Tarramia Bush Fire Brigade meets
At the annual meeting of the Tarramia Bush Fire Brigade the Rennie weighbridge sought the brigade’s co-operation in assisting the…
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Bush Fire Plan for Councils
A recommendation that local Councils be given unconditional power to proclaim or set aside bush fire danger periods was adopted…
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ADELAIDE, Wed.: The most serious bush fire for many years today swept through 100 square miles of…
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NEW YORK, Wed.: Two mothers and seven children, aged from one to 10 years, were burned to death yesterday when fire…
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Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) advised Albury City Council last night that the fighting of fires in the open is banned until midnight, December 18. Town Clerk (Mr. R. Collings) said council had given no permission for the lighting of fires…
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DISRUPTION: Last week's tragic bush fires in the Blue Mountains left this pattern of twisted poles and hanging telephone wires in the Valley Heights area. Before they were brought under control the fires destroyed 80 homes between Katoomba…
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Lockhart Shire Councillors are very concerned that some persons have not yet constructed firebreaks as required, and…
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Holbrook shire will take no risks with bush fires this summer. At the council meeting yesterday a sub-committee was appointed to investigate any applications to bum off within the shire…
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Mr C, A. Daw, Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority, said yesterday that insufficient care had been taken last season…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a small grass fire in Thurgoona street late last night. The fire was soon brought under…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Police have issued summonses against 17 men for alleged offences which resulted in fires sweeping through…
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Damage estimated at £420 was caused by fire which destroyed a 8-acre crop of wheat and 50 bags of stripped wheat at…
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Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed a semi-trailer transport and most of its load on the Hume Highway, eight miles on the Sydney side of Holbrook. Damage is estimated at £5000…
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An alarm of fire this morning in Hay was given because of a blaze in grass which appears to have started near the rear of flats in…
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TOKIO, Mon.: Fanned by strong winds, flames early this morning swept through the central Japanese town of Maysuzaka,…
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Fire destroyed about half an acre of grass at Noreuil Park late last night, but was halted before it spread near parked caravans…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Many homes were threatened today by a bush fire which swept on a five-mile front to within half a mile of…
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Fire broke out in Garden St. early yesterday afternoon and burnt a small area of grass. Albury Fire Brigade was called and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused by fire which destroyed a four-storey factory block at Ultimo…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: All money allocated this year for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment had been distributed and nothing…
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