Canberra Threatened By Bush Fires
Big tree laid low when its roots burnt through by fires which are sweeping towards Canberra…
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Fire at Sutherland
Stanley Hunt was awakened in his weatherboard cottage in Waratah Street, Sutherland, curly on Tuesday morning by smoke and the sound of…
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Firemen at Northcote were awakened from [?]s morning to fight a fire [?] station and to rescue the wife of the station officer (Mr. W. Eaton), who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Busk Fires In Fed. Territory CANBERRA
THE resources of the Federal Capital administration for bush-fire fighting are concentrated on dangerous fires which have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Pavilion. Temora
Temora Cricket Club lost heavily as the result of a fire which destroyed the dressing pavilion at the recreation ground yesterday. The club's material, including matting for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silos Full Wheatgrowers Anxious Fire Risks
THOUGH silo space has been exhausted in some wheat centres of the State, the position in the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires of 1931. Fewer Big City Outbreaks. Good Work by Brigades
To 9 o'clock yesterday morning 2613 alarms had been recorded at city and suburban fire stations during 1931. The year before there were 3742 alarms, and in 1929 the total was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Do Not Burn Rubbish. Fire Brigades Washing
District Officer O’Toole has issued the following warning to householders in the district. Do not burn rubbish in the back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home Burned Early Morning Fire At Belmore
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Seymour-parade, North Belmore, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nine Miles in [?] Minutes Fire Engines Mad Race
On Tuesday morning about [?] the Kogarah Fire Brigade was notified of a fire at Sutherland. Ten [?] the engine left [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Bed Child Awakened From Sleep Fire Mystery
When the new year celebrations were still at their zenith in Wellington-street, Waterloo, about 12.30 this morning, Pauline, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Darktown Fire Brigade Has Nothing on This MELBOURNE
A UNIQUE incident occurred at Northcote at 2.30 a.m. to-day, when a fire broken out in the local fire station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stripped to Waist, 1000 Men Fight Fires 400-Mile Front Stations in Peril Canberra Menaced Huge Stock Losses
STRIPPED to the waist in the stifling heat of the West, nearly 1000 bushmen are to-day fighting grass fires that have already obliterated thousands of acres of crops and grass and destroyed 20,000 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Fire Calla in Past Year But Decrease on 1930 Chimneys, Too
AMAZING to relate in these days of electricity and gas, when every home has a number of electrically heated contrivances and a gas stove,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sifted for Clues Soil at Site of Death Fire Tooth Found Canberra
USING a prospecting dish detectives yesterday washed every ounce of soil surrounding the site of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat to Capital Fire Menaces Canberra Pall of Smoke From Our Special Representative Canberra
WORKING feverishly all night, over 100 firefighters, aided by an easterly wind this morning, held in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires. Heavy Damage. Areas Devastated. 20,000 Sheep Perish
Bushfires and grassfires have wrought great havoc in the west and in Riverina, and in some places are still burning fiercely. Great areas of pastoral country have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes. Two Cottages Burnt Out
Mr. David Davies and other occupants of his cottage at the corner of Church and Wellesley streets, Pymble, had narrow escapes yesterday morning, when the building caught…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Raging Bush Fires on 20-Mile Front Flames at Cobar 100 Ft. High Reported Out of Control Heavy Losses Cobar
The surrounding areas of Cobar--on a 20-mile front--presented a terrifying sight to-night, bushfires stretching…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Golf Club
Damage estimated at £10 was caused by a fire which broke out early yesterday morning among a quantity of matches and other goods in the boiler house of the New South…
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