Bush Fire Prevention
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee recently Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Fire at Wingham Showground. Hall Destroyed
The local Fire Brigade was called to Wingham Show-ground about 1.50 p.m. today (Friday). The main hall…
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A deputation from the Gloucester and District Chamber of Commerce waited on the Gloucester Shire Council at its recent meeting…
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At a meeting of the Bushfires Advisory Committee last week Mr. B. W. Newman, divisional meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
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At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week, Mr. B. W. Newman, divisional meteorologist of the Commonwealth…
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At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Common wealth Weather Bureau, announced a…
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At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee last week, Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
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Arrangements, the State Premier says, have been made for the provision of prompt and practical aid in rural rehabilitation, and to that end…
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The local Fire Brigade was called to Wingham Showground about 1.50 p.m. on Friday last. The main hall was then, well alight, and was…
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The destruction by fire on Friday, 17th September, of the Agricultural Hall at Wingham Showground, removed a landmark of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child's Death From Burns Clothes Caught Fire at Kitchen Stove
A graphic story of a nine-year-old girl's effort to put out the burning clothes of her sister was told in Kempsey courthouse on Saturday…
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Yesterday Mr. Eadie, an instructing officer of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners, delivered to the Gloucester Shire Council the fire…
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A house was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night at Bundook The house, owned by Mr Robert Wilson, and occupied by Mr Alex Stewart, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Destroy Crocodile Eggs And Check A Queensland Menace
Bush fires which have roasted crocodile eggs in North Queensland swamps in the last few months, have checked the rising breeding rate of…
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On 18th November, 1946, Hit Royal Highness, the Governor-General, will issue a public statement calling upon the citizens of Australia to observe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fires on Upper Macleay Willawarrin Within Ring of Flames Fifteen Miles of Grass Country Swept. Heavy Loss of Fencing
With the temperature on Wednesday just on the 100 degrees and a strong wind blowing, the worst bush fire for many years swept the Mungay Creek and Wiilawarrin. Starting in the Mungay range, the fire swept 15 miles down the…
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More than 5,000 acres of forest [?] the Styx Diver area, between Armidale and Kempsey, representing 20 years' work by the Forestry…
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The heat wave conditions on Wednesday, when a hot westerly wind pushed the thermometer at the Taree Post Office up to 105 degrees, were…
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Fanned by a wind of gale force, a fire broke out in the Manning River National Forest, 20 miles north of Taree, early on Wednesday morning…
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