Bushfires Marrangaroo Blaze Gave Cause for Alarm
Although the situation in regard to a bush and grassfire at Marrangaroo had eased by 3 p.m. to -day, many firefighters…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
642 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 33
Fire at Frame's Creek
A FIRE which occurred on the Piambong Road one day last week quickly spread to an adjoining paddock on Mr. Stapleton's…
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A number of sheep were saved from destruction by a bushfire on the property of Perrot Bros., on the Tills- bury Estate, near Black Springs, on…
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A number of serious bushfires broke out on the south coast today. Overcome by terrific heat while fighting a fire which…
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Working in fierce heat, hundreds of volunteers yesterday fought bushfires that menaced home in Sydney suburbs, in the Mulgoa and Wallacia…
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Bushfires broke out in thre places on Crown Land at Mt Ovens, the Old Mine and Napoleon Reefs, four miles from…
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Last night was the first night members of Rydal volunteer bushfire fighting brigade spent in bed for nearly a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mudgee P.P. Board Noxious Weeds That Are Blessings Tightening Up Travelling Sheep Permits Bush Fire brigade Saves Stock Reserve
AT the March meeting of the Mudgee Pastures Protection Board on Friday, the question of whether control of noxious weeds should be with Shire Councils or P.P. Boards (involving a transfer from the Department of Works and Local…
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A large area of grassland [?] burnt yesterday when a fierce [?]fire broke out on Mr. Bail property at Norway in the Ob[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrorised Women Bearded Vagrant at Vittoria Caused Fires, Say Police Three Months Gaol
A vagrant wearing a long black beard, who terrorised women in the Vittoria district, near Bathurst, and round whose camps a number…
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A cottage and valuable furniture were saved at 2 o'clock early yesterday morning, when members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Fires 6 Dead in Pennsylvania. Danube Waters Subside. LONDON. April 12
In Pennsylvania, severe floods and fires have rendered more than 16000 homeless Six are believed dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foiling Practical Jokers New Fire Alarm System. Installation in Orange
"Now that the new telephone-type alarm system for Fire Brigade is installed, practical jokers…
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CARBON, of the R.A.C.A. who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities [?] Australia spiritedly [?] the…
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THE Tallawang Bush Fire Brigade asked last Mudgee P.P. Board meeting if it could see its way to making a…
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At the April meeting on Monday night of the Chamber of Commerce a letter was [?] from the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W…
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Another outbreak of fire near the border of Elong and Cobbora occurred on Thursday last when the high wind was responsible for the…
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There was a big blaze in Portland on Sunday morning, when fire set alight a honeysuckle vine in the yard of Mr. P. Cazneau's home in…
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The French night communique declared: "There was fairly numerous artillery action west of the Vosges Our fighters came to grips with…
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A fire occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. Sparkes on Monday night, when the house and its contents was completely burnt to the ground. The…
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