Bush Fires Outbreak at Northmead
On Sunday last, a serious fire got going In the property adjoining Mr. Fairhead's in Brien's-road, Northmead. Parramatta and Northmead fire…
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'Phone Mightier Than... Bush Fire Menace Federal Aid Sought
NOT men, not fire-fighting gear, but telephones, are the chief weapon for the fighting and suppression of bush fires. Catch a bush fire in its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Of Social Interest Eve of Bong Bong Races Bush Fires Blazon the Tracks
MOSS VALE, Wednesday.--The heat which scorched Sydney and the country last Wednesday endeavored to repeat itself here to-day on the eve…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Trapped in Hut by Flame Ring Barrallier Bush Fires Rage Again Fanned by Winds
BARRALLIER, Wednesday. -- Trapped in a hut when bush fires were whipped up by strong westerly winds, five men at Barrallier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurried Exit Cottages Afire Early Morn Blaze
DISTURBED by heat and smoke, Angus M'Donald, occupier of a weatherboard cottage at 101 Charles-street, Leichhardt, awakened at 1.30…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fires Rage Barrallier Outbreak Barrallier
Bushfires have broken out again. Many sheep runs are affected. The fire has swept through Rockilly, and is now raging through Stockman…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Parramatta and District Fires Record Number of Calls
The strenuous time experienced by Parramatta and district firemen last week may be gauged by the number of calls received on Wednesday, when 55 alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Spoils Kiddies' Party Lithgow, [?]
A WEATHERBOARD [?] wang, occupied by [?] totally destroyed by life [?] was prepari[?] a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Bedroom Darlinghurst Scare
A fire broke out shortly after 1 o'clock this morning in an unoccupied bedroom on the top floor of flats conducted by Frederick King, in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire Brigade's Smart Work. Ballina
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday an alarm of fire was given, the fire being in an empty wooden shop, until recently occupied by a butcher. In 12 minutes from when the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lamp Causes Lorry Fire Bathurst
When the [?] light from hurricans [?] came into contact with a quantity of petrol which was [?] pound into the tank of a [?] standing in the [?] at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Child Found Wandered Through Bush Lost all Night Danger of Fires
Little Leslie Fawcett, aged two, for whom the police and a party of 100 civilians scoured the dense scrub along the George's River on Tuesday evening, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Lithgow Billiard Saloon Lithgow
A fire broke out at 10.30 to-night in a billard-room in Main Street. Sergeant Harding and Constable Balley broke into the premises and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby Wanders All Night in Fire-swept Countryside
Blackened by ashes, and his grimy little face streaked with tears, two-year-old Leslie Fawcett, who had been missing in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →300 Fighters Fire at Crookwell Farmers' Losses Crookwell
Crookwell was startled yesterday afternoon by the news that a bush fire had broken out on Mr. J. Marshall's property at Redground, seven…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Set Fire to Stock" Earlwood Shopkeeper on Arson Charge
The sequel to the explosion and fire Which destroyed the boot shop occupied by Frank Massey, in Homer St. Earlwood, on January 2, was heard at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Peril Mount Victoria Fresh Outbreak Town Surrounded Mount Victoria
THE township was surrounded by bush fires last night, when properly, including the public school…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →D.c.m. Winner for Trial Mysterious Fire Earlwood Boot Shop Explosion Wrecks Roofs
Charged with having maliciously set fire to his boot shop at Earlwood on January 2, Frank Edward Massey, 32, at the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Cabinet. Bushfire Danger. Federal Aid Sought
The State Cabinet gave further consideration yesterday to the bills to be submitted to Parliament when the session resumes on February 12. These bills include the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Bushfire. 50-mile Front. Losses of Stock. Goulburn
Bushfires are raging in the Abercrombie Mountain near the Wombeyan Caves. The fire is in such inaccessible country that it will probably burn until rain falls. It is…
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