Ganmain Fire
On Monday morning last, half an hour after having lighted a fire in the wash-house, Mrs. P. Carroll, of…
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Fire Destroys Home Near Junee
A fire early on Saturday morning destroyed the home of a soldier settler at Wantabadgery East near Junee…
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NAIROBI, Sunday (A.A.P.): A 17-year-old Kenya police reserve officer told the Supreme Court yesterday that…
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A fire early on Saturday morning destroyed the home of a soldier settler at Wantabadgery East, near Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gundagai District Soldier Settler’s Big Loss Fire Destroys Home, Shed And Car
Gundagai district soldier settler, Mr. Harry Gallagher, of Wantabadgery, suffered a big loss on Friday night last when fire destroyed his home, garage and fodder shed. Besides these losses, Mr…
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A grass fire occurred on the channel bank on cemetery road about 9.30 p.m. on Friday night but it was extinguished by the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday — A fire caused an estimated £20,000 damage to a telephone manufacturing company's building in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Fire Brigade Demonstration at Leeton, 29th APRIL to 1st MAY, 1954
Following an unavoidable lapse of fifteen years, the sixth Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration, under the auspices of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., will be held at the Leeton Showground between 29th…
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Many children would have been late home from school in Junee yesterday afternoon, but with their hereditary…
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Following a lapse of fifteen years, the sixth Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration, under the auspices of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., will be held at the Leeton…
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At the Leeton Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M., James White and William Lee were charged…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: After a rear tyre of an allegedly stolen car had been struck by a bullet fired from…
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The Chief Secretary's Department has extended to April 30 the declaration of the Mitchell Shire as a…
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Returning to Holbrook from the Matong Gymkhana on Saturday night, Mr. P. Carrollâs motor…
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A grass fire occurred at the Leeton Cricket Ground on Wednesday afternoon about 4.45 p.m. A message was sent for the…
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There has been an immediate and enthusiastic response to the efforts which will provide assistance for Mr. and…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly) today proclaimed a bush fire danger period in seven Shires…
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In a matter of minutes a weatherboard home located in Layton street, Illabo, was razed to the ground yesterday…
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A bush fire broke out in the river country not far from Yanco Creek Weir on the northern side of the river on Friday and…
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The Holbrook Shire Clerk has announced that the Holbrook Shire bush fire danger period has been extended…
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