Bush Fires Start
DESPITE the fact that heavy rain was experienced last week, and that the country side looks nice and green a bush fire has been raging…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
677 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 28 of 34
Bush Fire Menace The District Prepares Brigades Formed
REA[?] that the prolific grew the [?] will increase the raks of bush fires this summer, landholders, throughout a wide…
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TO last meeting of the Gulgong Town Council the Board of Fire commissioners wrote as follow:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fighting Bushfires Council Plan Scheme in Blaxland Shire
A proposal by the Shire Clerk (Mr. C. E. W. Brown) that six pushfires brigades areas be established in the shire was adopted by Blaxland Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Inquiry Man Denies German Antecedents SYDNEY
William Hess, who was Closely questioned at an [?]uiry today into the origin of four [?]res in the St. Peters district. d[?] that his…
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AT the Blaxland Shire Council meeting last week. it was decided to establish six bush fire brigade areas, including the Capertee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fire In an Oil Store MELBOURNE
DETECTIVES are investigating a [?]s fire, which caused some th[?]sands of pounds worth of damage in the oil and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Insurance First Scheme in England
It is to the Great Fire of London that we owe the first fire insurance scheme. In the reign of Charles the Second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Family's Plight Disastrous Fire SYDNEY, This Afternoon
When a fire destroyed a four-roomed shack which they occupied, a family named Hollyer had a narrow escape from being burned to death at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Risks Mental Hospitals Three Danger Spots SYDNEY
Three mental hospitals in N.S.W[?] face danger of fire risks according to the annual report of the Director-General of Mental Hospitals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fighting Bush Fires
THE Macquarie Shire Council has convened a meeting to discuss matters in connection with the formation of bush fire brigades, and…
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BECAUSE of the prolific growth of grass and herbage this year, the threat of bush fires In this and many…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →WARNING Bush Fire Danger SYDNEY
THE Chief Secretary urges land , owners to exercise care to prevent outbreaks of fire during the coming months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Gulgong Gulgong Two Shops Destroyed
A FIRE destroyed two shops in Mayne street, Gulgong, this morning, one being occupied by Mrs. Bertha Watt as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heroic Girl Leads Mother to Safety Narrow Escape From Fire SYDNEY
A 17[?] years-old girl. Beryl Hollyer.[?]'ed her mother to safety when a fire broke out in a four-roomed shack at Yarra Bay early this morning…
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The annual meeting of the Cumnock Bush Fire Brigade was held on November 4, when the following officers were elected: Captain, Mr. Allan…
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A visit from District Inspector E. Parks, of the Fire Brigades Board, was paid to the Molong captain and brigade on Tuesday, October 31, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Second Reichstag Fire London
The ress of Britain and France and practically all the countries of Europe apart from Germany speculate on the cause of the explosion mostly hinting it was a second Reichstag fire. "The Times" says it may be that Hitler was as much or as little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Western Front Activity Continues to Increase [Raids Under Heavy Artillery Fire London
German patrols on the extreme French [?]ank near the Luxembourg frontier, on the Western Front are showing increased activity. Some raids have been made under, cover of intense artillery fire. Germany claims to have brought down [?]ne Allied planes in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cudgegong Roads And Bridges Works Heavy But Finances Light Shire Council Grapples With Problem Coping with Bush Fires
AT the usual monthly meeting of the Cudgegong Shire Council held last Wednesday, the engineer submitted a [?]6936 main roads programme, and a £9000 subsidised programme for by-roads. Consideration has been postponed on account of…
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