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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Coolah District News Bush Fire and Brigade Matters

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 15

The District Forester at Dubbo has, requested. Coolah Shire Council to supply him with a list of all Bush Fire…

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Open Fires Prohibited

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. Evatt, yesterday reimposed the prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open air for…

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Inquiry Into Fires Police Action

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: CIB chief [?]upt Delaney, today as[?]gned detectives to investigate last night [?] fire at Chippendale…

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Fire Sale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 6

Featured in this issue of Loneragans Store News you will see many outstanding bargains geing offered in the…

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Factory Fire Probe

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: There was no suspicion attached to the fire which lost night destroyed a factory at Chippendale, anon squad detectives…

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Ban on Camp Fires In Force Until Jan. 25

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open for camping purposes was announced today by the Chief Secretary…

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ALD’s. Query on Fire Brigade

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5

“What steps have been taken to man our fire station by a permanent officer 24 hours a day?” Ald. L. L. Box asked at…

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People Give £60 to Aid Fire Victim

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Within a few hours of losing all possessions in a fire which gutted a hut at Cargo, a man received more than £60 from…

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Conviction for Leaving a Fire in the Open Air

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 16

Cyril Walter Scott, of Hallway Street, was charged before Mr. A. S. Tuncheen, S.M., at the…

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Ben Bullen Budget Disastrous Bushfire

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

A fire which broke out in the heart of the village on Sunday, at midday, was not checked until a portion of Mr. L…

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Tax Relief for Bush Fire Victims

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 8

"The question of provisional tax payable by those graziers has already be considered and discussed with…

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Something to Be Proud of Boree Bush Fire Brigades

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

The Bushfire Brigade organisation in Boree Shire was something that Councillors and residents of the…

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Fresh Fires at Katoomba

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

KATOOMBA. Thursday.— A small grass fire broke out in the Gross Valley, Blue Mountains, this afternoon…

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The Fire Danger Season

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

The summer season brings with it warmth and growth. To the city dweller it also means more time spent in the open air, more surfing, cricket, golf and tennis. To the country…

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8 Children Die in Fire

National Advocate · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Thursday: Eight children died in a Are which destroyed their home nine miles north or Cooe Bay, Oregon, early yesterday…

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Union secretary criticises fire brigade economies

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

The secretary of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees’ Union (Mr. J. W. Lambert) claims that economics made…

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Police Criticised Alleged Breaches Of Fire Regulations

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 9

Failure by the police to prosecute offenders against bushfire precaution regulations on two recent occasions…

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Bushfires Again Disastrous

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

PARKES, Thursday.--A grass fire burned out six acres and threatened a weatherboard house here today…

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Bush Fire Brigades

National Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. A. S. MacCaboe, Secretary of Yetholme Voluntary Fire Brigade. Yesterday, notified. Turon Shire Council that the Captain, Mr. James…

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Fire Ban

National Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 2

Turon Shire Council has been notified by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Evatt, that the lighting of fires in the open sir for the purpose of cooking,…

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