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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

74 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 4

Fire! Furious While It Lasted

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 2

When tar caught fire on Thursday morning at the Bacon Factory at Wingham. it burned fiercely until the flames were got under control…

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Bush Fire Season

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 November 1943 · page 4

With the approach of the bush fire "season," the Bush Fires Advisory-Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire 'Councils throughout…

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Nitrate-soda Bags Warning Regarding Fire Risk

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 November 1943 · page 4

In view of the large quantities of nitrate of soda now being purchased by commercial and household vegetable growers, attention is…

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Bush Fire Season

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 November 1943 · page 5

With the approach of the bush fire "season," the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire Councils…

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Bush Fire Season

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 4

With the approach of the bushfire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to shire councils throughout the…

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Bush Fire Season

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 5

With the approach of the bushfire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to shire councils throughout the…

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Bush Fire Campaign

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 4

The official opening of the Bush Fire Campaign will take place on Wednesday the 1st December. It is planned to make it the biggest in the…

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Bush Fire Campaign

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 6

The official opening of the Bush Fire Campaign took place on Wednesday, 1st December. It is planned to make it the biggest in the…

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Bush Fires Care for Prevention Essential

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 1

As many parts of the State, particularly the coastal areas, tablelands, and slopes, are at present enjoying a bounteous season, it behoves…

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Young Soldier Ran Gauntlet of Fire to Outwit Enemy

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 4

Mervyn Weston, who was with Australian troops in the Ramu Valley, writes the following in Newcastle "Herald"…

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Opening of Bush Fire Campaign

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 December 1943 · page 2

The annual campaign to prevent bush fires, organised each year by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, was officially opened on 1st December…

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Young Soldier Ran Gauntlet of Fire to Outwit Enemy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 2

Mervyn Weston, who was with Australian troops in the Ramu Valley, writes the following in Newcastle "Herald" :—…

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Fire in Kempsey Store Good Save at Couch's Early Morning Outbreak

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 December 1943 · page 2

A prompt response and good work by Kempsey Fire Brigade in the early hours of Sunday morning quickly smothered a fire which, otherwise,…

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Fire in Central

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 December 1943 · page 2

Kempsey Fire Brigade made a good save early on Sunday morning by quickly quenching a fire that had broken out in the rear of Couch's…

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