Two Fires Out at Illabo To-day One a 26 Day Old Revival
Two fire broke out in the Iliabo district this morning and each represent expelient "saves"…
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Muttama-jugiong Fire on Very Big Scale Fresh Outbreaks Again This Morning Estimated Loss of 50,000 Acres
The Muttama-Jugiong fire, which started on Mr. W. Maher's "Woollahra" property yesterday morning, was still burning fiercely this morning, aided by fresh outbreaks at 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air reports on bushfire progress
The "Daily Advertiser" was kept well informed at regular intervals last night on the position of the disastrous fire in the Mangoplah district by interstate airliners which were flying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burriniuck Fires
Two fires burning in forest country in the Burrinjuck district were last night out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Badly [?]Rned Fires
Ambulance yesterday-afternoon rushed three returned persons to the Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two deaths in vast Riverina fires
The disastrous fires which swept through Riverina yesterday left death and untold destruction in their wake. Two men died in the flames, thousands of head…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire position obscure
A full detailed picture of the damage in all Riverina bushfires was unobtainable last night owing to milles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carabost fire still burning
A report given at 10 p.m. on the fire burning in the two Carabost State pine forests stated that the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big loss in fierce Ladysmith fire
Disastrous losses caused by a fire which broke out in the Ladysmith area at 1 p.m. yesterday amounted to more than 14,000 acres of burned- out grassland, one homestead, more than 800 sheep, countless miles of fencing, large quantities of stored stock feed and numerous station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lockhart Saved by Wind Changing Fire within few yards of buildings
The township of Lockhart was miraculously saved from destruction at 7 a.m. yesterday when a sudden change in the wind switched the fire to the rear of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Losses in Mangoplah Area Fires
Pat of the Mangoplah fire which branched out from "Mombril" Station, Holbrook, through the Dora Dora tin mina on Saturday, extensively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-fighter Injured
A Humula farmer, Ernest Wooley, aged about 45, war injured at Humula yesterday whilst helping to fight a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister, Police, Chief, Survey Fires From Air
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) and the Superintendant of Police (Mr. J. D. McAuley) on Saturday noon flew in two small planes over the dev[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Fierce Fires in ?Riverina Fighters win battle for control
All fires in Riverina were reported to be under control late last night, but still burning fiercely in hilly country southwest of Kyeamba and south of Humula…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.m.g. Dept. Attacked Fire Warning
A grazier's wife, who nearly lost her life in the bushfire which swept through Burrandana on Thursday, severely criticised the Postal Department on Saturday for doting the Burrandana…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Rough" fire toll estimate 21 Homes and One School
Wagga Police on Saturday night issued what they called a "rough" list of the homes, cottages and other buildings destroyed in the fire-strick-ened areas in Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy bushfire toll in State
SYDNEY, Sunday: Fires flared up again today in the far South Coast, destroying 10 homes in the small township of Wonboyn, about 20 miles south of Eden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fires Black Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Boree Creek, Lockhart, Holbrook and Tumbarumba Districts
Thursday, Friday and Saturday last were "black days" for the Lockhart, Boree Creek, Holbrook to Corryong, Carabost and Tumbarumba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bees Escaped the Fires
While Holbrook is noted as one of the largest centres of the bee-keeping industry of New South Wales, very few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackened Desolation in Holbrook After Fires
Government men in Holbrook told me yesterday afternoon that Holbrook district had suffered most in the devastating Riverina bushfires. The Holbrook district is re-[?]…
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