Holbrook fire losses
"It will be many days before we are able to estimate the losses suffered by graziers in this district." said Sgt. Joe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1952
926 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 47
Grass Fire at Yanco Meat Works
A grass fire broke out on the property of the South-West Stock Treatment Works at Yanco yesterday shortly after midday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Will Cause Food Shortage Huge Losses of Cows and Sheep
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Shortages of practically all basic foods are threatened throughout N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Wilson Hall at Melbourne University
In one hour on Friday, fire destroyed one of Melbourne's most famous buildings — Wilson Hall, at the Melbourne University. Damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boree Creek News Comments on the Fire
A fire which started in a small way on Lawrence Street, Boree Creek, very soon became an inferno on Thursday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Black Monday in Riverina As Big Fires Continue Flames sweep towards Humula
Serious fires are still raging in the Riverina and yesterday's holiday was a truly "Black Monday" for thousands of weary fire-fighters who are continuing their days-old battle to save some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Quarry to Be Smothered with Earth
Following another outbreak of fire in the old quarry, last Thursday morning, the Leeton Shire Council at its meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move to ban lighting of fires in open Council to Permit Burning of Stubble Only
Following a request from the Yanco-Gogeldrie Bushfire Brigade that the lighting of open fires within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CORRESPONDENCE Fire in Forest Forestry Commission Reply (To the Editor)
Sir,—It would appear the writer of the article "Five in Forest" which was printed in the Murrumbidgee Irrigator on the 22nd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire in Lockhart-boree Creek Area Man Severely Burned
A man was severely burned, a homestead was destroyed, close on a dozen properties were damaged, and the township of Lockhart was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fodder Pool Set Up at Holbrook to aid fire victims
Twenty-five thousand bales of hay and a thousand bags of grain have already been contributed to die fodder supply pool established at Holbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muttama Fire Now Under Control Huge Stock and Property Loss Feared
The Muttama-Jugiong fire is out, according to reports received from different points of the strick en area this morning. It will be some time before any accurate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unprecedented Fire Causes Tremendous Loss In Boree Creek, Brooking North, Lockhart and Osborne districts Lockhart Town in Peril Farm House Destroyed
Today a very large tract of our district lands stretching from Boree Creek township to the Yerong Creek Road, Osborne, lies under a black pall denoting desolation and heavy losses on a scale unprecedented in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Relief £40,000 Grant
SYDNEY, Wednesday — The Minister for Labor and Industry, and Social Welfare (Mr. Finnan) has recommended to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food shortage after fires
SYDNEY, Tuesday: New South Wales is threatened with a shortage of practically all basic foods as a result of the disastrous bushfires and drought which have devastated huge areas of key primary production, both in this State and in Queensland. A meat shortage in Syd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire danger period extended
The Chief Secretary, Mr Clive [?]vatt, announced that he had extended the prohibition, throughout the State of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Westerlies Feared, But Riverina Fire Position Is "Static"
The position in the bushfire areas of Kyeamba, Humula, Carabost and Rosewood last night was described as "static" but authorities were fearful lest a westerly wind should cause a maior resurgence of the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fodder for Fire Area Stock Donations Urgently Sought
Supplies of fodder for starving stock in the burnt-out Muttama-Jugiong-Coolac area are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quick Response to Appeal Clothing Sent to Holbrook Fire Area
Immediate, help was given to the fire victims in the Holbrook area by a hurried appeal made bp the C.W.A. in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire Losses Relief Committee to be Formed at Gundagai
A "rough" estimate of the losses in stock, fencing, and acreage in the Mutten[?]Juglong Tumblong-Edwardstown, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →