£500 for Bush Fire Relief in Gundagai District
A cheque far £500 was received by the Gundagai Shire Council, being a disbursement from the Sports Skill Competition…
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£100,000 fire in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Monday : Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which burnt out the top two…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two attempts have been made over the past few days to burn down the milk bar of Mr. W. C. Scott,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Y.a.h.s. Destroys Maids Quarters
A disastrous fire at the Yanco Agricultural High School on Friday last destroyed the maids quarters…
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A Mangoplah grazier, Patrick Leo Lloyd, told the Bushfire Inquiry yesterday that he did not know, if the fire on January 22 had broken out from a point in the centre of a burned-off section…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Bushfires caused at least £6,500,000 damage in New South Wales between October 1951 and March 1952, the State bushfire committee has reported to the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mangoplah Fire Caused. Burning Tree Stu[?] Says Witness Bushfire inquiry
The Mangoplah fire on January 24 was restarted on Grinter's by sparks from a burning tree stamp, Walter Mohr. of "Glengu[?] yesterday at the Bushfire Inquiry. The sparks fell into clover,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The projected clash between Aerofoil and liquid Fire in Saturday's Flying Handicap at Randwick should provide the highlight of the meeting according to today's…
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The Tumbarumba Bush Fire Victims' Relief Committee acknowledges with thanks the following donations: Fodder…
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Bush fires caused at least £6½ million damage in New South Wales between October, 1951, and March, 19E2, the State Bush Fire Committee has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Breaks Were Not Adequate-mangoplah Witness
Mangoplah grazier Walter Mohr, told the Bushfire Inquiry yes[?]that at the time of burning-off operations on the railway line in that he did not consider the ploughed breaks provided were adequate to a fire…
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SYDNEY, Thursday — Oversight, who won the Moorebank Handicap at Randwick last Saturday, was the outstanding…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: An 18-year-old youth died in a vain bid to rescue a seven-year-old boy from a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Y.A.H.S. Destroys Maids' Quarters
A disastrous fire at the Yanco Agricultural High School on Friday last destroyed the maids' quarters with the exception of the bathroom and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Took Fencing Posts for Fire Wood District Resident Fined On Stealing Charge
THE wood piled high in the back yard of well known Willie Ploma resident, Gordon Chandler, and thoughts of cosy log fires during the bleak days of winter, warmed the cockles of the hearts of all at the Chandlery—hut the freeze…
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The "Daily Telegraph" and "Sunday Telegraph" Rugby League Skill Competitions already have earned £4300 for…
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The cause of the fire, which totally destroyed the premises of the Murrumbldgee Sand and Gravel Company on…
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At Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council the Shire Celrk (Mr. C. E. Jepsen) submitted the following report:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Witness Questioned on Burning Off by Railwaymen Bushfire Inquiry
A witness at the Bushfire Inquiry yesterday said that he could not understand how the fire at Mangoplah on January 22 could have spread if railwaymen had properly patrolled the burnt-off area along the railway line. The witness was 19-year-old…
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