Do You Know What to Do in Case of Fire ?
Residents of the Gulgong shire should immediately make contact with the police or shire clerk or a bush fire brigade captain in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1944
575 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 28 of 29
Fire's Grim Toll Thousand Men Fight Flames Near Mudgee Terrific Losses Reported
The fire which starred in the Budgee area last Sunday, and spread to the Bara, Botobolar and Havilah districts, will go…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmer Fined For Starting Fire
TAMWORTH, Thursday: William, Robert Freeburn, a farmer, was fined £5 at Tamworth court today, after pleading guilty to starting a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Victims Extra Clothing Coupons
SYDNEY, Thursday: People whose clothing, blankets and household line were destroyed in recent bushfires already had been sent extra coupons by…
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A conference will be held at 2.3[?] this afternoon at the Turon Shire Office, by bushfire brigade captains, [?]puty captains, brigade members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Leaflets Distributed
Circulats and re[?] warning the police against the careless use of [?] have been distributed by Bathurst P.P. Board throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turon Discusses Plan for Combating Bushfires
Plans for a co-ordinated method of combating bushfires within the Turon Shire district were discussed at a meeting in the Bathurst Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Brigades
[?] hon. Secretary of the Hill End Bushfire Brigade ad[?] yesterdays meeting of Turon Shire Council that the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cudgegong Shire Council Bush Fire Damage Fine Work of Brigades
The usual meeting of the Cudgegong Shire Council was held on Wednesday last During a discussion on the big…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ban on Fires Warning to Public
Drastic restrictions on the lighting of fires are contained in a notification issued by the Chief Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gulgong's Big Blaze Flour Mill Endangered Valuable Wheat Destroyed
At about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the wheat slack adjoining Loneragan's flour mill at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warning to Fire Lighters
Severe penalities are provided for the lighting of fires in the open in a letter to Abercrombie Shire Cournils on Saturday, the Chief Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Fire Church Destroyed
Muswellbrook, like Mudgee, reports the worst bush fire in history. The church at Muscle Creek was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Fire at Gulgong. Gulgong
When a fire broke out at James Lau[?] Milling Co.. yesterday 38,000 bags of wheat, valued at £18,000 were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£18,000 Fire at Gulgong Mill Big Wheat Storage Shed Destroyed
GULGONG, Sunday: Fire of unknown origin destroyed 35,000 bags of wheat (100,000 bushels). valued at £18,000 yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Prevention Stringent Safety Measures Imposed
SYDNEY, Monday: The tragic bush[?]ires which in the past few weeks have wrecked such heavy material and stock damage in many parts of the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Damage at Kurrajong Farmers Seek State Aid
SYDNEY. Monday Devastating fires in the Kurrajong district have caused damage estimated at £100,000 on the last few weeks. Homes, personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Prevention. Police to be Vigdant. SYDNEY
The police will press for maximum permities in cases of persona charted with breaches of the National Security Regulation relating to bushfires, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Store. [?] Damage £1,000
At about 4 o’clock yesterday [?] a fire broke out in a [?] and residence owned by Mr. P. Mo[?], at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japan’s Third City Bombed. Large Fires Caused. New York
In a series of Superfortress raids, extending over eighteen [?]ones. 70 Superfortresses attacked Nagoya Japan’s third city, damaging the…
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