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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1964

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The Great Fire Of 1874 a Black Christmas for Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1964 · page 4

Clouds of dust and smoke were blowing through the streets of Windsor on the hot afternoon of December 23, 1874, as residents hurried about their last-minute Christmas shopping…

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Fire Destroys Old Building

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1964 · page 3

A building reputed to be more than 120 years old, was destroyed by fire on the…

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Alderman’s Home Burnt Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1964 · page 2

The weatherboard home of Ald J. P. Coogan, a Riverstone representative on the…

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Fire Victim Dies

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1964 · page 1

After a 23-day struggle for life in Prime Alfred Hospital a Windsor man has…

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Appeal for Burnt Out Family

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 1

About £50 has already been given to a relief fund for the Miller family, of Pitt Pitt Town, whose home was destroyed by fire last Thursday…

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Yarramundi Wants Fire Tender

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 14

An offer to build a bush fire shed if a fire tende[?] is procured, has been received by Colo Shire…

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Road Useful For Fire Fighting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 18

Colo Shire Council will object to the closing of [?] road at Glossodia because it believes the road [?]…

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Bush Fire Equipment Shed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1964 · page 13

A bush fire shed, estimated to cost £600, will be erected at Glossodia. Tenders for the…

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Burnt Out Family Appeal Closes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1964 · page 1

With the appeal for donations for the Miller family of Pitt Town, closing on…

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Bush Fire Boundaries Important

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1964 · page 13

Unless Bush Fire Brigade boundaries are clearly defined, then brigade captains cannot…

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Fire Station A Disgrace: Says Union

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 June 1964 · page 19

The deplorable condition of the Richmond Fire Station was an absolute disgrace, the…

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New Fire Station at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1964 · page 13

The existing fire station in March Street, Richmond is being demolished and new premises…

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Bush Fire Endangered Scores Of Homes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 August 1964 · page 3

A fierce bush fire, which raged through dense bush between the Penrith and Londonderry Roads last Wednesday, endangered scores of homes…

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Fire Fighter Injured In Barn Blaze

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 September 1964 · page 14

A fierce fire, which raged through a barn on Mr Ron Matchett’s Poultry farm at Glossodia on…

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Action Confined Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1964 · page 5

Quick action by an employee prevented serious damage to a Windsor factory when a panel van…

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Bush Fire Danger (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1964 · page 2

Sir.—On August 19 1964, the ; Push Fire Committee advised many councils including Colo Shire,…

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Restrictions On Lighting Fires Now In Force

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 October 1964 · page 23

Restrictions on the lighting of ail fires in the open came into force on October 1…

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Fire Destroys Plastics Material

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 October 1964 · page 1

Thousands of pounds worth of plastic raw material was destroyed last week in a fire at the A.C.I. Plastics factory at South Windsor…

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Two Grass Fires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 October 1964 · page 1

Two fires broke out on the same block of ground at South Windsor at different times last Friday…

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Fire at Dry Cleaning Factory

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1964 · page 1

Damage estimated at more than £500 was caused to machinery and equipment in a fire…

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