District Was Ringed By Bush Fires
At times during the Christmas-New Year period the whole district was ringed by bush fires, and brigades…
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Fires & bushfires, 1957
30 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Fire Fighter Fractured Spine
WHILE helping to extinguish a bush fire at Pitt Town on January 13, a Maraylya resident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council May Clash With Bush Fire Body
Critical comment at a Colo Shire Council meeting, and a tart letter to the N.S.W Bush Fire Committee advising it, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Council Thanks Bush Fire Brigades
Letters of appreciation to captains of bush fire brigades in the shire, and also to the R.A.A.F. Station, for fine work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades Conference
A letter from the Grose Wold Bush Fire Brigade, asking that the council call a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor Thanks Volunteer Fire Fighters
APPRECIATION of the council of work being done by volunteer fire fighters in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inspections Of Fire Brigade Equipment
ALL bush fire brigade equipment in Colo Shire, supplied through the council, is to be inspected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Irrelevant," Says Bush Fire Committee
Colo Shire Council's retort to what it considered interfering suggestions by the N.S.W. Bush Fire Committee, that there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Advised To Use Bush Fire Powers
A representative of the N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee at a recent conference in the Colo Shire Council Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Officer's Wrong Advice to Fire Brigades
On a recent visit to the district the chairman of the N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee said in effect, that a "technical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colo Shire Council Appoints Fire Control Officer
Colo Shire Council has appointed the President as fire control officer, and the engineer as equipment officer, for bush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Views On Fire Fighting Costs
Claims for private costs incurred in connection with fighting of bush fires in the shire were the subject of a further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Criticise Shire Council
CRITICISM of council decisions was received from two bush fire brigades by Colo Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Windsor Home And Contents
A HOME and contents at South Windsor were completely destroyed by a fire which broke out in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade Pose Before “The Reel”
Personnel and equipment of the Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1901. Several will be recognised by the older residents. They are (back row, from left): Jim Donoghue (Water Board), Bill Ritchie (who owned a big coach building works at the rear of George’s Cafe), Sep. Ezzy, Ted Drayton, Fred Ezzy, Harry Reay (who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Knapsack Sprays For Shire Fire Brigades
Shire bush fire brigades will all be fully equipped with knapsack sprays before any other equipment the Colo Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Company Blamed for Fire Hazards
A REQUEST that roadside fire hazards allegedly left by an electricity supply company be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sth. Windsor Fire Hazard
A letter from South Windsor P.A. to the September meeting of Windsor Council, asking for removal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Insurance On Tractors For Fire Fighting
SAID to have been puzzling many owners, points on insurance "cover" of privately-owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Announcements Of Fire Prohibitions
ARRANGEMENTS for announcement of total bans on lighting of fires in the open, where necessary…
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