Bush Fires
Firemen were called to- day to two scrub fires at Dee Why Single outbreaks were also reported from Maroubra, Wahroonga, Clifton Gardens,…
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Bush Fires Raging Barrallier
Bush fires as spreading rapidly on Murrnim Vale, Clear Hills, and Elliott's Station, causing extensive damage to grass and fences. Help is…
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CONSIDERABLE damage was caused a Stanwell park by a flerce bush me Leaping over a wide road, the flame [?] towards [?] a beading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires at Mosman Two Outbreaks George's Heights Ablaze
Forty acres of bushland at George's Heights were ravaged by fire last night. Mosman and Neutral Bay Brigades…
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A fire broke out yesterday morning in grass on a farm near Fairfield belonging to Ald. Marsh, of Tambourine Bay- road, Lane Cove. Altogether,…
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In recent weeks three fires have broken out in the yard of the Presbyterian Church, Clifford-street. The last, which occurred on Wednesday, is considered to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →£12,000 Damage. Fire in Produce Store. Brisbane
A fire which broke out in the produce store of Denhams, Ltd., Kelvin Grove-road, early this morning wrought damage to the extent of £12,000. The flames had an strong hold when…
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Mr. John Duncan Tipper, an honorary ranger under the Birds, Animals, anti Plants Protection Act, and a member of the council of the Wild Life Preservation Society, in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →To Save Town Fire- Fighters' Fight Heavy Bathurst Losses Bathurst
While the fire- fighter's were fighting the fires at Isabella and Porter's, Retreat, another fire which started on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Red" January, Sydney's Worst Month for Years Alarms Received at Rate of Several a Minute Sixty Per Cent. Were Bash Fires and 25 Per Cent. House Fires: 1278 Calls for Period Big Country Areas Still Blazing
January, 1929, will be long remembered as Sydney's most fiery month for many years, with early indications that its bad record may extend into February as far as the country is concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Was Too Quiet So He Set It on Fire Melbourne
Pleading guilty to a charge of maliciously setting fire to Copley's basket and wicker factory, Geelong. Horace George Mathews,a youth was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scene of Bushfire at Middle Head
The fire swept close to the Mosman Golf Club's house, which is obscured by the trees in the background. Members removed furniture and valuables to a place of safety…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →BUSHFIRES. Fight for Home. Grass Lands Laid Waste
Grass-lands about Singleton. Stanwell Park, and Barrallier are being swept by fierce bushfires, and thousands of acres have been devastated. Near Singleton several homesteads…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Jolly Games Fire on the Mountains!
This is a quiet game, and can be played by any number of children. Two rings of players are formed, one outside the other, and both have the same number of players…
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FOR the past few weeks the heat has been so intense that it has made me remember Sturt's trip to the interior, streams dried up, the ink dried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still They Come Fires Near Liverpool
Fires in and around Liverpool and district have been very frequent lately. On Sunday, 27th Jan., the grass on a vacant allotment in Northumberland…
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Though a considerable area of grass was burnt on Randwick racecourse yesterday afternoon, no damage of any consequence was caused to the…
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Sixty acres of grass and scrub were burned at Randwick racecourse and at the back of it yesterday afternoon One of the starting posts, a grass…
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