Bushfire Danger
SINGLETON: A letter has been received by Singleton Municipal Council from the Chief Secretary’s Department…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
336 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 17
Prevention of Bush Fires Urgent Safety Measures
Bush Fire Committee Executive member (Mr. A. G. Kingsmill) said recently that his committee advocated:…
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'A private garage, owned by' Mr. Kevin Bowler, in Bridge St., Cessnock, was slightly damaged by fire last night before…
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A grass fire in Messrs. Gould Bros.' log paddock, which fronts Kelso, Wynyard, and Bathurst Streets,…
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A brooder house and 1700 chickens were destroyed in a fire at Belford, near Singleton on Monday…
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SYDNEY: The fire in the Lithgow State Coalmine was not started deliberately or maliciously, the Chief…
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Employees assisted Cessnock Fire Brigade to extinguish a fire in rubbish and old timber on vacant land at the rear of…
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SYDNEY: The chief inspector for of coal mines (Mr. C. D. Durham.) -has forwarded, the result of his investigations…
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RAYMOND TERRACE: Speaking at a bush fire-fighting demonstrator. sponsored by Manolete Corporation Ltd.,…
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The Bushfires Act should be amended immediately by the N.S.W. Labour Government to bring public…
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On Saturday morning a demonstration of fire lighting was given at the Masonite factory by the…
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Firemen used a garden hose to quell a fire which broke out in the drivers cabin of a mobile totalisator on its way…
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The Shire Council yesterday decided, to draw up plans for the fire station to be built at the corner of…
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Patrick Plains Shire Council has decided to draw up plans for a fire station to he constructed at the corner of…
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The Muswellbrook Shire Council wishes to bring to the notice of all district residents the requirements of the…
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MELBOURNE: Fire [?] to-day swept through Melbourne Technical College, destroyed two stories and caused…
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SINGLETON: Singleton Chamber of Commerce will ask the Postmaster General’s Department to instal a public…
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Fire curly today swept through Melbourne Technical College destroying two stories and…
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A fire at Bundook late last Saturday night completely destroyed the main cottage belonging to the Clyde…
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LONDON: One thousand firemen and women from 10 counties yesterday moved into Southampton docks in the…
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