Country Fire Fighting Units Special Officer Appointed for Control
The Board of Fire Commissioners have decided to appoint a special officer to control and correlate the work of all fire-fighting units…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
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Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Protection Desired for Larger Area From Fire Danger
The question of expanding the fire area, by taking in portions of Glenridding, Dunolly and Redbournberry, was voiced by Mr J…
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A correspondent at Underbank writes that bush fires have been very threatening in the Underbank district during the last fortnight, there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Manning Fires Wingham
1 Mr. T, A, Breese, of "Bretti," Upper Manning, states that the hush fires In that locallty have just about burnt themselves out, after many weeks of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pictures in the Fire
How many of us have sat quietly by the fire on a cold, wintry night listening to the rain drumming against the windows and letting our minds stray…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in William Street
Yesterday afternoon the Cessnock fire brigade was called out to deal with an outbreak of fire in the kitchen at a dwelling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire Lismore
Bush fires, in some cases the worst within the memory of oldest residents, are burning ever thousands of acres of drought-striken country on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Dump Fire Catherine Hill Bay
Fire which broke out in a small coal dump at Wallarah colliery on Wednesday morning now threatens the main dump, containing thousands of tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Thrill Trapped In Shaft TINGHA
While working in a shaft two young miners found that the top of the shaft, which was timbered with stringy bark, was blazing. The lads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Miners Trapped by Fire One Conveyed to Hospital
While working in a shaft at Tingha two young miners found that the top of the shaft, which was timbered with stringy barley, was blazing. The lads…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Board Estimates
The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Tarro Shire Council to-day that its contribution in the Kurri kurri fire district towards the 1937 estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire Narrow Escape of Occupants
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Nyngan, occupied by Mr. S. Morrison, his wife, and family, was completely destroyed by fire early on monday…
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Owing to the bush fires, several men employed on the construction of the Upper Myall road had the misfortune to have their tents and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Outbreak. Quick Action Prevents Serious Conflagration
A fire which, without the prompt attention given it, may have had disastrous results, broke out in the yard of Berry and Poppleton this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shops Destroyed Fire At Gloucester GLOUCESTER
Four shops occupied by Mr.W.Bolton, hairdresser, Mr.E. Weston, hardware and furniture merchant, Mr. T. Hannan, Saddle, and Mr. G. Gelffon…
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Bush fires threatened the public school at Crawford River last week. Fanned by a stiff breeze the flames swept towards the school building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdeen Fire Enquiry
The District Coroner, Mr. W. T. Seaward, conducted an enquiry at Aberdeen on Tuesday into the fire which completely destroyed the home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdeen Section Fire Enquiry
The District Coroner, Mr. W. T. Seaward, conducted an enquiry at Aberdeen on Tuesday into the fire which completely destroyed the home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Function at Fire-station
The members of the local volunteer Fire Brigade, with some of the exmembers, met together at the station on Saturday evening in a Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Colliery Newcastle
To fight a fire at the old Globe coillery, fireman from Cook's Hill and Adamstown used two pumping engines and about 2000ft. of hose…
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