Under Control Fires At Broke SINGLETON
Singleton police again went out to Broke yesterday to inspect the bus fires. Fencing and grass land at Mr. P…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 28
Grass Fire Outbreak At Bandon Grove DUNGOG
A grass fire, which, spread rapidly menaced the residence of Mr. Mack Byron, of Bandon Grove, yesterday afternoon However, a bridge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£30,000 DAMAGE Bukkulla Vineyard Fire Cellar Destroyed [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Develop with Heat Wave
Bushfires in the last few days have been causing district landholders some concern, and the position will not the satisfactorily relieved until a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevent Bush Fires Carelessness Costs Lives and Money
The following points are worthy of careful consideration by the various committees controlling bush fire brigade operations, in order that such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Light Rain Causes Fires On Light Poles NEWCASTLE
Light rain, felling on accumulations of dust, causes short-circuits and outbreaks of fire on many electric light poles in the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine of £5 Grass Fire At Orange ORANGE
“Even it yon did year heat to put out the [?] I cannot view the matter lightly, and I the you [?]” said Mr, R. Donaldson, P. M. at the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Fire Alarms, Sydney
Concern at the large number of false alarms received by fire brigades was expressed by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Causes £100 Damage. Man Fined £5
A man who set fire to blackberry bushes within 10 yards of dry grass and thought he had extinguished it, was fined £5 at Orange on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire District
Tarro Shire Council, at its regular meeting: decided to inform Tenambit Progress Association that it will be included in ’he Maltland fire district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Circus Fire Animals Loose In City (“Mercury” Service) New York, February 21
Three hundred and fifty hay-eating animals, including 25 elephants, were freed and ran loose in Rochester, Indianapolis, last night when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →How Bush Fires Start
"During the holiday week-end, I did a leisurely tour of some two or three hundred miles through the bush fire zone. To suggest that they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dartbrook Bush Fire Brigade
A special general meeting of members of the Brigade was held at the Moobi bridge on Monday last, 18th February. Present: The Captain (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motorists' Corner the Cause of Bush Fires "Carbon" Stands by the Farmers
"Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victims Of Victorian Fires MELBOURNE
Two persons have already lost their lives in fires in Victoria this summer. They art Mr. and Mrs. Woodmen, 66…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hut Destroyed East Maitland Fire
A pensioner’s hut, off Brunswick street, East Maitland, wag destroyed by a fire which occurred in grass and scrub last sight. East Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballarat Fire Explosion Causes £2000 Damage MELBOURNE
Explosive experts from the C.I.E. have been sent to Ballarat to investigate a fire which followed an explosions on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Losses Fire In The Yess District Sheep Destroyed
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Ordeal “I Wanted To Dis” K.C’s Wife Tells (From A Special Correspondent) (By Air Mall) LONDON, Feb 2
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Danger Of Roadside Fires
Many [?] bush fires start from a small [?] on the roadside probably caused in many instances by care[?]…
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