£50,000 Fire Auckland
The fire which yesterday destroyed the business centre at Whangarei caused damage estimated at £50,000. The place now resembles Napier after…
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Fire Control Graziers Launch Scheme
Graziers and others interested in bush fires protection met this afternoon and appointed a provisional committee for the formation of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cronulla Fire Brigade Recreation Club
It is the intention of the members of the Cronulla Brigade to send a strong representative team from this centre to compete with other brigades from all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'PLANE v. FIRES Airman Locates Thirty Outbreaks in Day
THE value of the aeroplane in the detection and locution of bushfires has received ample demonstration in Victoria, where a single airman, sent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fighting Bush Perils Value of Organised Effort Fires, Floods, 'Hoppers
THE good work done recently by volunteer bushfire brigades is a good indication of what might be done if the fire-fighting resources of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Haystacks Destroyed by Fire. West Wyalong
Mr. Conrad Hildebrand, farmer, of Calleen, had eight stacks of this season's hay destroyed by fire, believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. The stacks, which were…
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Early this morning a cottage in Raymondstreet, Homeville, owned by Mr. V. Newton, of West Maitland, and occupied by Mr. J. Maughn, was completely destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in New Zealand. Auckland (N.z.)
A business block in the heart of Whangarei was burned to-night. The fire started in the Farmers' Trading Company's large brick premises, and spread to a number of other large…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Confiscation of Fire Arms. Forfeit and Be Prosecuted
At the Kogarah Court on Thursday, Mr. Gibson, S.M., commented on the fact that the police had prosecuted men who had brough pistols in to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Cadet Corps Innovation in N.S. Wales Brigades
The decision of the N.S.W. Fire Board to appoint six boys to the service is an indication of the Board's intent to keep abreast of the times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incendiarism Suspected. Terrifying Scenes at Circus Fire. LONDON, Jan. 13
Incendiarism is suspected in regard to a fire at the famous Surrazani circus at Antwerp. There were terrifying scenes while 200 horses, 57 lions, 16 tigers, and 12 polar…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Arrow" Free Tip Was at 7's EARLY Miss Rossendale's Fire Win
TWO free pony tips by A. B. Gray were given for the Kensington pony meeting on Wednesday. Miss Rossendale was an exclusive selection…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires Beaten Three Million Acres Swept Anxious Watch
AFTER a fortnight of heroic battles on iflany fronts, the bushfires which have ravaged many parts of the State, have been subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUSHFIRES. Several Minor Outbreaks
Reports of minor outbreaks of bushfires continue to come to hand. In all cases the fires have been subdued before they have assumed threatening proportions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On the Land Bushfire Menace. Suggestions for Control
Among the best-known men in the pastoral industry is Mr. W. R. Raleigh, who knows the State almost from end to end. On numerous occasions he has acted as a judge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Weather's Effect How it Prolonged Western Bush Fires
Mr. Mares believes that the weather was responsible for the western bush- fires, and then helped to prolong them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News Call for Help Bush Fire Rages at Cootamundra
AN urgent call for help following the outbreak of a huge bushfire near the homestead of "Carinyah" station, Brawlin, about six miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sawmll. Miree
At the Moree Police Court yesterday after noon, the District Coroner ([?]. W. A. co[?] held an inquiry into a fire which occured [?] at a sawmill at Pallamallawa, between De[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Midnight Fire Call Cootamundra Folk Respond
The glare of a bush fire, which broke out after midnight on Mr. P. R. Scott's station at Carinyah, was seen 12 miles away by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Blamed £7000 Fire At Vic. Church MELBOURNE
Two small boys who were playing with matches among lumber stacked against an outbuilding of Holy Trinity Church of England,…
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