Bush Fire Prevention and Mitigation
A new item was included in the Abercrombie Shire estimates on Saturday . That was £25 provided for expenditure during 1940 of £25 for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
677 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 32 of 34
Bush Fire Brigades Shire Council's Efforts
The shire clerk (Mr. Frank Onlyer. stated at Saturday's meeting of Abercrombie Shine Council that Trunkey and Burraga were the only…
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A FIRE swept over the property of Mr. Peaberthy, of Narromine, one day last week, and he lost three haystacks and about 500…
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A SERIES of fires in the bush between Mendooran and Gilgandra are being inquired into be Det.-Sgt. G. E. Frankish, of Dubbo and…
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A FIRE woke out on Saturday afternoon last in a wheat paddock owner by Mr. A H. [?] of [?] destroyed 50 acres of…
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A BUSH fire is raging in the Buckaroo hills but the country is very rough, and up to date practically no damage has been…
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MR. J. A. Lee, builder, of Mudgee , South, had a sensational experience yesterday afternoon. He was attending to a car in the…
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A tennis tournament organised by Mrs. Allan Fitzgerald is aid of the local Red Cross was held on Fitzgerald's courts on Tuesday. These…
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A grass and rubbish lire at the [?] of a house in Warrend[?] brought the fire brigade out a few minutes before noon yesterday. It was…
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A mystifying occurrence at Gloucester Rural School recently is puzzling the authorities Four [?] were playing a game, which involved jumping…
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Practically the whole of the business section of the mining town of Mt. Morgan was wiped out by fire this morning…
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Practically the whole of the business centre of the mining town of Mount Morgan was wiped out by fire this morning. Seventeen shep[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting From Days of Horse Team and Hand Reel Contrast With To-Day
Mr. James [?] was the first [?] Orange. The [?] of these [?] ran [?] easily in the [?] of [?] tures, with only [?] In a few…
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On Wednesday, the 6th instant, the Wollar bush fire brigade got an urgent call from settlers in the Mogo locality, whose homes and…
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A meeting of members of the [?] shire Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Memorial Hall, O[?] In the absence of the president,…
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Damage estimated [?] was caused by a fire which destroyed a huge pattern store a Mortlake gasworks to-night. During the fire a…
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Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M A. technical department points out that the risk, of fire can…
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A grass fire broke out in the hospital grounds on Monday, 11th instant, and with a strong north-westerly wind blowing it threatened…
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THE Mudgee Fire Brigade is getting plenty of exercise these days. On Monday, for the fount time within a week or so, the…
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ACCORDING to a report of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade Board, 381 fires which occurred in Sydney were definitely traced to…
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