Bush Fire Facts
Has it ever occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires. In addition…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
20 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers
Bush Fire Prevention
For a number of years patient efforts have been made to combat the menace of bushfires, and the Government recently appointed a Bushfire Advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of Three Valuable Dogs. Greyhound Kennels Destroyed by Fire
A whirl-wind crossing through the yard of Mr. Walter Townsend, Sydney Road, Campbelltown, shortly before 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon…
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The Masonic Temple at Bowral, winch is being renovated, was damaged by fire last week through wood-work catching alight from a painter's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meeting of Picton Dairy Farmers Council of Suppliers' Association and Milk Beard Under Fire. Review of Milk Price Inquiries
At a meeting of the Picton branch of the Country Milk Association, held in the School of Arts, on May 27, with . Mr. W. P. Brookes (president) in the…
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In Council recently Ald. Marlow asked the Mayor whether the Council hall heard anything further from the Board of Fire Commissioners in…
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Thanks to the promptitude of Mr. J. Steber, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, Picton fortunately escaped' witnessing the…
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On Friday last the district Coroner, Mr. H. S. Kelloway, J.P., conducted an inquiry at the Coroner's Court, Camden, on the death of Shirley…
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On Friday evening last, 16th inst., at about 5.45 o'clock, a fire broke out in the residence occupied by Mr. Mel Peachey in John St., Camden. The…
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The District Coroner. Mr. H. S. Kelloway, J.P., held an inquiry touching on the fire which destroyed Mr. A. E. Bellingham's residence at Narellan on the February last. The finding read:— "The said dwelling-house, situated at Narellan, on the…
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Never before have rich materials been used with more regard for their intrinsic loveliness and luxury than [?] the outstanding production of Eliza…
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With the approach of the bush fire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has resumed its…
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The Bush Fire Advisory Committee comprising representatives of a number of Government Departments of this State and interested public bodies,…
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The advisability of using fire retardent materials in the construction of homes and residential buildings was further demonstrated recently when a…
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The Bush Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of a number of Government Departments of this State and interested public bodies, has again…
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"Fires in December? With all this green stuff about after the recent rains! Rubbish!" How often have you heard that said? But he who…
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After over six hours of continuous hard fighting,) some score of local men saved what might have ended in the greatest bush fire known in New…
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The out-breaks of bush fires which have already occurred are presented as a warning to others to follow unless extreme care is exercised in the…
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Some excitement, with keen anxiety, was experienced on Tuesday morning at the Camden Gas Works, when the full flow of gas from a six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wedderburn Orchardists' Loss. Fires and Heat Wave Ruins Season's Fruit Crop. Appeal to Government for Assistance by the Mayor
By the careless use of fire, Wedderburn was hurled into a seething furnace, green-timber being lickedup from trunk to tree-top a fortnight…
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