Men Trapped in Ship's Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A fire below decks on a former LIST trapped six workmen at Balmain today…
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Fire on "Berthong"
A fire, cause of which is unknown. yesterday burned 250 acres on "Berthong" station, Wallendbeen. The fire was first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Device to Fight Oil Fires. Blazing Tank Beaten In Five Seconds
Oil tank fires that usually rage for hours before they can be checked are now brought uner control in a few…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The total prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open on coastal and tableland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good response to Tarcutta bushfire appeal
More than £500 was recently donated by the people of the Tarcutta district to purchase fire-fighting equipment for the Tarcutta Bushfire Brigade…
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Can this Temora comment be applied as apply to Gundagai? “ Concern is being expressed…
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A fierce grass fire lasting one and a half hours, yesterday swept through 250 acres of Mr. R. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack of Organisation Deplored Public Meeting Discusses Bush Fire Problems
Lack of organisation and total absence of any liason between brigades was the theme for lengthy discussion at the…
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During the past fortnight Mr. R. Heinecke has conducted a competition for a fat sheep, and at the week-end was able to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boree Creek News Fire Danger
During the week a couple of minor outbreaks of fire were a grim reminder that the hazard is not yet over. One night recently Mr. Kelly woke…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Legislative Assembly tomorrow win consider a motion, that a Royal Commission be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tax Deferments Given to 23 Local Farmers Taxation Officers' Interviews on Fire Losses
More local landholders than in any other town in the itinerary of two Taxation Department officers visited them in Cootamundra to seek deferment of amounts of fheir provisional tax because of bush…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: A 100-year-old 25-room former mansion at Mt. Elvelyn, housing 20 Dutch and Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire in Bethungra District Thousand Acres Burnt Out
Lightning started a grass fire on Mr. Phil. Ashton's "Coreena" property, Bethungra, on Saturday night, and 1000 acres were…
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The Illabo Shire Council may call a conference of the Bush Fire brigades in the Junee district with two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire in the Eurongilly Area Between 700 and 800 Acres Burned
Lightning started a bushfire on "Oorvennn ", Mr. Phil Ashton's property in the Burconglly district, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Hurt, One Arreste[?] As Result of Fire at Wagga Fitzmaurice Street Blaze
Four men were injured and a few hundred pounds worth of damage were believed to have been caused as a result of a fire which on Saturday afternoon swept through a shop and an adjoining flat in Fitzmaurice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Odd Column Fires Start in a Variety of Ways
There has been a variety of ways in which recent fires have started lately. Up Gundagai way, it was alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1,875 for Bush Fire Relief
The granddaughter of a Riverina Pioneer has sent £1,875 to the M.V.D.L. Headquarters at Albury to assist its work of…
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