Bush Fire Equipment Uncollected
SINGLETON, Sat.—The president of Patrick Plains Shire (Cr. A. C. Marshall) urged bush fire brigades in the outlying centres which had…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
384 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 20
Bush Fire Destroys Township
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Bushfires swept over 100 square miles destroying almost the whole of the township of Columba, 30 miles north of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — The police are hunting a on horseback, who galloped through the Otway ranges on Thursday last, Setting fire to the forest, and who, they fear, may cause further outbreaks…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Hundreds of fire fighters are waging a desperate battle to control a serious bushfire raging in the Otway ranges in south-west Victoria, but fresh outbreaks, believed to have been deliberately stated, have…
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CHRISTCHURCH, N.E., Tuesday. —Crown counsel alleged before a Royal Commission to-day that work done by private workmen had…
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MELBOURNE, Wed. — For the first time in a week Victoria is free of bushfire danger, and the rah which is…
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SINGLETON. Wed. — Singleton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called yesterday afternoon to put out a grass-fire which had started in…
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The Singleton Fire "Brigade was called out during the. lunch hour yesterday for a small grass fire in a vacant allotment…
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Each of the 41 people who were killed in the lire in Ballantyne's store, Christchurch, New Zealand. lost his life because exits were blocked by smoke, said Mr. C. G. Watson (for the Crown)…
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WELLINGTON. N.Z; (A.A.P.. Reuter), Wednesday.—The fire brigade’s part in the tragedy was deta[?]led by the Crown counsel. Mr…
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HOBART, Thurs.—The bushfire danger in Tasmania has passed for the present, although the fires are not under control…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday—Another big forest fire in Kennedy’s Creek area of the Otway Ranges is believed to have been started…
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The Aberdeen Town and Bush Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday last to Mr. George Lambley's property, where a…
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Bush fire havoc and the desolation el a buint-[?]t countryside suggested the formation of volunteer bush fire brigades over…
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Melbourne detectives expect to make an early arrest of a man who is believed to be responsible for some of the…
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Precautions to be taken by the general public in making fires for preparing meals or burning garden refuse were issued this week by…
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STONES, Saturday. — Firemen donned masks early to-day to combat choking smoke and funned pouring from a fierce city fire…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Four guests are missing, believed dead, in a fire which destroyed the 75-room Jeses Welden inn,…
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Whilst journeying from Newcastle to Dungog on Wednesday about 3 p.m., goods on R. G. Berry aud Sons' lorry caught fire when the vehicle was…
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Precautions to be taken by the general public in making fires for preparing meals or burning garden refuse were issued by the Chief Secretary…
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