Burned to Death in Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday: An old-age pensioner was burnt to death when a two-storey home was badly damaged by fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires & bushfires, 1948
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The Motor World (News and Notes from the Nrma) Motorists and Bushfires
An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of Bush Fires is made by the NRMA & RACA…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cullivel Bush Fire Brigade Re-forms
Cullivel Bush Fire Brigade has been re-formed. With £23/3/9 in credit, the treasurer's financial statement was regarded as very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Adelong and District Volunteer Bush Fire Association Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Adelong and District Volunteer Bush Fire Association took place on Friday night last, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →21 Homeless After Qld. Camp Blaze
BRISBANE, Monday: Twenty-one people an homeless as a result of a fire which gutted a but in Holland Park Housing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Murray River Tourist Boat
Quick action by the skipper and hostess probably saved the lives of several people when the tourist paddle steamer "Murrumbidgee" was completely destroyed by fire on the Murray River near Moama…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Graziers Worried by Aerodrome Fire
Graziers from as far away, as eight miles In the Brawlin direction from Cootamundra made urgent telephone calls to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Local Hotel Prompt Action by Brigade
An outbreak of lire at the Tattersall's Hotel In Farmer atreet last night would have developed. into a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire at Grong Grong
A bush fire occurred on Monday last on Mr. Allen McGrathâs property at Grong Grong. Stripping was in progress in the paddock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Meagher's Bulk Store at Barmedman Accidental
WEST WYALONG, Friday: Police have been unable to discover any suspicious circumstances in connection with the fire at John Meagher and Company's bulk store at Barmedman on October 28…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Outbeak of Fire at Hotel in Wagga
The Australian Hotel Wagga, yesterday bad its third outbreak of fire in a week. All outbreaks were slight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barmedman Store Fire
WEST WYALONO. Monday— A Barmedman storekeeper, who has been charged with arson, was financed to the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Items Fire Outbreak
Mrs. D. V. Cheney was so upset when fire broke out in her home at 117 Murray Street. Wagga, yesterday morning that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prompt Action Stops Fire in Coota. Hotel
An outbreak of fire at the Tatersall's Hotel Cootamundr Wednesday night would have developoped into a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Fire in Bulk Store in Tompson St
The owner of a Wagga store in which a fire occurred on Saturday said yesterday it was a mystery how the fire could have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Meagher's Bulk Store at Barmedman Accidental
Police have been unable to discover anything suspicioris in connection with the fire at John Meagher and Co’s bulk store at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grass Fire at South Gundagai Prompt Action Saves Serious Outbreak
Prompt action by nearby residents prevented what could have developed into a major bush fire yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence at Fire Inquest Barmedman Storekeeper Was Partly Financed by Wagga Businessman
WEST WYALONG, Sunday: A Barmedman storekeeper, who has been charged with arson, was financed to the extent of £3900 by a Wagga company director, it was stated at a Coroner's Court here yesterday. THE West Wyalong Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra Council Warned On Fire Engine Costs
The Board of Fire Commissioners notified the Cootamundra Council last night that the cost of maintaining a second fire engine in Cootamundra would be "considerable," and would "form a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wood Yard on Fire Brigade has Busy Time
Goulburn firemen worked for eight hours to extinguish a fire which broke out in a woodyard containing 500 tons…
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