Crop Fires in N.s.w
A fire, the origin of which is arousing grave su[?] Spring Creek, neat [?] tun(Q), and destroyed barley stacks valued at [?] The police are conducting inquires into the…
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Extensive Grass Fire. [?]
[?] on Monday [?] near the [?] was [?] which [?]…
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Mr. A. R. Samuels, Dubbo (N.S.W.), district forester, claims to have [?] a scheme to protect forest areas from fire. The scheme will be explained by Mr. Samuels at the departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conflagrations. the Week-end Fires, Melbourne Warehouse Gutted
Starting on the second floor, a fire completely [?]utted the three-storied back premises of Messrs H. E. kugelmann and Co., wholesale druggists, in…
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At an inquiry held at To[?]ingley by the Peak Hill district Coroner into the cause of a fire that took place on Mr. Armstrong's property, a verdict that the…
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A fire occurred at the Now Zealand hospital at Weybridge, England, but all the patients were removed, quite safely…
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At about 2 p.m. yesterday another fire was caused in a paddock in Rivi[?]ra-street, Chiswick, as a result of a light being thrown down. About one acre of bush was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Local Jottings. Bush Fires at Wagga
A bush fire in the Wagga district, which broke out on Mr. J. Sahey's farm, and traversed part of Mr. J. A. Renner's, destroyed between 300 and 400 acres of wheat (says an…
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A fire occurred on Monday at Hickey's property. Wunnamurra, and spread to William Leur's Hayfield Estate, and burned fiercely through the long grass. The brigades from…
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A brick building of two floors, situated at 2 Leichhardt Street, Glebe, was the scene of a fire yesterday afternoon. The building, which was occupied by Henry Wood, a hat…
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A fire broke out in a shed, which was used as a storeroom, and attached to a factory owned by Henry Wood, hat manufacturer, at No. 6 Leichhardt-street, Glebe,…
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After another lengthy interval there were two outbreaks of fire at Lidcombe on Friday, one of the hottest days experienced this summer. The first occurred…
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The hospital at Weybridge, in Surrey, for New Zealand soldiers, has been partially burned. The patients were removed safely…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Behind the German Lines on the Somme. Through Fire
MR. PERCIVAL GIBBON, describing the recent British advance at Lesboncfs, writes:—There was a need to amend and simplify out line. The stresses of the fighting had twisted and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The X-rays on the Battlefield. How the Operators Work Under Fire. Thousands of Legs and Arms and Lives Are Saved by the Pictures
In the present war, in the field and reserve hospitals, the X-ray offers a rare attraction and opportunity to the investigating surgeon. Sheltered from the daylight,…
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A big bush fire occurred at Back Creek, 12 miles from Wyalong. Two hundred acres of crop and over 1000 acres of grass on Mr. W. Jamieson's property,…
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Rabbit Inspector Lynch reported to the monthly meeting of the local pastures Protection Board that after an extended tour of the district he had…
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A fire broke out in a shed, which was used as a storeroom; and attached to a factory owned by Henry Wood, hat manufactory, at Glebe (Sydney), on Tuesday…
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