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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

25 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Fire Hazards

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

A number of further complaints regarding properties which were considered fire hazards to adjoining…

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Burning Fire Breaks Council Qualifies Permission

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 8

QUALIFIED permission for a bush fire brigade in the municipality to burn fire breaks was given by…

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Grose Vale BUSHFIRES

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

The fire which broke out in Grose Vale on December 16, and swept rapidly through to North Richmond…

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Camp Fire Concert. Scouts' Enjoyable Evening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 5

AN encampment of Boy Scouts at Grose Wold entertained parents and visitors at a most interesting…

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Disastrous Fire Wool Store Destroyed Four Brigades Fight Riverstone Outbreak

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

FOUR brigades were called to fight a fire which destroyed the big wool store at the Riverstone…

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Fire Hazard Orders Council To Presecute Non-compliance by Three Owners

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 6

LEGAL proceedings against three persons, reported as having failed to comply with orders to…

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Expert Advice Sought Bush Fire Problems

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 8

PROBLEMS relating to the operation of bush fire brigades in the shire are to be referred by Colo Shire to…

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Bush Fire Relief Another Fund Opened

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 5

SOME energetic collecting has apparently been put into a Windsor Bush Fire Relief Fund which has…

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£19 Subscribed At Meeting Bush Fire Victims Relief Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 5

THE January meeting of the Colo Shire Council opened its end of the Bush Fire Victims Relief Fund…

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Burned Out 80 Acres Bush Fire Starts From Copper

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 1

AN area of some 80 acres was burned out near Pitt Town on Friday afternoon when a fire lighted to boil…

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Fire Victims Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 10

Further donations to the Bush Fire Victims Relief Fund opened conjointly by the Windsor and Colo Councils…

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Burning Fire Breaks Powers Explained to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 9

SOME of the powers vested in the council and captains of accredited bush fire brigades in its area…

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Fire Hazards Report Prosecution, Three New Notices

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 9

A FURTHER, report to the Windsor Council, at its February 5 meeting, on fire hazards in properties at…

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Fire Control

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 5

Questions directed to the Colo Shire Council and referred by it to the Bush Fires Committee for rulings were…

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Fire Fine Reduced Result of Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

FOLLOWING an appeal by an East Kurrajong resident against tlie severity oi' a line imposed on him at…

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£5 Fines Lighting Fires in Open Air

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 9

TWO defendants who pleaded guilty at the Windsor Court to charges connected with lighting…

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Fire-Fighting Expenses Council Reply to Questions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 7

IN reply to questions regarding personal expenses of those engaged in fire fighting, Colo Shire…

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Exonerated Bush Fire Brigade Captain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

FOLLOWING a special investigation by departmental officers, the captain of the Bilpim Bush Fire…

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Bush Fire Brigades Items at Council Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 10

SEVERAL matters in connection with bush fire brigades were included in business dealt with by the…

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Grose Wold Fire House and Contents Destroyed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 5

A HEAVY loss was sustained by the owner when a house and contents at Grose Wold were…

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