Big Fires in Black Range
Last Monday morning a fire began in a wheat crop on Mr Tom Hansford's property, "Vida," in the Derriwong district, and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Fined £20 for Lighting Fire
An experienced bushman, Eric George Boardman, was fined £20 at the Court of Petty Sessions Held last Wednesday, before Mr. C. W. English, S.M., for lighting a fire in a fire danger period and without taking adequate precautions. The defendant, of "Eiswick." Condobolin,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUANDIALLA Gross Fire Outbreak Personal Items
Messrs Butler, Holton and Harrison, received a warm welcome from the Berendebba farmers, on their arrival recently to take over…
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Tractor Spark Starts Another Disastrous Fire in Tullibigeal area. Cattle, Sheep, Fencing and Grass Losses Expected To Be Heavy WALTER RIDLEY'S (HILLGROVE) HOUSE DESTROYED Two of the worst bushfires for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Growers Profited From N.Z. Woolstore Fire
New Zealand woolgrowers who regarded the fire in Dalgety's Auckland woolstore last February as a calamity, were disillusioned…
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Lighting caused a fire on Skidmore's old paddock at Wyalong at 4 a.m. yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Ravage Tullibigeal and Lake Cowal Huge Property Losses
Devastating fires which swept the Tullibigeal and Lake Cowal districts last Thursday and Friday caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. Losses in the Tulli bigeal area alone are estimate d at £300,000…
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Mr. L. W. Hunter, of "Richlands," Bribbaree, was in the "Record" office on Friday and gave a graphic description of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bland District News Bribbarce Quandialla Caragabal Grass Fire
Quandialla district had another fire scare last week, when a fire started in the edge of a crop on Barrabogle…
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The fire in the Gunning Gap section, at which over a hundred men and several Bush Fire Brigades fought, was under control…
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Detailed information of the damage caused by the bushfires which devastated properties in the Grassmere district last Thursday and Friday is not yet available from official quarters. It has been ascertained from the…
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The Weja Corriedalc Stud which was founded in 1928 by G. A Wallace and taken over in recent years by his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Relief Ctee. Set Up At Ungarie
A bush fire relief committee was set up in Ungarie last night. More than 100 farmers and residents attended a meeting in the Memorial Hall which set up the committee to tassist district farmers who have lost heavily in the recent…
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Names and telephone numbers of captains of bush fire brigades near Eugowra and in the Bore[?] Shire were published recently…
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Quandialla bushfire brigade was one of the many district brigades, which attended the disastrous bush fires in the Tubbul area, south of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Relief for Victims of Tullibigeal Fire Huge Losses
At the meeting of the P.P. Board held yesterday, the Stock Inspector, Mr. G. J. O'Neill, gave Directors some idea of the damage that had been caused by the fire which raged through the Tullibigeal-Ungarie district last week…
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A recommendation that local councils be given unconditional power to proclaim or set aside bush fire danger periods was…
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The latest notification by the Weather Bureau regarding bush fires is that the danger is still high and increasing…
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At a largely attended public meeting at Tullibigeal on Saturday night, farmers appointed delegates to attend a meeting at Weja to-morrow (Tuesday) with a view to assisting victims of the disastrous fire in the Tullibigeal and…
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