Woman Rescued From Fire (By W1re) Sydney
An elderly woman was rescued from a burning cottage last night by eight men. who smashed down the front door and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
88 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 5
Bush Fire Fighting Units at R.a.s. Show
A feature of the Bush Fire Advisory Committee's information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be…
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A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's information bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show will an exhibit of several powered…
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A brick and pise cottage on an 11- acre holding, the property of the Estate of Arthur Farrand, on the Wandary Road, three miles from Forbes,…
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Yesterday morning's fire call was to a sawdust dump in a disused brickworks on the Orange Road which had been set on fire. The smoke billowing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dept. Will Give Fire Warnings Decision by Forests Minister
The Forestry Commission will warn residents of any area where burning off operations are to be carried out at least a week before the work is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Dance at Milby
WEST MILBY, Tuesday. Mr. Steve Wales, the organising Secretary, had every reason to be pleased with the dance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirteen Dead, 24 Indured in Big Fire in Glasgow Fashion Store (By Wire) Sydney
A message from London states:—At least 13 persons, all girls, are dead, and 24 people including two firemen, injured, as the result of a disastrous fire which…
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A fire on Monday morning completely destroyed the home of Mr. T. Fanning on Pinnacle, with all contents, the furniture being the…
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Pam Clarke, a young woman employed at the local tobacco factory, was somewhat badly burned on Monday evening, shortly before six o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fettlers Always Leave Grass Fires "Safe"
Fettlers always make sure that fires they light are "safe" before they leave the job in the afternoon. The Secretary for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitter Attacks by V.G.A. LEADER Forbes Official Under Fire at Two Meetings
STATE President of the Vegetable Growers' Association (Mr. S. R. B. Hunt) bitterly attacked the president of the local branch at two meetings in Forbes during the week-end…
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Early action should be taken to obviate the danger of crop or bush fires during the coming harvest. This was stated at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Hazards to be Policed
The Board of Fire Commissioners was ashed if it will take the necessary steps to remove fire danger arising from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Fire Insurance Premiums? SYDNEY
Property owners would eventually have to bear the burden of increased charges to be levied by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guests Sing in Front of Bright Log Fire
While thousands of city and town dwellers shivered because of the coal strike, guests at the Wilga Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Increased Cost of Fire Brigades; Unkown Burden for L.G. Counils SYDNEY
The new allocation of the costs of maintaining the fire brigades was criticised in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P. Raleigh)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →L.G. Share of Fire Brigade Costs; Unfair Tratment, says C.P. Leader SYDNEY
The local governing bodies were being treated inequitably in the new scale of contributions for the upkeep of the Fire Brigades, the Leader of the Country Party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →75 Lives Lost In Forest Fires (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Bordeaux states:—At least 75 persons have lost their lives in the French forest fires…
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The N.R.M.A. to-day warned motorists that home fire insurance policies will be affected if petrol storage is increased…
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