Fires At Rutherford
Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in the front of a weatherboard cottage in Rutherford early this…
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Fires & bushfires, 1955
75 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Increasing Danger of Fires Locally
Maitland fire brigade officers to-day warned of an increasing fire danger in the Maitland district. They said further hot, dry weather would cause the position to become acute…
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BRISBANE: Four screaming racehorses were burned to death last night when a fire destroyed the stables of a…
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A fire, causing damage estimated at hundreds of pounds, completely destroyed the twa-roomed school…
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There was a drop of 20 per cent, in fires during 1954 compared with 1953 figures, Maitland fire brigade…
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SYDNEY: With cooler weather through New South Wales to day, the greave buahfire menace of…
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SYDNEY: Police believe a fire-bug is determined to burn dawn a section of the city. Detectives of the CIB. Arson Squad have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Bush Fire Warning System
SINGLETON: The assistant engineer of Patrick Plain[?] Shire Council (Mr. Fran[?] Borchers) said that a bush [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at East Maitland
Maitland and East Maitland fire brigades put out a fire in an old brick and weatherboard cottage in Melbourne-street,…
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A grass fire in Maitland on Saturday morning threatened many shops lining the river bank…
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EXCELLENT work is done by the men of the Bush Fire Brigades, but they are not adequately equipped to cope with their enemy. The overall picture throughout Australia is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader Bushfire Control Red Leaders Lose Appeal For Review
WASHINGTON: Thirteen second - string Communist party leaders in the United States yesterday lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger Of Bushfires Increased By Hot Weather, Says Official
Bushfire danger in the Maitland area is now acute, a Maitland fire brigade official said this morning Special danger posters Hare been sent to all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Fire Was Child’s Play
COPENHAGEN: Eight children playing as firemen at Randers, in North Jutland, were told of a timber…
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DENMAN: At the annual meeting of the Denman and District Bush Fire Brigade, it was urged that immediate…
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SYDNEY: Tattersall’s Cop winner, Castillo, will have S. Cassidy in the saddle for the £1200 Frank Underwood Cup at Canterbury on Saturday. It will be Castillo’s First short since winning the…
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Maitland Vale Lamb’s Valley Bush Fire Brigade will test its fire-fighting equipmentin a demonstration at Mr…
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At the annual meeting of the Denman and District Bush Fire Brigades the urgency of taking immediate action to evolve a plan to combat a fire within the town boundary…
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SINGLETON: A fire which started on a telegraph pole in Racecourse-lane, Whittingham, blacked out parts of the…
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At yesterday's meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, Councillors were unanimous in opinion that never before had there existed a more dangerous bush fire period in the…
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