Fire Fighters Nepean Volunteers on the Job Out West
Some 25 men from the Nepean district are among the 200 men who left by motor 'buses on Saturday for the purpose of extinguishing the…
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The Bushfires Under Control—Damage Less than Anticipated
Bushfires and grassland fires, it is estimated, have destroyed about three million acres of grassland and more than 1000 miles of fencing…
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A meeting of those interested in assisting the country in the extinguishing and prevention of bushfires was held at the offices of the Graziers' Association yesterday. Mr. F. B…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BUSHFIRES. Incendiarism Suspected. GRENFELL
During the past few weeks many bushfires have occurred around the property owned by Mr. Victor Smith, about 10 miles from Grenfell. Last night four fires broke out about…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Secret History of the Day Labor M.L.C's Who Antedated Labor -- S.P. Identity Discs When Blood and Fire Interfered With Blood and Thunder
NOT generally remembered that Labor members in N.S.W. Legislative Council were appionted long before Labor came into office. Old John Hepher dates back to 1899, when Oom Bill Lyne…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Hard pressed by Constable Lowe, of South Richmond, a suspected motor cycle thief fired a revolver point-blank at…
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Patricia Brown, 4. of Sailor's Bay Road, Northbridge, suffered severe burns to the head and body yesterday…
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GREAT anxiety is Kit regarding huge whent-land areas about the Flinders Ranges which arc being seriously menaced by…
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Fire destroyed three drying sheds at the works of the Northcote Tile Company in Clyde-street, Thornbury, to-night. An employee of the company removed a large quantity of…
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MUDGEE, Sunday.--After two terrific explosions, which rocked the town, the engine-room of the Mudgee Freezing Works burst into flame…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Breaking a window and entering a burning building, Percy Bunge, an employee,…
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RECOGNITION probably will be made of the heroism of Percy Bunge, who dashed through the fire at the Northcote Tile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destroyed by Fire. Church and Vicarage. DAMAGE £6000. MELBOURNE
A poor water pressure and a strong north wind thwarted the efforts of the fire brigades to check the spread of a fire in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church, Thornbury, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BUSHFIRES. Outbreak near Narrabri. NARRABRI
An outbreak of fire occurred on Dobikin Station, in thickly-timbered country, and threatened to reach serious proportions. The flames leapt 20 and 30 feet in the air, and…
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Bushfires during the week-end caused much damage in many Victorian districts, the principal outbreak in the Dandenong Ranges…
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Prompt action by Mr. E G. Harvey, owner of Kanimbla Station, and 12 neighbours and station hands, saved the homestead and other buildings from destruction. Some grass land…
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A desperate struggle is being waged against bush fires by residents of Mansfield and business in the township is at a…
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Borthwick's freezing works were destreyed by fire last night. The boxroom was first [?] alight, and the flames quickly spread. The [?] brigade saved the manager's residence, but [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Hurstville. Painter Taken to Hospital
The gable roof and top floor of a three-storied house in Belmore-road, Hurstville, were badly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. A painter was taken by St. George…
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Proposals advocated by "The Sun" to create a central bushfire control and fighting organisation were supported at an important conference…
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