Grass Fire at Denman
A grass fire, which started on the property of Mr. Hector Carter, at the week-end, is thought to have been caused by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 22
Doctor Fined For Lighting Fire
KATOOMBA. Charged with lighting a fire in the open during a danger period. Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire In Red Cross Blood Bank
Fire last night seriously damaged a room on the first floor of the new Red Cross blood bank to York-street,…
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SINGLETON: A 71-years-old man collapsed and died yesterday afternoon after fighting bushfires at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lighting of Fires Prohibited Open Air Cooking Or Boiling of Water
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced on Friday last that he had prohibited the lighting of fires in the open air for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plane Crashed Into House and Flats Heavy Death Rob From Explosion And Fire
ELIZABETH (New Jersey); A twin-engine Conveir airliner carrying 23 persons crashed into a block of flats and a house and exploded during [?] and a heavy [?] here yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protect Your Home Against Bushfires
"Keep doors and windows closed when bushfires are near your house," said a C.S.I.R.O. spokesman last week. This simple…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfire Danger Is High
NSW FORECAST: Continuing hot to very hot throughout, with extreme bushfire danger in most districts. Sultry along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Interference In Bushfire Fighting Says Trust
The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust has no intention of interfering in the organisation of bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Well Known Grazier Dies After Fighting Bushfires
A well-known local grazier, Mr. Robert D'Arcy Hewitt, suddenly collapsed and died at his "Sunnyside" residence late yesterday afternoon a few minutes after he had returned from fighting the bushfires which have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire. Burning in Gungal Area
A very large bush fire is burning in the mountain and foothill country near Gungal. A large number of residents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Bellbird
A large area of bush and grass which caught alight in Mathieson Street; Bellbird, on Tuesday, was extinguished by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Damage In [?] Fire
LISMORE: Mrs to–day gutted a two–storeyed, chain store at [?] causing damage [?] at £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting. Revolutionary Methods
A revolutionary method of fire fighting with steam fog that has been developed in Miama, Florida, could, if put…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kitchen Damaged in Fire
Only slight damage to a Kitchen was caused when a the broke out in the weatherboard cottage of Mr. John J. Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wants Camp Grounds Not Fire Places
Members of the Patrick Plains Shire Council are opposed to'constructing fire places along the. main highways in the Shire on the ground' that as proposed they would constitute a bush fire hazard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Again Take Heavy Toll
SYDNEY: Bush fires, which already have taken four lives, are still blazing over wide areas of New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forestry's Bush Fire Losses Estimate Will Be Made at End of Month
Forestry Officer at Dungog (Mr. T. Wills) said on Thursday that after the end of this month, an estimate of the damage and loss to forestry trees…
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SYDNEY: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) announced that he has extended the prohibition throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fire On Demonstrators
LONDON: Tunis police exchanged shots yesterday, with about three hundred demonstrators at Bab El Kadra, one…
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