Fourth Holbrook Bush Fire in Past Week
A bushfire which destroyed about 1000 acres of valuable grazing land, haystacks and hundreds of bags of wheat raged through a soldier…
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Fire at Flemington Racecourse
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A are today caused £10,000 damage to the main bill stand at Flemington racecourse…
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This picture shows the remains of the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Thorley at Charleville Road, Wagga. The house was destroyed by fire at the weekend. A fund has been opened for the family of six…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: In Parramatta Court today. five men were fined £20 each for fulling to extinguish an open…
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Damage estimated at "thousands and thousands of pounds" was caused when a bushfire cut a disastrous 40-mile swathe from Tullibigeal to…
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The prohibition of the lighting of fires in the open air has been extended until midnight on Wednesday, January 9. This…
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Heaps of debris comprising inflammable rubbish of all kinds, including deep layers of compressed garden refuse, street sweepings, old tyres,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2 million dollar fire in Canada
TRENTON, Ontario, Thursday (A.A.P.): Damage estimated at 2,000,000 dollars was caused yesterday when…
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TAMWORTH, Friday: Every available man in Warialda and from miles around was fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Christmas Hill" Again in Hands' of Allies in Korea Heavy Fire Beaten Down
TOKYO, Friday (AAP-Reuter): Once more "Christmas Hill" has changed hands, and is now held by Allied troops, who were ousted from the important position by Communist troops under the cover of darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night Fire Threatened Danger Fire Engine Taken To Danger Area Second Bushfire On Lindley’s Property
As flames shot high into the air, illuminating the township of Gundagai, on Thursday night week, the local Volunteer Fire Brigade drove the big fire engine to South Gundagai and was stationed on the hill near the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Possum Fouled Lines and Caused Crass Fire
A possum is suspected of having started a bush fire which broke out on Mr. Cyril Derrick's property in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Districts Most Serious Fire Presumed to Have Been Staked by Party of Duckshooters
THREE DUCK SHOOTERS WERE SEEN TO JUMP IN A CAR AND WAVE A CRASS FIRE WHICH THEY ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ILLABO DISTRICT ABOUT MIDDAY ON NEW…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Lightning during severe electrical storms on the Clarence today started fires on two cane…
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An outbreak of fire occurred on Brookong on Christmas Eve and destroyed about a hundred acres of crop owned jointly by Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jap. binoculars to spot fires in Riverina
The District Forestry Officer at Wagga (Mr. B. U. Byles) said yesterday that his office had acquired two large Japanese naval binoculars for use in spotting fires in State Forests in Riverina. The binoculars had already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Power Driven Bush Fire Units. Illabo Experience. Indicates Limitations
Power driven bush fire fighting units have their limitations, according to experience gained by the Illabo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires, rabbits, discussed by Narrandera Graziers
The bushfire and rabbit infestation menaces, decentralisation and the success of the C.S.I.R.O., in conjunction with the Federal Government in producing a substitute for jute, were discussed at the annual meeting of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. and South Riverma, held at Narrandera…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denies Shooters Started Fire. Young Man's Claim On Illabo Reperts
A young Jupee man called to the "Southern Cross" of five yesterday to deny that those persons who Shot ducks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protect Your Home Against Bushfires
"Keep doors and windows closed when bushfires are near your house, said a CSIRO spokesman. This simple advice is…
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