£5000 District Bushfire
IN the worst bushfire in the history of the Holbrook district, sheep and cattle estimated to be worth…
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346 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 18
Holbrook Fire Sweeps South; Threat to Town
SYDNEY, Monday: Almost all of the population of the small town of Jingellic, near Holbrook, were to-night fighting a bushfire which is approaching the outskirts of the town…
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The bushfire which swept within 12 miles of the small border township of Jingellic, near Holbrook, was reported last night to be under control. Firefighters have been encircling the blaze with…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: Fire caused damage estimated at £25,000 to the Heidelberg Motor But Company's premises early today. Police are investigating a theory that the fire was…
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It is estimated that £7,000's worth of stock was saved on Tuesday by the prompt and efficeent work of the Volunteer brigade…
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ALBURY, Mon: The bushfire at Holbrook, which devastated about 12,000 acres of grazing…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by fire which gutted Macquitty House, Regent street, early this morning. Several floors collapsed, and only the shell of a…
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A woodheap in the rear of the business premises of Messrs Hogon. Barker and Rumble, was almost totally destroyed by fire…
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Yesterday's rain in Riverina centres would help reduce the fire hazard and freshen up lucerne crops, said the district agronomist (Mr. T. S. Rudkin). Falls ranged from 35 points in Wagga to 180…
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Early on Friday week, a newly erected 6 roomed house belonging to the Osmond family was completely gutted by fire. The…
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About 10.15 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out in the drying room at the Tumut District hospital. The blaze was quickly got under control by…
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CAPETOWN, Tuesday: A fresh bush fire broke out at Simonstown Naval Base yesterday, a few hours after the…
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A fire broke out in the drying room at the Tumut District Hospital. The blaze was quickly got under control by employees with…
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About 10.15 a.m. last Monday fire broke out in the drying room at the Tumut District Hospital. The blaze was quickly got under control by…
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A showman was serevely burnt at Orange last week when a hoop la stall, of which he was in charge, caught fire…
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NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.): Two famines died to fires in the United States yesterday. A 38-year-old mother and her…
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GOOLAMON. Monday — A weatherboard house in Wade street, owned by Mr. J. Fahey, was destroyed by fire. The cause…
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COOLAMON, Sun: A Weatherboard cottage in Wade Street, owned by Mr. J. Fahey, was destroyed by fire last night…
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The Shire Clerk (Mr. Austin Thompson) presented the following report to the meeting of the Shire Council on Thursday, night:—…
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No cause can be assigned to the fire, on Saturday night last, which gutted the five-roomed weatherboard dwelling, in Wade…
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