£100,000 Fire In Brisbane
BRISBANE: Fire to-day gutted Bortwick's Poultry abattoirs at Rocklea and caused £100,000 damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
289 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 15
Gunning Bushfire Danger Request For Spark Arrestors To Be Sealed
A RECOMMENDATION from, the Gunning-Fish River Bushfire Brigade that a request be submitted to the Bushfires Advisory…
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SYDNEY: Forestry officials are on the watch for the firebug or firebugs who are blamed for the fires in…
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GEELONG: A County Court jury agreed that the loss of goods in the fire which destroyed the Geelong Railway…
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ALBURY: William Mongan, 42, was burnt to death after he had saturated with petrol the contents of his home in Union…
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SYDNEY: Special police guarded. a fortune in gold and silver and other precious metals when a fire badly…
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SYDNEY: The Bush Fire Commitee was rebuked by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, to-day day for suggesting that the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Break Out in Abadan Refinery
BASRAH, Monday: Fires broke out in the Abadan refinery last week when the Persians tried to start some of the refinery units, according to reports reaching Basrah…
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A £5000 semi-trailer load was destroyed by fire near Goulburn last night. The load was the Property of G. J. Coles and Co., Ltd…
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SYDNEY: Huge bushfires are destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of bushland in Queensland and northern N.S.W…
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Overseas and local critics begin to see comfort in the talks that are going on in Korea to end the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brigade Called to Two Fires
Goulburn Fire Brigade turned out to two minor rubbish fires yesterday There was no danger to…
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The wall of the fire siren shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday morning, awakened many Crookwell residents from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Bush Fire Losses
SYDNEY: Thousands of sheep, mil[?]s of fencing and valuable timber reserves have been destroyed by…
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SYDNEY: The damage already caused by bushfires in the past week is estimated at more than £5,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire of Boorowa Bush Fire Danger Period
Attention is directed to the fact that a Bush Fire Danger Period in terms of the Bush Fires Act, 1949 has been proclaimed for the Shire of Boorowa until 31st March 1952. Prior to the date mentioned it is an offence for any person to light,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Improvements Change in Warning System
AT THE MEETING OF THE BOOROWA VOLUNTARY FIRE BRIGADE, HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING THE SERVICE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Phone Calls In Case Of Fire Calls to Be Lodged in Order of Priority
At its last meeting the Boorowa Volunteer Fire Brigade decided that telephone calls relating to fires should…
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SYDNEY: Sydney's first bush fire evacuee arrived this morning and settled himself in the garden of a King's Cross doctor…
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A bush fire which has been burning since last Saturday at Captain's Flat was brought under control yesterday morning…
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