Organisation of Bush Fire Brigades
THE Bush Fires Advisory Committee recently advised a meeting of the Gulgong Town Council that 10 copies of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
642 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 33
Terrible Bush Fire Gulgong District Big Losses Reported Railway Endangered
A TREMENDOUS fire, miles wide, swept across the country north-east of Gulgong, and landholders. bad a strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Take a Bag. When On Motor Tour to Deal with Bush Fires Sydney, This Afternoon
The Premier (Mr. Mair) to -day appealed to motorists to take a few old bags in their cars when going to the country, so that they could beat out…
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A fire which is believed to have been caused by hot ashes, blown by the wind, destroyed a store- room and dairy adjacent to the homestead of…
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At a meeting held at Hannah's Bridge on Tuesday, 30th January, it was decided to form a bush fire [?] for that district Mr. R.R…
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The ever-increasing number of bush fires which have occurred around the district have made the local landholders call a meeting to…
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THERE is an impression in the minds of many people that if a fire call is made, someone (maybe the caller, and maybe the owner…
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RESIDENTS of the town of Mudgee, who wish to burn rubbish or any other material in the openair, are warned that, unless they…
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MR. Ivan Heath, who manages the Glengarry property for [?] Swinson, was patrolling the fire belt last week when the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Walang Fire Raged Nearly All Night Bathurst Man Was Almost Trapped
A bushfire which broke out in Long Gully, Walang, destroyed over 100 acres of valuable pastoral land and timber before it was finally…
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Doctor Francis Robert Guinane (35), serving three months' sentence at Lung Bay Gaol for being a drug addict, appeared at the…
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Mr. Swain, in the course of conversion at the last meeting of the Molong P.P. Board, put forward a very good suggestion for fighting bush fires…
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A fire broke out in North Yeoval last week and burned several acres of grass and two haystacks, before being extinguished by the local fire brigade…
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The Russians have begun another fierce attack on the central section of the Me[?] Line, tens of thousands of shells being fired in the first…
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A man camping on a property in East Orange was burnt out Yesterday while he was away This was one of two calls that…
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A serious outbreak of fire occurred at the rear of the Royal Hotel, South Bowenfels, at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. It is declared the outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rylstone Shire Council Glen Davis Road Again Bush Fire Brigades Organised Aeroplane Landing Ground
AT the last ordinary meeting of the Rylstone Shire Council, there were present: Crs. W. R. Darton (president), J. N. Taylor…
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AT 3.30 a.m. on Saturday last the ringing of the fire bell roused the people of Mudgee and there were soon streams of…
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Damage estimated at between £100,000 and £125,000 was caused, and three firemen injured, early yesterday morning, in a fire which…
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A REPRESENTATIVE of the firm of Nicholson's Ltd., [?] music warehouse in George Street City was destroyed by fire yesterday [?]…
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