Queer Situation the Shire Council Can and Does Over-ride Bush Fire Brigades
Although the men who fight the district's bush fires and, incidentally, provide all the necessary equipment for so doing…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
251 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 13
Quick Action Serious Blaze Averted
But for the prompt action of members of the District Ambulance staff and passers-by, a fire which started at the rear of the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Fierce bush fire roared through miles of thickly timbered country from Oberon to Jenolan Caves yesterday, reducing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council's £145 For Fire Fighting Appliances But No Compulsory Levy
THE Crookwell Shire Councilat its meeting on Monday last voted a sum of £145 to enable fire fighting gear to be purchased for the district brigades, but it would not agree to the proposal to impose a special rate for the financing of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WINDELLAMA Plans To Combat Bush Fires
WINDELLAMA: At the annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade it was decided to obtain a supply of petrol. which will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charcoal Burners Danger of Bush Fires
The obvious danger of emptying gas producer burners on the roadside came directly under the notice of the Yass P.P. Board on Tuesday. No one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jenolan Fire Cottage Burnt Out
SYDNEY, Thursday: A five-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by one of the staff of Jenolan Caves House, his wife and child, was…
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MOSS VALE, Thursday: Bushfires damaged a section of the railway line from Moss Vale to Unanderra yesterday day, and trains were delayed until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Trail Of Ruin At Tallong
Two dwellings were razed and an orchard destroyed when a bush fire swept through the Tallong district on a three mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Near Oberon Bridge Partly Burnt
While the Jenolan fire was at its height another fire started on the road at Bobby's Creek about a mile and a half from Oberon, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Units Bush Fire Danger
The obvious danger of emptying gas producer burners on the roadside came directly under the notice of the Yass P.P. Board at its monthly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£145 GRANT Crookwell Fire Brigade
CROOKWELL: The Shire Council at its monthly meeting voted £145 to enable tire fighting equipment to be purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreak New Berrima Menaced
The home of an old-age pensioner, Fred Scrapton, situated in the bush about half a mile to the west of New Berrima was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helpers at Recent Campbellfields Fire
We would like to mention that amongst the many willing helpers at the recent Campbellfields fire the employees of the Murrungal Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Caused By Carelessness
Speaking over the national network, the Chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee (Mr. H. E. Messer) said that the goal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Chinese Injured Market Garden Blaze
A 73-year-old Chinese, Lin Ham, was seriously injured when an eight-roomed cottage, living quarters of a market garden, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Cases Of Carelessness
Speaking over the national network the chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Mr. H. E. Messor, said that the goal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PARKESBOURNE Bush Fire Brigade
Members of the Parkesbourne-Merrilla Bush Fire Brigade held their annual meeting recently. There was a good attendance of residents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Laggan Local Brigade Effects Good Save
The prompt response by members of the Laggan Bush Fire Brigade on Monday last was responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fiery Fire Fighters Make Sparks Fly At Gunning Meeting
HAD things become much warmer at a meeting of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade last Friday night it may have been necessary to "call out the Brigade. to put a damper on some of the members…
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