Woman’s Dress Caught Fire
An elderly woman was badly burnt when her clothing caught fire when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1971
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Packing Cases Fire Hazard
Packing cases which have been dumped on land at Yarramundi have become a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kurrajong Pistols Second in Rapid-Fire Teams Shoot
With the completion on Sunday of the Metropolitan Rapid-fire competition at Gosford,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Brigade Allocation
Allocations to Bush Fire Brigades totalling $20,000 were approved at Colo Shire Council’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurrajong Pistols Scholte Wins Rapid Fire
Shooters with large handicaps finished in the top places in the Rapid Fire event on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Elect. Blanket Could Have Caused Fire
Prompt action by a neighbour saved the Windsor home of Mr Arthur Messel from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Open Finding" on Meatworks Fire
Insufficient evidence was available for a finding to be returned on the cause of the Riverstone Meat Works fire last year, the Windsor Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Grass Fires Keeping Brigades Busy
Richmond Fire Brigade has attended 14 grass fires this month, and Captain Des Buttsworth warns that prevailing tinder-dry conditions are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurrajong Pistols Ray Lambert Wins Centre Fire
Ray Lambert continues to show improvement in the Centre Fire match and won the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire At School
A fire caused by a roofed-over chim[?] at St. Mon[?]cas [?] Richmond, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Windsor Cafe Extensively Damaged in Fire
Fire caused extensive damage on Tuesday to the Blue Bird Cafe in George Street, Windsor, in a blaze watched by scores of people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tanker Fire
On Wednesday a tanker caught fire at the Richmond RAAF Base, but was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bomb Hoax At Fire Station
A “bomb scare” at Windsor Fire Station on July 19 was found to be a hoax after a search by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conservation Taking the “Sting” Out of Bushfires
Aiming to “take the sting out of bushfires,” a program using “aerial ignition” of controlled fires was described by a Forestry and Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Record Week of Fires
A Londonderry home, badly damaged by fire on August 8, began a record 18 fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman’s Clothing Caught Fire
A 79-year-old widow had died from burns received when her clothing caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Bushfire Brigade Disbanded
Closure of North Richmond Bush Fire Brigade had been forced by lack of personnel, its…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →14 Calls to Grass Fires
The grass fire problem has continued despite recent rain. Richmond and Windsor Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Captain Retires
The retirement of the Grose Wold Bush Fire Brigade Captain, Mr Harold Gunning…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Fire Control Measures Discussed
Discussion at the recent annual meeting of the Grose Vale Bush Fire Brigade, at the…
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