Fire Brigade Appointed
A meeting of the Mt. David Bush Fire Brigade held recently appointed the following officers: President, Mr. A. Knight: secretary, Mr. J. W…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 29
Fire Damage at Judd's Creek
A fire thought to have been started from the backfire of a tractor, raged through 150 acres of grassland and crops at Dr. Susle Buckingham's…
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The Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to two grass fires on Saturday. At 1.30 p.m. a pile of rubbish and grass which caught fire at the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£400 Damage in Two Manildra Fires
MANILDRA, Sunday.— Two fires at Manildra yesterday afternoon caused damage estimated at over £400. A home in Loftus Street, Manildra, was partially destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Danger Season
The summer season brings with it warmth and growth. To the city [?]weller it also means more time spent in the open air—more…
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Early last Friday afternoon the Fire Brigade was called to a fire at the power station, in…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A portion of the sin le-storey grandstand at the City Sportsground was severely damaged by fire this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush Fire Brigades Deserve the Gratitude of Whole Community
If ever there was a body of men deserving the thanks of the people of this district it is the members of the Bush Fire Brigades. Like most country men,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Checked Blaze Near Lagoon
A bush fire, which broke out at Davis Creek Gold Reserve, near The Lagoon, yesterday, burnt out approximately hundred acres of Crown land…
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Orange Fire Brigade received two calls to fires yesterday afternoon. The first was to a small weatherboard structure…
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At 2.30 yesterday afternoon a passer by noticed smoke billowing from the verandah foot of the Bathurst Court House. He called workmen who…
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KATOOMBA, Monday: At Katoomba Court today a woman doctor was fined £5 for having lit a fire in the open during the danger period…
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In the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commisioners' estimates of expenditure for 1952 an amount of £352 was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Threat To Colliery
Believed to have been started by a spark from a train passing through the area, a bushfire on Saturday…
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Last Friday's meeting of Gulgong Shire Council was advised by the Chief Secreary Department that a…
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What could have been a serious fire broke out on the Breelong State Forest Several, bush fire brigades,…
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On Sunday morning last the Dunedoo Fire Brigade was summoned to a fire which had broken out at the home of Mrs. E. M. Healy, at the…
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The Slate Government had taken back most of the extra equipment sent to the Blue Mountains fire brigades…
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Sparks from a passing engine are believed to have started a fire which burned out an area of bush and grass and threatened buildings near the Eskband bridge this afternoon…
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Troop reinforcements, fully equipped with a water tanker and fire-fighting apparatus, were rushed from Richmond this morning to take part in the battle to save the Marrangaroo ammunition depot. About 10.30 this morning the fire became a raging inferno northwest…
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