Manning Shire Council. Bush Fires Preparedness
Knapsack spray pumps for bush fire fighting have been received by the Manning Shire Council, the Shire Cleric (Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
131 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 7
Tuncurry's 2nd Big Blaze In 6 Weeks
When fire on Thursday last destroyed the Leitrim Guesthouse, Tuncurry lost its second large building in the main street…
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A verdict that a fire which destroyed a barn and contents, and damaged dairy bails, situated on the Dawson River, had been maliciously started was returned by the District…
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BRISBANE, Sept. 12: Two men perished when a fire gutted a boarding house at Mt. Isa early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Fire Maliciously Started Finds Coroner
A fire, which destroyed a barn and damaged a dairy building an a farm at Brimbin on August 23, was maliciously started by a person or persons unknown, found the District Coroner (Mr…
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The method of prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will he followed, should the need arise during the coming summer, was announced by the Chief Secretary,…
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Gloucester district landholders will now only have two weeks in which to burn off before a bushfire danger period is…
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The method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise…
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A southerly gale on Monday afternoon brought down an 11,000-volt high tension wire which set fire to a…
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On Monday afternoon, about 3.20, a high tension wire, carrying 11,000 volts, was brought down by a blustering south-westerly gale and struck the end of a pair of cross-girders about 100 yards from the…
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The method for prohibiting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise…
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GLEN INNES, Sept. 26: A woman was burned to death in a fire that destroyed her home at Lambing…
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Mr. R. I. Love, Town Clerk, Wingham, has received the following letter from the Chief Secretary's Department:…
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Kempsey Fire Brigade had an unusually busy time on Monday night, when the fire engine was taken out to quell two fires, one a chimney fire at South Kempsey and the other a major fire that…
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People who wish to burn-off are now obliged by law to obtain a permit from either the Taree Municipal Council or the Manning Shire Council, the…
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Gloucester forestry officer, Mr. B. Aldham, and captain of the Barrington brigade, Mr. Don Shaw, who were recently…
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The Manning Shire Council has decided to ask the Bush Fire Committee to postpone until…
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Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused early yesterday morning when a sawmill, owned by the Ballengarra Timber Pty., Ltd., was completely destroyed…
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Taree volunteer fireman Harold Baker and New South Wales Fire Brigades administrative officer D. Webb…
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The bell at Taree Fire Station; formerly used to summon volunteer firemen to action, may end its days…
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