Fires The One O'clock Gun
MR. BILL SUMNER has been firing the 1 o'clock gun from Fort Denison every day except…
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Grass Fire Threatens Hospital
About 100 young lives were imperilled at Manly yesterday when people trying to burn out two brown snakes…
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A bushfire threatened the Dalwood Children's Home, Seaforth, yesterday. Firemen believe it started when men were trying to burn out snakes…
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Picking three dozen of the best tomatoes from his garden. Police Inspector Kemp, of Orange, augmented supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Fire. Great Damage Reported. Army of Firefighters. WAGGA
An army of firefighters, drawn from every town and village for more than 50 miles around, is working desperately to check the disastrous…
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After having evacuated the civilian population, the Finns are reported to have set fire to Viborg…
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WAGGA, Sunday.-- Having fought flames since Wednesday afternoon, fighters in the Tarcutta, Adelong, Batlow, and Tumbarumba districts…
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Fires in the Wagga district are now under control, but men are still standing by. A fire is still burning in heavy…
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WAGGA, Monday.--All fires in the Tarcutta district were reported under control to-night, but the entire Wagga area is a scene of desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Plane Fires on Dutch. Holland's Strong Protest. the Hague, Feb. 26. (A.A.P.)
A Dutch fighter plane engaged a German bomber in a machine-gun battle 24,000 feet over the North Brabant. The German plane fired on the Dulch plane…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bushfires at Tarcutta. Long Fight Successful. Large Area Devastated Wagga
Bushfire, in the Tarcutta district were reported to be under control tonight. Starting last week, the main fire…
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A bush fire raged at the rear of the course while races were held at Wyong this afternoon…
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After a fight lasting three hours, 100 militiamen succeeded in diverting a bushfire which had jumped the…
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WAGGA, Monday.--Bushfires ins the Tarcutta district were reported to be under control tonight. The fires have swept thousands of…
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A small shed at the rear of Mr. J P. Harrington's house in Beaconsfield-street, Auburn was destroyed by fire one Thursday Auburn Fire Bridge…
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Several big bushfires were still burning in the country yesterday, but most country fires were under control. A bushfire in alienated Crown lands, about…
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Fire last night severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in Evans Street, Rozelle. The occupant. Mrs. Letitla Taylor,…
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Guilford A.L.P. last week asked Holroyd Council to compel owners of unoccupied property in the municipality to clear scrub and erect fire guards…
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Mr. T. D. Mutch, M.L.A., has been elected io represent the City of sydney and suburban municipalities and shires, Mr. M. J. Griffin (Bathurst) the Greater Newcastle and…
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FIVE HUNDRED soldiers, including 150 2nd A.I.F. machinegunners from Ingleburn, fought bushfires which threatened the Glenfield militia camp yesterday. The machine-gunners were training near Glenfield…
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