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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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

Closer Working Of Bush Fire Brigades Asked

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 10

LACK of some established form of cooporation between bush fire brigades in the shire could led to a…

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Fire-Fighters' Claims for Compensation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

THERE was a specified manner in which a member of a bush fire brigade should submit a…

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To Hold Meeting On Bush Fire Matters

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 7

Colo Shire Council has decided to call a meeting of representatives of district bodies interested in bush fire brigade matters, to coincide with…

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Points Explained To Bush Fire Brigades

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 8

Some Interesting answers to questions were given by a member, of tine N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee at a conference on June 7 representing…

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Fire Ban

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 9

formation from reliable sources, and we apply these Proclamations honestly and sincerely, in the interests of the…

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Bilpin Fire Brigade Has Road Hazard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 4

AN extra hazard experienced by members of the Bilpin Bush Fire Brigade at times was mentioned at the conference of Colo Shire…

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Permanent Fire Duty Not Simple Matter

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

Provisional for a permanent paid fireman at Richmond would not foe a simple matter, according to a reply from tine Fire Brigades Board…

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Pitt Town Road And Reduced Fire Insurance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 15

ANOTHER, request has been made by Windsor Council to have the McGrath's Hll-Pitt Town…

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No Extra Grant For Bush Fire Fighting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 9

COLO Shire Council would not receive any extra grant for bush fire fighting, even though it had a large…

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Useful Points For Bush Fire Brigades

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 5

AN interesting reply to two queries regarding operation of bush fire brigades was received by the…

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Fire Areas For Restrictions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 12

Again in the coming bush fire season, for the purpose of radio warning, the State has been divided into "weather…

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Novel Ideas From One Shire Bush Fire Brigade

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 10

Several novel suggestions forwarded by a bush fire brigade were merely "received" by Colo Shire Council at its October meeting, on…

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