"Wipe Out Half of Woodstock" Bushfire Danger With Long Grass
"There is long grass a foot high in some streets. If a bushfire broke out there, half the town…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
413 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 21
£12,000 Fire Sydney
The damage done to the Royal Hotel, Queanheyan, by a disastrous fire last Friday is now estimated at £12,000. Twelve top floor rooms…
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A meeting will be held in the Lucknow, Select of Arts to-night for the [?] as of a bush lire brigade. The meeting is being called by Messrs. C…
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In order to be prepared against the danger of bush fires during the summer months several bush fires have been formed…
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The annual meeting of the above brigade was held at Rydal and was one of the largest and most enthusiastic meetings ever held in the…
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Every summer bush fires in this State take heavy toll of pastures, fencing and farm crops and plant, while serious stock losses are not…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Youth's Prank "Started Fires to See Brigades Out"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When he was arrested last night on a theft charge, a 17 years oM youth allegedly admitted to the police that he had…
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At the last meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council the clerk reported that the following bush fire brigades had been registered:…
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At a special [?] held on Wednesday in the [?] Hall. It was [?] to form [?] Fire Brigade. The officers elected [?]…
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Launteston, Thursday.— The wool carbonising and scouring plant of L W. Smith. Pty, Ltd. Launeeston, was gutted and damage estimated at…
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Two small outbreaks of fire were attended to by the Lithgow brigade during the week-end and early this morning. The first occurred at a…
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A conference of Bush Fire Brigades, called by the Cobbora and Macquarie Shire Councils, was held at Wellington, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →400 DEAD Dance Hall Fire New York
While in full swing on Saturday a fire broke out in the Boston night club in Boston. A terrible panic ensued and 400…
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It is officially estimated that 432 persons lost their lives and nearly 200 were injured in the fire which broke out in the famous Coconut…
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The death roll as a result of the Coconut Grove cabaret fire is increasing almost hourly. At present it stands at 482, of whom 423 have been…
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Heartbreaking stories are pouring in as the aftermath of Saturday’s night club fire. The death roll is now 477, and it is…
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A grass fire, which is thought to have been caused by a flash of lightning during a dry thunderstorm, started up on the property…
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Those who contend that some gas producer gadgets are not too clever —and there are many in this district who hold that view—will be…
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LONDON, Thursday — Th[?] heavy cruisers in the harbor of To[?] lon are still burning. They were [?] on fire when the French fleet was…
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The Bathurst Fire Brigade was summoned at 12.29 a.m. yesterday morning to attend a fire at the residence of Mr. Williams, of 29…
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