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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

11 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

A.r.p. Work Interesting Lecture at Windsor by Fire Brigades Officer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 11

BY courtesy of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., an intensely interesting and informative lecture and series of demonstrations on A.R.P. work…

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Labour Fires First Shot Campaign Opens in Gosford (Contributed)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 12

WITH telling points that found ready response from his listeners, Mr. Frank Finnan, Endorsed Official Labor Candidate for Hawkesbury, inaugurated the beginning of his campaign in Gosford on Thursday evening. Mr. Finnain won applause by intimating that he, and he hoped his opponents, would fight cleanly…

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A.r.p. Series Fire Brigades in Raids Reserve Service Is Man's Job

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 8

IN view of the call which has gone out for Windsor men and youths of nonmilitary age to join up at the local Fire Station as Volunteer Reserve Firemen to…

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Mulgrave Excitement Grass Fire Threatens Houses Brigade's Timely Save

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

OUR Mulgrave correspondent writes: - There was considerable excitement occasioned at Mulgrave when a fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in a paddock on South…

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Egg Board Fires First Shot in Poll Campaign See Page 6. Egg Prices Importance of Control

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 1

During last year's referendum, on the question of whether the whole of the marketing of egg's in N.S.W. should be brought under the control of tine Egg Marketing…

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Fire Danger Now Time to Burn Off Brigade Captains Advice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 3

DRAWING attention to the extreme danger of disastrous fires in the coming summer, in view of the thick growth of grass and "rubbish" this season…

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Meatworks Fire Lightning Believed Cause Considerable Damage Done

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 3

BELIEVED to have been caused by lightning fusing electric fittings, a fire discovered in a chilling chamber at the Riverstone Meatworks on Thursday…

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Glossodia Fire Homes Have Close Calls Fighters' Splendid Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 3

FANNED by the strong westerly breeze blowing at the time, a bush fire at Glossodia on Monday threatened several homes in that area before it was…

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Bush Fires Appointing More Local Rangers From Bush Fire Brigades

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 6

THE Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, has directed his Department to explore the possibility of appointing certain members of Bush Fire Brigades as rangers under the…

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Vital Duty Prevention of Bush Fires Chief Secretary's Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 10

The opening of the, 1941-42 campaign of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee is made the occasion by the Chief 'Secretary, Hon. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., for a personal…

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Bush Fires Mostly Are Man-made a Seasonable Reminder

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 7

"It has been estimated that more than 90 ,per cent of bush fires are man-made-mostly through carelessness," said Mr. Noel Griffiths, in an address on the activities of the…

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