Bush Fire Brigades Ready
Bland Shire Council, at its last meeting granted registration to the following Bush Fire Brigades:—…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
88 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 5
Two Fires at Same Time
After a remarkable run of harvesting without fires the town was the scene of two small outbreaks on Tuesday when fires occurred simultaneously…
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Mr. D. Waite, owner of the property known as Scrublands, informed us that on Monday night he saw a large fireball at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£50,000 Damage by Factory Fire (By Wire) Sydney
Fire swept through a four-storeyed building in Surrey Hills, causing damage estimated at more than £50,000. The building was owned by…
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Prompt action by the West Wyalong F[?]re Brigade, under the direction of Chief Munro Fraser, saved a big 'blaze at…
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A subscription list has been opened by Messrs J. R. Donaldson and C. R. [?]cholson, to assist Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Damage by Big Fire at Wagga Army Unit Headquarters
Army stores and equipment valued at about £100,000 were destroyed on Tuesday when the wooden gun-park at the Wagga unit headquarters of the 7/21…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricketers Race from Field to Fight Fire With Water Buckets; West Wyalong Stir
West Wyalong and Gundagai cricketers and spectators left the Recreation Ground Turf wicket to fight a fire. They later returned and completed the match…
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