Home Threatened By Bushfire
Forty to 50 acres of grass and scrub land were burred in a fire on the Delton Estate yesterday afternoon. The fire went to within 100 yards of a house but the wind…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
590 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 30
The Bush Fires Act and Its Penalties
The clearer and simpler the law can be made the better it can be understood and observed. For that reason alone, if no others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taximan's Prompt Action Averts Big Blaze Lithgow
A taxi-driver drove a burning truck from a garage at Lithgow today, to stop flames reaching a store of petrol…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday: New terms by Communist China for a settlement of the Korean war and other Far East issues were…
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The siren was sounded at the Fire Station on Thursday last, when a fire got out of control at the rear of Messrs. H. O. and Sons'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dunedoo News Lorry Caf[?] Fire Near Dunedoo
[?] Friday [?] passenger and d[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Grass Fire at Gregra
A grass fire at Gregra, eight miles from Molong, on Monday afternoon, razed a quarter of an acre of…
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WALGETT, Thursday: A bushfire 12 miles east of Walgett, is burning through grass more than 2ft tall, on a two mile front on the Ivy Plains…
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A grass fire which broke out in a vacant lot off Peel Street near the West Bathurst Post Office at 1.45 yesterday afternoon was promptly…
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Bushfires have flared up again in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia. In Tasmania, the worst outbreak…
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The Bathurst Fire Brigade - an swered two calls to grass fires yesterday. The first, which was reported shortly before 1 p.m., was confined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Goods Shed Melbourne
Late this afternoon the goods shed at Geelong was gutted by fire. The shed is believed to contain a large quantity of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Grass Fire Near Forbes
FORBES, Tuesday: Sparks from a railway engine may have caused a fire which destroyed 100 acres of grassland on the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cease Fire proposals-- China Declared Willing
LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. -- Communist China regarded the Arab-Asian proposals as providing a genuine basis for a peaceful settlement in the Far East, and would be willing to co-operate in negotiations for such a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dispute on Cense-Fire Terms Australia to Oppose Arab-asian Moves
LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday: Australia will oppose the resolution of the 12-Arab-Asian nations for a settlement of the Korean and Far Eastern problems. Australia's Keith Shann [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Portland Volunteer Fire Brigade
The monthly meeting of Portland Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts hall. Present were Messrs. E. Burke (captain). D. T…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bedroom Fire Suffocated The Publican’s Daughter
Nearly 50 years ago, one, very cold winter’s night, the daughter of the licensee of the Locomotive Hotel…
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NYNGAN, Thursday: A bushfire burned nearly 2.000 acres of grass near Nyngan this afternoon before it was controlled. The outbreak…
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Five firemen fought for more than two hours to get a bushfire under control at Bloomfield Park yesterday…
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COBAR, Friday: smoke from bushfires near Cobar today was so thick that it looked like a dust storm approaching the town. The smoke was…
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