"Barrier tips Liquid Fire to continue wins
SYDNEY, Thursday: Liquid Fire, unbeaten at his last three starts, should continue, the sequence by winning the Flying Handicap at Randwick on Saturday…
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Mangoplah Grazier Were Apathetic, Witness Claims Bushfire inq[?]
Graziers whose properties lay in the path of the Mangoplah [?]which re-started on January 24 last had been apathetic in answering appeal to help keep under control the area burnt two days earlier. Charles Harper, Maxwell…
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An account received from the Whitton Bush Fire Brigade for petrol and oil used in its fire fighting engine for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lockhart Conference on Bush Fire Control Interesting Comment and Suggestions
Convened by the Lockhart Shire Council, an important conference was held at Lockhart Shire Hall recently, to which councillors and representatives of district bush fire brigades were invited. The attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Witness Describes Fires Lit by Grazier at Westby Bushfire inquiry [?]
"I saw Mr. Edwards light three fires on January 24 outside my [?] fence on the Westby Road, then get into his car and drive away," [?] Royden Peacock, of "Stone Hut," Westby, told die Bushfire [?] yesterday…
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Ashley Royden Peacock told the Bushfire inquiry yesterday that Henry T. Edwards, of Pullitop, did not ask his permission to light [?] fires on January 24 on the Westby-Clifton Road, alongside his [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother Saves Son From Fire Ripped Cupboard Doors Off
SYDNEY, Wednesday—A woman ripper off the blazing doors of a cupboard in a Vaucluse home today to rescue her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Inquiry Enters 16th Day of Hearing Westby fire evidence
At the 16th day of the Bushfire Inquiry yesterday a further witness related how he had seen Henry T. Edwards, Pullitop, light four or five fires at Westby with the object of burning a break…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edwards Explains Why He Lit Fires at Westby Bushfire Inquiry
Henry Tollmache Edwards, grazier, of Pullitop, claimed at the [?] fire Inquiry yesterday that he had authority from a vice captain of a [?] fire brigade to light three fires on January 24 on die Westby-Clifton [?] adjacent to Peacock's boundary fence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finding on Cause of Fire at Mangoplah Given Next Month Inquiry adjourned to June
The District Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott) yesterday adjourned the [?] fire Inquiry to June 23, when he will return his finding on the cause [?] Mangoplah fire on January 22. The probe into the origin and cause of the fires at Ladysmith [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want bushfire organisation like N.E.S.
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Government will be urged to establish an organisation similar to the wartime National…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Licences for Bushfire Brigades
In answer to a question asked by Mr. D. E. Fairbairn, M.H.R., in the House recently, the following reply has been…
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In answer to a question asked by Mr. D. E. Fairbairn, M.H.R. in the House recently, the following reply has been received by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Pile of Rubbish
A fire broke out in a large pile of gum tree branches and rubbish on the vacant portion of the W.C and I.C. depot premises in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.) Bushfire help To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser"
Sir—We desire to note our appreciation and thanks to those who rendered help at the fire on January 25 last…
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While the floods are the current topic of conversation, interest is maintained in many quarters in the possible outcome of the bushfire inquiry, which adjourned last Friday to June 23. Speculation on the cause of the disastrous fires which last January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Engines Collide Three Killed; Six Injured
NEW YORK, Tuesday — Three firemen were killed and six others seriously injured in a collision between two fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Arrested: Fire Sequel
SYDNEY, Tues.: a young, unmarried woman was arrested at Armidale today in connection with the burning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Victims Get £1200
The New South Wales Bushfire Relief Committee yesterday allocated another £1200 from proceeds of the Daily Telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family of five killed in fire
BOSTON, Sunday (AAP): Five members of the same family were killed yesterday and an 18-year-old relative…
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