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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1944

112 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 6

Home Fires How They Eat Coal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 3

Some founderies in NSW may be forced to close within the next few days owing to lack of coke following the South Coast coal strike. The…

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Fire at R.c. Church

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 1

Shortly after the lights had been switched on, and the service about to commence at St. Mary's R. C. Church, West Wyalong, smoke was noticed to…

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Bush Fires Question of Compensation for Fighters Premier Outlines Govt. Scheme

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

So far as the question of protection of voluntary fighters was concerned, a draft bill, providing for the establishment of a…

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Cottage Destroyed Adjoining Buildings Saved Fire at Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

Shortly after midday on Tuesday, a fairly large weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. and Mrs Carl Smith, at Ungarie was totally destroyed by fire…

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Bush Fire Relief Materials and Finance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

Field officers of the Department will have noticed that the Premier has established a Bushfire Relief Committee and has made certain…

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Bush Fire Brigades Conference in August

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 1

The Health Inspector (Mr. H. B. Player) who is in charge of Bush fire Brigades in the Bland Shire. submit ted the following report to the…

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Bush Fires Conference Shire President's Report Pig Sale Arrangements

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 4

The Shire president (Cr. R. Penfold) submitted the following Presidential) minute to the last meeting of Bland Shire Council:—…

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UNGARIE C.W.A. Generous Help To Victims of Recent Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

After the disastrous fire which destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. the President of the Country Womens Association, [?] Branch…

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Exchange Hotel Destroyed by Fire Relic of Mining Days

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

Shortly after 5 a.m. on Saturday last a fire occurred in the old Exchange Hotel building, at the corner of Main and Water Streets in West…

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"Ball of Fire"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 6

Mounting hilarity is the order of the day at the Central Theatre, on Saturday and Monday, 8th and 19th April, where "Ball of…

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£10 Fine Lighting Fire Without Permit

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 4

For lighting a fire without a permit Robert Davis, of Ardlethan, was fined £10 at the Temora Police Court, Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Bruce and the Spider Ald. Meagher and Fire Insurance Rates Another Attempt at Reduction

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 6

The story of Bruce and the spider has nothing on Ald. Meagher so far as his efforts to lower fire insurance rates on buildings within…

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Fined £20 Caused Bush Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

Charged with igniting inflammable material within ten yards of grasslands, John Henry Walton was fined £20 and S/ costs or 41 days' hard,…

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Bush Fire Victim Government Will Contribute £500

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

The State Government has decided to donate £500 to the "Hackney Trust Fund"(Jugiong). It is also considering paying the…

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£12000 DAMAGE Fire in Narrandera Railway Yards

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

When a rail motor fitted with a pas producer caught fire at Narrandera railway yards damage estimated at £12,000 was caused…

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Fire Alarms Friday and

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

The West Wyalong Fire Brigade was called to two minor fires in the past few nights. On Friday night the alarm was…

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Fire in Flats Storm in Sydney (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

Lightning is believed to have caused a fire in the lift motor room at Hampton Court Flats, King's Cross, during a heavy electrical storm in Sydney…

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Jemalong Shire May Meeting of Council Bush Fires Brigades Conference

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

Jemalong Shire Council held its monthly meeting last Thursday, those present being Crs. Rout (President), G. H. Griffith, R. H. Beddie…

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New Method of Fighting Plane Fires Proves Successful

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

A new and swiftly moving method of smothering flames that envelop crashed planes has been unfolded by the Army a at Jacksonville, Fla., A…

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Careless Use of Fire Charges Against Rabbiters

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

Two men who were accused of having caused the disastrous fire which swept through the country between Wallendheen and Wombat about two…

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