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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires
19 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
AFTER hearing all available evidence pertaining to the outbreak of fire which destroyed, at Schofields, on 1st December, an unoccupied weatherboard cottage owned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DESCRIBING a fire which destroyed a house and contents at Schofields on November 5 last as '"the most suspicious case I have ever had to deal with," the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DAY of tragedy for many unfortunate settlers in the Vineyard, Oakville, Mulgrave, Box Hill and Rouse Hill areas, who saw all of their cherished belongings swept away in the path of ravening bush fires which, fanned by a strong breeze and aided by tinder-dry vegetation as a result of a week of record heat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT is difficult to estimate the damage in fruit areas caused by the phenomenal heat and bushfires of last 'Saturday, says the Federation bulletin. The hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FOLLOWING a splendid gesture by the employees of the Riverstone Meat Co. in donating a self-imposed levy of 5/- per man towards a fund for the relief of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RESPONDING in a magnificent manner to an S.O.S. issued, by the Baulkham Hills Shire Council for assistance for those unfortunate people who lost their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AFTER discussing correspondence from the Riverstone and District Fire-Relief Fund committee, which appealed to the council for support and assistance, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AN open verdict was returned by the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P., at the Windsor Court House on Wednesday of last week when he held an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A SEQUEL, to the tragedy that shocked the whole district on December 19 last, when a fire originated, it is thought, in the Church of England cemetery and swept with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A RATHER sensational saquel to a day which, since its tragic advent, has become known as one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Hawkesbury, was heard at the "Windsor Court House on Tuesday, when the Hawkelsbury District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P., conducted a Coronial Inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THAT the Attorney General had decided not to file a Bill alleging manslaughter and arson, two charges preferred against Prank Gross, of Vineyard, following a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some excitement occurred at Kurrajong at 11 a.m. on Sunday, when worshippers returning from church saw thick volumes of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN an endeavor to ensure that there would be no recurrence of the fire that occurred during last summer in the vicinity of St. Matthew's Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE result of twelve months' arduous and unrelenting effort to retain for the fruitgrowers of the Hawkesbury in particular, and the growers in the State in general, freedom to control their own industry was reviewed with a large measure of satisfaction at the Annual General Meeting of the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Pulsford objected that Mr. McLeod was not correct in making that assertion, as Mr. Neil "only got what was due to him," and after some further comment on these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN intimation that he would be willing to call a public meeting far the purpose of discussing the possibilities of forming a voluntary bush fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AN interesting discussion on the powers of authorised officer of a properly-constituted bush fire brigade to enter private property ,to burn firebreaks took place…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THAT, apart from other difficulties, no suitable dredger was available at the moment, tout an analysis had shown that the sand was a marketable commodity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A recommendation from the finance committee to the effect that, "the rates far 1940 foe the same as now levied," was adopted at the meeting of the…
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