Fire Danger
The severe frosts and drying winds the past few weeks, have greatly increased fire danger throughout the Macleay district On Saturday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Keen Attendance By Scouts And Cubs — Instructed in First Aid, Tracking, Fire Lighting, Semaphore and Stalking
An average of 38 Scouts out of a total enrolment of 40 had attended regular Monday evening troop meetings in the School…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rotarians Told Of Forest Fire Protection Plan
Roading was the first step in an extended scheme for fire protection of forests, Mr. Alan Richards, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fires
Grass fires were prevalent in this district on Sunday, smoke being visible in the mountains throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire That Wasn't
Eight Taree firemen resplendant in uniform rush nd to Wingham Road today in response to a call, but were unable to find a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Wild Flowers
Fire has destroyed the wild flowers on the Ca[?]a[?]-Harrington Rd. Each year this section is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forestry Commission Prepares for Threat of Summer Bush Fires
Present indications point to a serious fire season developing in the Kempsey Forestry District, and, in anticipation of such, the firefighting organisation of the Forestry Commission in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Period
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt, M.L.A.), has announced that a bush fire danger period had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Danger. Mr. Evatt Appeals For Taking Of Full Precautions
The Chief Secretary (the Honorable Clive Evatt, MLA) announced last week that a bush fire danger period had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger District Forester Gives Warning
Mr. M. P. Dufficy, District Forester at Kempsey, reports that present indications point to a serious fire season developing in Kempsey Forestry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Proclamation
The Chief Secretary (the Honourable, Clive Evatt, M.L.A.) announces that from 31st August a bush fire danger period had been proclaimed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warrell Creek Fire Farmer Collapses and Dies
For seven hours on August 23 fiften men fought a fierce fire that destroyed about 400 acres of grass when it swept over properties on Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Motor Cycles Destroyed By Fire
Four motor cycles--Royal Enfield, Velocette, Vincent H.R.D. and a C.Z. were destroyed in a fire which swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Fire Call
Kempsey Fire Brigade was called to a fire near the Macleay District Hospital at 2.45 this morning. A small area of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.n. Delegates at Cease-fire Talks
United Nations delegates, led by Vice-Admiral C. T. Joy, recently attended a series of talks with the Communist delegation from North Korea, in the village of Kaesong, in an effort to complete negotiations for a cease-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clothes On Fire-- Woman Badly Burnt
A 49-year-old English widow was severely burned on Wednesday when her clothes caught fire after a spirit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passer-by Put Oul Fire At Connell's
Volunteers or the Taree Fire Brigade who hurried to thee Station on afternoon had every reason…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mobile Mill Catches Fire
One of the mobile mills in the Ingalba State Forest caught fire this morning, but fuller particulars were not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In-laws Fight Out Case Over Burning Off Fire
Because the parties were so closely related, Mr. E. M. Debenham S.M. suggested in the middle of a case in the Kempsey Small Debts Court last week that an effort should be made to settle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning To Fire Lighters
Any person found lighting an unauthorised fire will be prosecuted, a Taree police officer said…
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