Big Fire at Milbrulong Two men injured in burning stubble
Two men were injured at a bush fire which occurred along The Rock-Oaklands railway line near the Quandong Tank between…
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Fences and pastures lost in fire Stock Saved From Flames
A fire which started on Mr. Schirmer's property on Friday afternoon got away into the Fivebough Swamp and driven by a strong westerly wind raged with great fury through the long grass and scrub, spreading to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire fear in Ungari district
Fanners in the Ungarie district were filling every available mobile water tank to feed dock and as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce fire in Wagga backyard
A fierce fire late last night damaged about 100 rubber - coaled aluminium aircraft tanks in a yard at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumbarumba Fire Blazing Two Days
Forty firefighters equipped with bulldozers and a roadgrader late last night were still fighting a bushfire which started on Monday afternoon in the Burra Valley, five miles east of Tumbarumba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jugiong Boy Recovering Burned in Fire
The condition of 15-year-old Ted Stevens, who was burned about the face, legs, and arms in a bush fire at Jugiong on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Recovering After Being Burned in Fire
The condition of 15-year-old Ted Stevens, who was burned about the face, legs and arms in a bushfire at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga farmers warned Tractors and Bushfires
A spokesman for the Wagga District Office of the Forestry Commission said yesterday that many fanners did not realise that tractors were the cause of countless grassfires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Funeral of Bushfire Victim
The funeral of the late Edward Joseph ("Ned") Naughtin, who died as a result of burns sustained while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire at Glenroy
Prompt action and good work by several bush fire brigades and fire-fighters confined an outbreak of fire to a comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Danger
With long dry grass prevalent in many yards and streets and the possibility of the outbreak of fire dangerous, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ban on Fires Remains in Force
The lighting of fires in the open air for the purpose of preparing or cooking meals or heating water has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Board Election
SYDNEY, Wed.: Elections of member of the Board of Fire Commissioner will be held on Tuesday, June 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire ban extended
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A prohibition on the lighting of fires. in the open for camping purposes was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Residences Threatened by Grass Fire Citizens’ Prompt Action Prevents Major Disaster
PROMPT action by residents of the town and members of the Gundagai Volunteer Fire Brigade prevented what may have been a major disaster early on Tuesday morning last, when a grass fire threatened to destroy the homes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enormous Less for Property Owners Follows Deductive Bush Fire
Fencing valued at £100000 is listed in the loses to property owners in the recent [?] fires in the [?] and [?] districk. A survey of the damage has been [?] by the police and the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Unnoticed for Some Time Blaze in Centre of Town Last night
For over half an hour yesterday evening no one took any notice of a fire which was burning en vacant land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Near Bago Forest
Fifteen Forestry Commission employees, with bulldozers, from Batlow joined in fighting a bush fire in Burra Valley, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire Narrowly Averted at Yanco
A big fire in the forest country at Yanco was narrowly averte[?] on Sunday night when, it is surmised, a careless motorist threw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire That Didn't Get Away
Dame Fortune played a timely role in controlling the bush fire which started early yesterday afternoon on a TSR…
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