Grass Fires Over Wide Area
Local fire brigades last week attended several fires in tinder-dry grass…
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Fires & bushfires, 1965
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Grass Fire Epidemic Continues
The prevailing tinder-dry, windy conditions, which have fostered a widespread outbreak of…
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An important day for members of Glossodia Bush Fire Brigade was February 13, when their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£9,000 Fire at Schofields
Damage estimated at £9,000 was caused when fire completely destroyed the general store and…
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A grass fire which started on Tuesday afternoon in Hobartville paddocks near Inall’s Lane, Richmond, menaced the town for three hours until the wind…
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More than £300 in notes were badly charred when a fire broke out in a residence above a Richmond cafe on Monday afternoon…
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Fighting desperately all day Saturday, bush fire brigade members and volunteers saved scores of homes in raging fires which burnt out thousands of acres of bushland in Colo Shire…
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Words could not describe the excellent service rendered by volunteer fire fighters during…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Richmond’s New Fire Station Opened
The role being played by volunteer firemen in the current period of high fire danger was praised at the official opening of the new fire station at…
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Because of the difficulty of disposing of tree loppings, the Prospect County Council has purchased a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Semi-Trailer Catches Fire
The Glos[?]odia Bush[?] Fire Brigade was called o[?]t at one o’clock [?] Monday morning to…
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In a remarkable coincidence, both the Mulgrave and Clarendon railway viaducts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-Fighters Appreciated
Appreciation of the efforts of fire-fighters in the last emergency period has been expressed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lit Fires in Open Had Permission, Man Claims
Charged with lighting a fire in the open during a restricted period, a Colo picnic ground proprietor, said at a recent Windsor Court that he had obtained permission from the Colo Shire Bosh Fire Control…
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A recent meeting of vegetable growers at Baulk-ham Hills discussed the problem of part-time and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Radios For Bush Fire Brigade
About eight members of Glossodia Bush Fire Brigade will, attend a special, class to learn to use the…
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A fire hazard had been created in Lagoon Road, Bilpin, when the road was being Widened, by…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →100 Years of Fire Service Recognised
Two volunteer fire brigade captains with 100 years' service between them were given a public farewell last week on their recent retirement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAAF Fires Causing Concern
Fires lit., at the Richmond RAAF Base are causing, concern to people living in the East…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Viewpoints of Readers Fires at Raaf Base (To the Editor)
Sir,—I was rather surprised to see in last week’s issued a complaint by Ald. Tamplin regarding the…
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