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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1939

168 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 9

Bushfire Prevention. Campaign Activities

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 7

Reports from country districts recently received by the Bushfires Advisory Committee and from field officers of the Rural Bank indicate a…

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Bush Fire Prevention Campaign Activities

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 1

Reports from country districts recently received by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee and from Field Officers of the Rural Bank indicates a quickening…

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Disastrous Fire at Moree. Six Shops and Two Cottages Burnt. £5,000 DAMAGE

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 4

On the eleventh anniversary of the fire, which wiped out practically the whole of Moree's shopping centre, another disastrous fire on Sunday night…

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Bushfire Prevention. Campaign Activities

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 6

Reports from country districts recently received by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee and from Field Offices of the Rural Bank indicate a…

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Fire on the Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 December 1939 · page 7

The laddie who had a £400 car totally destroyed by fire on the Hume Highway, may extract some consolation from the fact that he was more than…

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What to Do in Case of Fire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 December 1939 · page 7

The fact that fifteen motorists who pulled in to the aid of our stricken friend on the Hume Highway, could not muster a fire extinguisher among them…

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British Troops Under Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 2

Paris: Paris military sources report heavy German patrol activities, notably in the section of the line which the British have taken over. A French…

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Prevention of Bush Fires. a Holiday Message

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 7

With the approach of the Christmas and New Year holidays the Bush Fires Advisory Committee makes an earnest appeal to all…

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