Gas-holder on Fire Blaze at Forbes Works Holds Up Town Supply
Forbes had n fire at its municipal gasworks on Wednesday which put the plant out of operation for several hours…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
122 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 7
£200 Damage In Silo Fire
A fire at the West Wyalong silos, yesterday, causdamage estimated at approximately £200…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Fires In a Row
West Wyalong has kept up its reputation of three fires in a row. Lust Sunday week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Fire Danger Greatest Since 1939; Grave Fears
During the next summer there is likely to be a potential fire danger in New South Wales as serious as any experienced since 1939 when disastrous fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exploding Lamp Fires Cable
A warning lamp, placed on a coil of armoured steel cable in Barwon Street, exploded on Monday setting fire to the tar with which it was heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ready for Bush Fire Menace
The Bush Fire Advisory Committee, in accordance with its "get ready" bush fire campaign, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reward Fo[?] Hero of Train Blaze
The heroism of William Thompson in Wednesday's level crossing smash, in which three people were Killed, will he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze of Light Electricity Turned on at Caragabal
Any travellers along the State Highway to Adelaide last Wednesday night must have wondered what It was all about at Caragabal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires (To The Editor)
Sir,--Be so good as to allow me a little space in the columns of your journal to make an appeal to the Lachlan Shire residents of this…
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About one o'clock last night a fire broke out in the premises in Bathurst street used by Mr. Ned Crook for his dry cleaning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Organise Against Bush Fires (To the Editor)
Dear Sir, Would you be be good as to allow me a little space in the columus of your jourual to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fire Menace
Farmers who use faulty tractors which could cause crop fires summer will face heavy penalties. The bush fire menace this year is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Fire Brigade Newly Formed
The newly formed Lake Cargelligo Fire Brigade gave townspeople a demonstration. Quite a number showed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Prevention Week Commences Next Monday Importance of Control Measures
This year's Fire Prevention Week will open on Monday, 27th September, 1948--earlier than in preceding years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Mediator Demands Cease Fire (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Haifa slates:—Doctor Ralph Booche, the acting U.N.O. Mediator in Palestine, yesterday demanded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Raging 800 Miles in Qld. (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states: chain of raging bushfires, fed by tinder Queensland from Cairns to Maryborough last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pullabooka Bush Fire Brigade'
The annual meeting of above, was held at Pullabooka on Friday. Present: Messrs F. A. Keith (chair), Ken Butler, W. Harrison,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Prevention Week Commenced on Monday. Council Has Power to Compel Fire Breaks to Be Made on Properties
Nine Fire Brigades in the Grenfell district were represented at the meeting held in the Council Chambers on Saturday to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Canberra Letter Australia's Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire
In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distruct and a certain amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1000 Wheat Fire at Gundabingal
A spark from a passing goods train is believed to have set sot ablaze a stack of 34,000 of wheat at Gundabindgal…
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