Grass Fire Near Lake Albert Rd
About two acres of grass were burnt in s fire south of Willans Hill near Lake Albert Road, yesterday…
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Freak Storms Start Fires
Freak weather was reported today by Mr. W. K. Boxsell, of Cullings, where 180 points of rain were registered last night…
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The repeated sounding of the Tumut fire siren at about 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday attracted hundreds of people and scores…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A fire today caused more than £10,000 damage when it gutted a two-storey building at…
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Prompt action, by shire workmen averted a bushfire on the property of Mr. Jim Ryan, about five miles from Cootamundra,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Fires which police believe to have been deliberately started, broke out last night in the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: There have been no really serious fires so far this year, and a great percentage of the smaller ones were caused by lightning,…
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LOCKHART, Monday: The whistle of a train summoned fighters to a fire near Lockhart today…
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A warning on the fire danger of cigarettes was given by a district man. Mr. Jas. Culhane, Norong…
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A very successful house party was held at Whitton on Friday January 22, in aid of the Town and Bush Fire Brigade. The…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: The Granville Chamber of Commerce has been told by a private investigator to expect…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday— As zero hour draws near thousands are beginning to squat at points along the Royal tour route, determined to get the best possible position in the…
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The Gundagai Fire Brigade was called out on Tuesday afternoon last to extinguish, a grass fire which broke out in…
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A Sydney man was yesterday fined at Wagga for lighting a fire in the open during a bushfire danger period. The Court was told that…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Six fire engines raced to Torkshire House in Queen Street, City, this morning after…
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Speaking st Tarcutta few days ago, Mr. E. H. Messer, Chairman of the N.S.W. Bush fire Committee, said that…
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In his report to the Shire Council yesterday, the clerk (Mr. C. Mason) revealed that 159 persons, who were enrolled, failed to vote in "A" Riding on December 5…
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Bush fire captains or their deputies are not authorised to commander or direct the usage of private vehicles,…
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Hatred, coupled with brooding drunkenness, had caused a 39-year-old man to set fire to his mother-in-law's car, Judge Brennan commented in Albury…
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No matter how experienced you happen to be, you can be deceived by the location of 'bush fires…
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