To the Editor Fire Precautions
Sir,—Owing to the bountiful rainy season, the grass and herbage has made wonderful growth in this district…
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Small Grass Fire
Albury Fare Brigade used knapsacks to extinguish a small fire in an area of grass at the Dean street overhead bridge shortly…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: A careful watch is being kept on fire-devastated areas of the State by forestry officers, firemen…
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PERTH, Sun.: A fire which has been burning in the No 5 hatch of the British freighter Kaimata since last Monday was…
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PERTH, Son.: A fire near dangerous chemicals was fought by crew members of the motor ship Kaimata, 5269…
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Happily the bush fire risk in these South-western parts of the State is not so serious as in those northern and…
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FANNED by a 40 m.p.h. wind, a grass fire which started on the Sturt Highway about 30 miles east of Balranald yesterday, destroyed 30,000 acres of grass land and miles of fencing on three properties before it…
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The menace of unprotected fires being lit by shire employees while out on the job in order to cook their meals was…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Concentration of fire-fighting equipment and small armies of men have brought all major bush fires…
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No fires of any type may be lit in the open in Hume Shire until midnight on Monday, November 26. Hume Shire Council clerk (Mr…
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CHICAGO. Mon.: Three people were burned to death when fire swept a four-storey Chicago residential hotel early yesterday…
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Bush fire fighting equipment was freely discussed at the last meeting of Murray Shire Council when Cr. Dudley expounded on…
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A kitchen was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon and the damage was assessed at £60. It occurred at the residence of…
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Shire Presidents, Crs W. K. Day (Lockhart) and J. M. Smith (Urana), have made a joint appeal for co-operation of citizens…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: The sum of £20,000 has been made available, for the relief of bush fire victims in NSW…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: A fire [?] Akindie Station, near Pooncarie (NSW), has destroyed the 12-roomed homestead, hundreds…
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A tool shed in the backyard of New Australian’s home in Phillip st, Wodonga, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The fire…
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QUITO (Ecuador), Mon.: Fourteen children under 12 died in a fire in a cinema at Cuenca yesterday…
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The driver of the battered and burned utility (left) was burnt to death after a collision with a semi-trailer on Hume Highway, near Benalla, on Monday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Richard Bernard Anthony Ryan. 49,…
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The summer fire-danger period begins today in the boroughs of Benalla and Wangaratta, and the shires of Rutherglen, Yarrawonga,…
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