Fire Alarms Prepare for Summer Safety
Captain Ray Redman, of the Dungog Fire Brigade has asked us to inform the public of Dungog that if any…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
336 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 17
Fire In Judy Garland’s Home
SANTA MONICA (Calif): Actress Jnay Garland awakened. by frames was forced to her home yesterday, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Set on Fire by Lighting
Lightning set a man's clothing on fire at One Mile Beach, Nelson Bay, on Saturday night The man, Leslie William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades asked to prepare their equipment
Shire Councillors at their meeting yesterday warned Bush Fire Brigades to see that their equipment was in order to meet the threat of fires in the coming season…
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Singleton Chamber of Commerce will request the Accident and Fire Underwriters' Association of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smoke deadlier than flame fire authority says
Paul W. Kearney, a leading authority on fire fighting and author of two books and some 250 articles on the subject, brings the worst danger of fire to the attention of householders…
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Dca[?]gned for age in power station, Coal mines, ships and aircraft, a fire detector developed by the Minerva Detector…
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SINGLETON: Bush fire brigades in Singleton district have been warned by Patrick Plains Shire Council to see…
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Shire Councils are warning Bush Fire Brigades to see that their equipment was in order to meet the threat of fires in the…
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An unoccupied cottage off Mt. View Rd., Cessnock, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night…
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SINGLETON: The Accident and Fire Underwriters’ Association of New South Wales will be asked by Singleton…
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RAYMOND TERRACE: At a further conference of representatives of the Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger Of Uncontrolled Fires Related At Taree Gathering
"Along the North Coast there is a lot of burning-off going on in a not very well controlled way," stated Mr. H. E. Messer (chairman of the Bush Fires Committee), at a Bush Fire regional…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass fire in George Street
A grass fire broke out on a vacant allotment in George Street at about 11.30 this morning…
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Dungog Fire Brigade used 1,000 feet of hose to carry water from a dam to fight a blazing hay shed on Mr. Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Do Not “Break Out”
BUSHFIRES do not ”break out” ; they are started by someone in nearly every instance where they cause damage. They are likely to play havoc throughout the State during the coming spring and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tractor Fire
Due to a backfire in the carburettor, a tractor owned by the Cessnock Municipal Council caught fire in Regent…
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A spark from a chip heater which set fire to birds' nests in the roof is thought to have been the cause of a fine in the…
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Dungog Fire Brigade used 1000 feet of hose to carry water from a dam to fight a blazing hay shed on Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader Fires Do Not “Break Out” Profit in Pictures
LONDON: Britain’s giant cinema combine, the J. Arthur Rank organisation, yesterday announced a trading…
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