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Blue Mountains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

7 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Rubbish Accumulated In Fire Hazard

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 11

Although designed to prevent or mitigate bushfires, the clamping down at the end of last September of…

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Less Fire Danger In Lower B. Mtns

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 6

Because of the changeable weather this summer springwood and other lower mountain centres have been…

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Fire Brigade Would Sell Its Pump

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Springwood District Bushfire Brigade has asked Blue Mountains City Council for permission to dispose of the…

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Fire On Fire Night

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 3

Firemen who were, present for the presentation of Medals for 15 years service, on Friday night, at the…

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Fire Brigades Depend on Good Citizens

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 1

"Only 17 out of 200 Fire Brigades in N.S.W. have any permanent officers, and Fire Brigades throughout the State depend on good citizens who take up fire -fighting as a hobby, with patriotism to…

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Fire Brigade Disbanded

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 6

The Bullabarra Bush Fire Brigade has disbanded. Council has advised the former Brigade that it now has…

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Menace of Bushfires

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 12

The chief secretary (Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A.) warned to-day that an extremely serious fire danger…

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