Bushfire in Rockley Area
Several hundred acres of grass country were burnt out in the Rockley area yesterday by a fire which travelled through a number of properties…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Bushfire Near Harden 13,000 Acres of Grass Destroyed
HARDEN, Monday: While fighting a fire which destroyed 13,000 acres of grassland yesterday. Roy Dick had a foot crushed and has been admitted to…
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Trunkey Bush Fire Brigade "stood by" on Friday afternoon last when a dense pall of smoke appeared in the east from a bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Escaped Prisoners Story of the Capture Folly of Lighting a Fire Smart Work by Bathurst Police
Bert Castles (22), and Edward Hinchelitte (26) who showed daring and resource in a daylight escape from Bathurst Gaol on Monday last, were…
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A bush fire broke out in the Harden district at the week end and 15,000 aeres of grassland were destroyed. The fire travelled 15…
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A meeting of the Works Committee of the above was held on Friday night last for the purpose of appointing two delegates to attend a meeting at the…
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It is believed that the great German battleship, Tirpitz, which was attacked by British 'planes from an aircraft carrier…
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SYDNEY, Monday: All four patients in hospital after a fire in a Seventh Day Adventists Church at Waterson (Vic.) at the week-end are making…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Should They Be Banned During Summer? : Gas Producers Cause Fires
At the bush fire conference convened at Yass by Goodradigbee Shire Council a proposal that the use of gas producers and steam…
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On Saturday night last, or rather on Sunday morning, the Molong Fire Brigade received its second call within two weeks to…
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At the last meeting of the Molong Municipal Council reference was made to the splendid work carried out by the local Volunteer Fire Brigade under…
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The Resident Railway Engineer. Mr Worchurst in a letter to Turon Shire Council yesterday sought its co-operation in minimising fire risks on…
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The district member, Mr. Kelly, M.L.A. wrote to Turon Shire Council yesterday relative to its request that insurance be provided for voluntary…
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BOMBAY, Sunday: one thousand persons, 67 of whom have since died in hospital were injured in a fire which occurred on Friday night in the…
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At Fitzroy, Melbourne, fire gutted a big furniture warehouse containing thousands of pounds worth of furniture and…
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IN reply to Abercrombie Shire Council's representations. Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., advised Council on Saturday that the State Government was at…
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A Government communique from New Delhi states that the total deathroll in the Bombay waterfront are is now 336…
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Although a bushfire outbreak is reported from the Rydal district the glow which was noticed in the sky by many Lithgow residents last night…
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A minor grass fire started in the backyard of the residence of Mrs. A. T. Venness, of 203 Keppel St., yesterday and spread towards the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Extensive damage was caused by fire to five buildings in the centre of Hamilton shopping area today…
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