Newnes Forest Destroyed Fires Rage Over Wide Area of State
The Newnes State Forest near Lithgow, with thousands of acres of valuable p[?] plantations, was today wiped out by flames which…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 29
400 Shep, Hundreds of Acres pasture Burnt Out by Fire
Nearly 400 sheep have been lost and hundreds of [?] of pasture and fencing have been burnt out be a fire sweeping the Brogan's Creek area…
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The outbreak on the Blue Mountains is being checked by 3000 fire fighters after a day-long battle. The fire is the worst of several Police say that the whole, town of Blackheath would have been engulfed but for the grim determination of the firefighters…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Further outbreaks of bushfires were reported throughout the State today, the most severe being on the Blue Mountains…
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No suspicious circumstances surround a fire which destroyed a car at Portland early this…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.— Five homes and three garages were destroyed at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains today in one of the…
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Bushfires burning through the mountains within close proximity of Lithgow have been the worst in the history of the district. In previous years fires have caused heavy…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The Premier, Mr. McGirr, today proposed that some of the money collected under the War damage insurance scheme should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jeweller Fires Shots at Thief Arrest on Tram. MELBOURNE
A Jeweller at Burnley today fired three shots at a man who allegedly grabbed a diamond ring from a tray in his shop…
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South Bowenfels is this afternoon in grave danger from the bushfire! peril. The village is standing directly in the path of the worst bushfire to sweep through the district for years…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Conditions were better in most of the bushfire zones of the eastern states today, but the weather bureau issued warnings…
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In the fierce bushfires of the last few days, 1,700 acres, of valuable pine and hardwoods were laid waste in Newnes State Forest. Mr. M. S. Williams, forester…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Western Blue Mountains town of Mount Victoria today is being threatened by bushfires which have been swept into renewed fury by a northwest wind…
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SYDNEY, Monday— Conditions were letter in most of the bushfire zones of the eastern States today, but weather bureaux have issued warnings of increasing danger tomorrow…
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Women and children living in Newnes Forest experienced a terrifying ordeal, at the week-end, when they…
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A fire at Carcoar last week caused a fair amount of damage at Coombing Park property…
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BINGHAMPTON, New York, Tuesday: A young family of five died today in the flaming third floor flat alter an oil stove exploded…
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Orange Fire Bridge yesterday answered four calls, including one to an outlook which burnt out 150 acres of grasslands at Suma Park. The grass fire was on the…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Observatory at Mount Stromlo , a few miles from Canberra, this afternoon narrowly escaped destruction by a forest fire. At one time, pine forests on all sides of the observatory were in flames and were fanned by a strong wind…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) today announced a total prohibition on the lighting of all classes of fires in the…
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