Bushfire Racing Towards Lithgow
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A bushfire that started in the State pine forest near Newnes is now sweeping towards Lithgow on a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
437 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 22
Bush Fire Quelled Near Kurri Hospital
KUKRI, Wed—Breaking out at 9 a.m. this morning, a bush fire swept through-scrub country in the vicinity of Kurri Hospital,…
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THE continued dry weather brings with it an increasing fire risk and the time is opportune to stress the need for…
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LONDON, [?] 8.—The Fats are the most [?] of Britain’s food problem said the food minister Mr. Stract[?] at a press…
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A new four-inch water extension, completed only a few months ago, probably saved homes at Eastville, near East…
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SYDNEY Thursday.— New restrictions regarding the lighting of fires came into operation from 5.30 p.m. yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Over 5000 acres of forest, in the Styx river area, between Armidale and Kempsey, were destroyed by bush fires yesterday. The original plantings were made just on 20 years ago…
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Fires are blazing on a 40-mile front in the Styx River area, 40 miles from Armidale. Reports from Armidale and Tamworth…
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A bushfire threatened Kurri Kurri Hospital for more than three hours on Wednesday before better brought under control by three fire brigades…
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A bush fire, which could easily have devastated the whole of the north-western side of the district, broke out on Wednesday last, and,…
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Fire-fighters are still batting to control a bush fire which is burning fiercely on a 40-mile front down Big Hill forest areas on the Armidale-Kempsey road…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, yesterday announced the reimposition of restrictions on the lightinging of fires in the open…
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A utility truck and equipment worth more than £100 were destroyed by fire at the Raymond Terrace punt yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Bush fires in the country between Kempsey and Armidale are now burning themselves out…
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On 18th November His Royal Highness, the Governor-General, will issue a public statement calling upon the citizens of…
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At 6.45 o'clock the morning Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak at the residence of Mr. Walter Welt, of Kearsley…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddelcy) announced the r[?]imposition of restrictions on the lighting of fires in the open because…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fires in Styx River Area Seven Homes Destroyed Near Kempsey Sydney
Over 5000 acres of forest, in the Styx River area, between Armidale and Kempsey, were destroyed by bush fires on Wednesday. The…
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Mildred Ellon Blake (34), a single woman, was burnt to death in a fire which destroyed a 10roomed home on "Blakefield" in…
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