Tourists Escape in Bus Blaze
The driver and 11 passengers escaped with their luggage when a Pioneer Tours bus caught fire near Bathurst late on Wednesday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 27
Railway Bridge Catches Fire
In Thursday's heatwave, sparks from a passing Irani sot fire to grass at the foot of wooden piers supporting the approach to the Cooreel railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal For Relief For Victims Of Fires On Blue Mountains
SYDNEY: Money as well as clothing and blankets are being offered from all parts of New South Wales in a spontaneous move to ease the plight of victims of this week’s disastrous bushfires on the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Maitland Fires
Maitland fire brigade put out a fire in the ceiling of the Northern Cafe, in High Street, Maitland yesterday…
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SYDNEY: Bush fires broke out again to-day at Springwood, on the Blue Mountains. A smaller fire broke out at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Cafe
Speedy work by Maitland Fire Brigade yesterday prevented what might have been a serious, large-scale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mountain Fire Threat Revived
SYDNEY: Fire[?] in the Blue Mountains was were alerted this morning when high [?]tarly w[?] adopt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strange Cause of Fire
Rutherford-Telarah [?]eatdents were out of electrical power for some time at the week-end as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Threaten Homes Police and Residents Assist
Variable winds yesterday caused a number of properties to be threatened by two grass fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Threatens Farley Home
A fire at Parley gave Maitland and Homeville brigades strong opposition late this morning and Into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fresh Outbreaks of Fire on Mountains. Sydney
Volunteer firefighters and Sydhey fire officers were rushed to a serious outbreak at Glenbrookto-day. Early reports indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wind Is Carrying Bush Fire
SYDNEY: A southerly wind is driving a bushfire in the Grose Valley towards Faulcon-bridge, on the Blue Mountains,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Burn Out 49 Homes
Forty-nine houses were destroyed, leaving hundreds of people homeless, in bush fires which swept the eastern slopes of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire at Farley
It took Maitland and Home ville Fire Brigades a long fight of four and a hair hours to extinguish a [?] at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Fire at Clarence Town
About 3 am. on Friday, morning, Constable McCrohon of Clarence Town was awakened to find his garage on fire. His Austin car was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires Act Amendment Suggested Aldermen Say Brigades Should Have More Power
Ald. H. T. Skilton said at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council that he was at a loss to know why there had not been an amendment to the Bush-fires Act to give power to fire brigades to burn off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAY-LONG BAlTLE Against Fires
Karri, Weston and Abermain fire brigades have been out all day fighting fires in the coalfields area, whilst Maitland bridge this morning had a hard fight against a grass fire near East Greta Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage To Culverts By Bush Fires
The engineer (Mr. A. L.. Cook) reported to Port Stephens Shire Council that [?] had caused…
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SINGLETON:. Patrick Plains Shire Council will In form the Hunter Valley Con se[?]ation Trust that It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opposition To Trust Move On Bush Fire Brigades
The Patrick Plains Shire Council will oppose any interference, by the Hunter Valley Trust in the administration or organisation of the bushfire brigades…
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