announced by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A general store at Barmedman, gutted by fire on Sunday night, was guarded by police last night pending the arrival of a member…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A general store at Barmedman, gutted by fire on Sunday night, was guarded by police last night pending the arrival of a member of the Arson Squad from Sydney this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →KEMPSEY, Tuesday.—A mother accidentally dropped her two-months-old baby boy into a pool of blazing petrol as she…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wagga detective went to Balmedman yesterday (Monday) to investigate the town's second major fire within four days. Police station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several people have been questioned by detectives investigating circumstances in which a general stope at Barmedman was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several people have been questioned by detectives investigating circumstances in which a general store at Barmedman was gutted by fire on Sunday night. THE store, conducted by M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several people have been questioned by detectives investigating circumstances in which a general store at Barmedman was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The lack of practically any fire-fighting equipment and the complete absence of any organised body to use it, was…
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