Forest Fires
SYDNEY, Wed.: Twenty-six State forests had been involved in bushfires during the last 24 hours up to 9 a.m…
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Big Boorowa Blaze £20,000 Damage In Tuesday Morning’s Fire
In a heavy hailstorm firemen fought a blaze which roared through a block of sheds, offices, a timber yard, hardware store, garage, welding works and a home before it was put out, after causing £20,0001 worth of damage, at…
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Fire -which damaged a store in Deane Street, Albury on Tuesday, threatened a block of shops…
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DARWIN, Wed.: Believed by experts to be one of the biggest in history, a fire has burned out 1,250,000 acres in…
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With strong westerly winds springing up in the bush fire devastated area of the North Coast…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bushfires which are still raging out of control on the North Coast have already caused more than £1-million worth of damage…
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The annual meeting of the above was held on Monday of last week, those present being: Messrs C. E. Altus (In the chair), R. McLead C…
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ALBURY, Thursday: [?] fire tonight gutted a she[?] the rear of Foy and G[?] Dean Street store, 30 [?]…
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SYDNEY, Friday—Near gale force westerly winds, which yesterday rekindled huge bush…
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ALBURY, Friday—A fire last night gutted a shed at the rear of Foy and Gibson's Dean street store, 30 yards from the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Bushfires in State Forests have assumed grave proportions, and much valuable timber has already been lost in 621 of these forests, the Minuter for…
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SYDNEY, Friday: More than 6000 acres timber in the Burrawan State Forest, near [?]dail, on the North Coast, is threatened by a [?] bushfire out break…
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Police believe an electrical fault caused the fire at Boorowa last week. The fire destroyed a house,…
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SYDNEY, Monday: State forestry officials at Kendall, on the North Coast, said today they believed a firebug was responsible for a bushfire which today threatens " Queen's Lake State…
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A 17-year-old girl desperately fought to prevent her, father being burned to death in a home at Lavington (near Albury)…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday— Forestry officials are maintaining a round-the-clock watch for [?]bugs who are believed to be…
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A 17-year-old girl desperately fought to prevent her father being burned to death in a home at Lavington (near Albury) early this…
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Wagga Fire Brigade was called out yesterday to extinguish a rubbish fire which got out of control on the river…
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CINCINNATI, Monday: Pour persons were killed and 10 injured in a fire that gutted a tenement building here…
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Police believe an electrical fault caused the fire at Boorowa last week. The fire at Boorowa last week. The fire destroyed a house…
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