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467 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 24
Searing winds blowing at well over 20 m.p.h. fanned first in the Wagga, Lockhart and Junee districts yesterday. Hundreds of volunteers had difficulty in controlling the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday: A chain of bushfires on the South Coast of N.S.W. today extended over 50 miles. Five fires almost encircled the towns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The menacing fire which broke out near the northern end of Wantabadgery West on Monday last got within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wagga Fire Brigade yesterday attended two small fires in rubbish dumps in Johnston Street between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire today gutted a chemical factory in Chappel Street. Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The beginning of summer sees many areas of the northern part of the State suffering the effects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: Fears are held for the safety of seven families in the Newnes area, where a bushfire is raging uncontrolled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOCKHART, Tuesday: An experienced Lockhart wheatgrower suggested yesterday that harvesting should be banned when the bushfire danger was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire brigades in the district responded readily to calls for assistance in fighting a fire which broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven grass fires which started on Friday evening, at intervals between the Narrandera aerodrome and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: Rain on the South Coast fire areas has eased the immediate danger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out in stubble in what is known as the 90-acre paddock at Yanco Agricultural High School, about 7.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sunday: A huge fire early today roared through the main stadium at Wirth's Olympia in South Melbourne, causing damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A bushfire is burning in the rough scrub hilly country on Yarra Yarra Station, eight miles north of Holbrook. The fire, which started on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cookardinia Bush Fire Brigade has elected Mr. Alister Ross captain and secretary and Messrs. A. M. Hulme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Mon: All bushfires in the South Coast, the Blue Mountains and North Sydney area, are under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A bush fire which broke out on "Yarra Yarra" Station, eight miles north of Holbrook on Boxing Day, has been brought under control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: Although cooler weather has eased immediate bushfire danger, fire patrols on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOS ANGELES, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Decreasing winds last night slowed the fire that was creeping up the steep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 10.80 a.m. on Tuesday a fire broke out in the residence of Mr and Mrs. J. s. Howell, in Gundagai Street, in the cordial factory…
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