Axe and Fire. the War on Timber Our Diminishing Supplies Work of Reafforestation
"No less than £3500 a day goes out from Australia for the purchase of softwood timber." Mr. R. Dalrymple Hay, of the Forestry…
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Bush Fires in Riverina. Albury
As a result of exceptionally warm weather there have been a number of serious fires in various parts of Riverina. In the Holbrook district many aerea of grass have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heat in W.A. Big Bush Fire Raging PERTH
The heat wave continues, the thermometer reaching 100 degrees at noon yesterday. Big fires are raging along the Midland railway line, caused through men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Fight Fires Suva May Have Brigade
Suva may yet have a fire brigade modelled on the most modern lines, and the departure of Salvage -Officer Cox, of headquarters station, by the Makura to- day may be taken as the writing…
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About 80 gallons of tar were burnt in the yard at the Parramatta State Asylum, Macquarie-street, Parramatta, yesterday. Assisted by patients and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire at Winstone's roof and tile works at Taumarunul, in the centre of North Island, did damage estimated at £5000 above the insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Fire-offtcers Two Divisional-inspectors
Vacancies in the executive ranks of the Fire Brigade left by the recent appointments of Inspector Nance and Divisional Officer Lambourne to the positions of third and fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Parramatta Fire. Tenant Committed for Trial
The Parramatta coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) yesterday concluded the iqueast regarding a fire which occurred on Februaruy 7 at the Parramatta Ice Works, in a part which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electric Wires Fuse Fire Outbreak in Hunter=street
An electric wire fused at the top of the lift well at the St. Michael flats. Hunter-street. last night, and some woodwork caught fire. Mr. Greig, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trenches Under Fire Johannesburg, March 14, 6.15 p.m
There was no pretence about the attack on Fordsburg. At 11 o'clock a gun -signalled the commencement of the action, and within two minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire. Probably Caused by Burglars. £15,000 Damage. Kiama
The opinion is gaining currency that the fire which destroyed Major's arcade department store early on Monday morning was caused by burglars…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£3,000,000 DAMAGE Huge Fire in Chicago Incendiarism Alleged Vancouver
A message from Chicago says that damage amounting to £3,000,000 was wrought by a fire in an entire block of office buildings on the edge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chicago Fire Central Block Destroyed Fireman Killed-several Injured New York, Wednesday Night
A fire which broke out in Chicago destroyed an entire block in the central business district. The damage is estimated at 10,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fire Fiend. Riverina Losses
Exceptionally warm weather has been experienced in the N.S.W. Riverina during the past week numbers of bush fires have…
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The New South Wales Fire Brigades Board has appointed District-officers Skelton and Lister divisional inspectors for the metropolitan area and country districts respectively…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Blaze. Sweeps Chicago Block. New York, March 15
A message from Chicago states that a fire has destroyed an entire block in the central business district. The damage is estimated at 10 million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Chicago Fire Chicago, March 15
An entire block in the central business district has been destroyed by fire. One fireman was killed and several others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frost Warning a Temperature Alarm Fire and Smudge Pot
During last winter, some attention was given in the "Farmer and Settler" to the subject of the prevention of damage by frost by the us of smudge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Home on Fire Owner Found with Throat Cut Coroner's Inquiry
The tragic death of William Jickins, who sat on the kerbstone while his home, in Young-street, Annandale, was burning, fiercely in the early hours of February 24…
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The matter of the inadequate fire-fighting facilities at Eastwood was introduced by Mr. E. Hobson at Monday night's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. It was…
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