One Unit on Order Kurrajong Bush Fire Brigade
USING its own funds to place an order through Colo Shire Council, so that Government subsidy could be obtained, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1947
12 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
Declared "Public Nuisance" Waste Fire at Sawmill
FOLLOWING a complaint and report received by Richmond Council at its last meeting regarding a waste fire kept…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Restrictions
It was decided at the March meeting of the Colo Shire Council, on the suggestion of the President (Cr. H. C. Matheson), to ask the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Engine And Car Collide
A COLLISION in which the five engine and a car were involved caused a few moments' excitement in George-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Stopped
Thought to have been caused by rabbiters through carelessness, a fire swept through the property of Mrs. M. E. Kemp, of Ebenezer, on August…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Fire-Fighting Units for Kurrajong Brigade
ENOUGH funds had been subscribed for the Kurrajong Bush Fire Brigade to purchase, with Government subsidy, two motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Re-Constitution Fire Brigades Board
THE idea behind the proposed re-constitution of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. was explained in a circular…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preparing For Fire Danger Kurrajong Fighters Adopt New Strategy
A NEW plan by Kurrajong Bush Fire Brigade for fighting fires, so that both motor units could be used most effectively,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forestry Fire
Between four and five acres of the State Forest, Blacktown-road, were burnt out last Monday week. A large number of lopped pine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tractor Destroyed By Fire Wilberforce Farmer's Loss
A TRACTOR valued at over £400 was completely destroyed when a fire broke out in one of Salter Bros.' farm sheds early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Burned Lamp Fire
WHEN a kerosene lamp she was filling caught fire on Monday afternoon Mrs. C. Preston, of Londonderry, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Careless Use Of Fire Two Agnes Banes Farmers Fined £20 EACH
AFTER two Agnes Banks farmers had pleaded guilty to charges under the Careless Use of Fire Act at the Richmond…
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