Daysdale Bush Fire Brigade
A well attended meeting was presided over by Mr. W. E. NIXON The secretary. Mr. F. Mills,…
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Grass Fire
Two hundred acres of pasture were ruined on Tuesday evening when a grass fire broke out on the properties of Messrs…
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A small grass, fire broke out on the property of Mrs G. Miller in the township area early yesterday morning. Rural Fire Brigade…
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Mr. W. Dodds, Euglehardt street, complained to City Council on Wednesday night about the weeds and grass growing in a…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Seven men narrowly escaped from a spectacular fire which gutted an oil and grease plant in Clapham road,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →News features for the man on the land There is an acute fire danger in border areas
Countryside is rapidly drying and with the lush growth there is an acute fire danger at the present time. This will increase, and all fire brigades are checking and…
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PUSAN, Sun.: Fanned by a 30 mile an hour wind, the greatest test fire in history of Pusan destroyed about two square miles…
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Shortly before midday yesterday (Monday) a fire broke out on Mr. W. A. Clifton's "St. Alberts" property at Lowesdale, it is…
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First grass fire the season in the Coreen district burnt 30 acres of dry grass in a hillside paddock before brigades from…
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PUSAN (Korea), Mon. : A South Korean woman was yesterday arrested by the police, who said that a fire in her…
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Recently the Mt. Gwynne Bush Fire Brigade elected its officers for the coming year, and inspected all fire-fighting equipment in…
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No bushfire control officers had ever been appointed in the Hume Shire, President (Cr. A. Hall) said yesterday…
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A bush fire danger period exists in the municipality of Albury until March 31. A ban has been placed on…
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It has been decided to burn off the Hume Highway between Springhurst and Barnawartha with the co-operation of the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday-morning: Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which swept through the store…
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Grass in Wodonga streets as a fire hazard caused considerable discussion at yesterday’s Shire Council meeting when the Country Fire Authority asked council to have all grass eradicated from streets, lanes and roadways…
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Rural Fire Brigades’ radio set[?] are expected within four days at Wangaratta. The 12 mobile sets are valued at £1500. Base station…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. : An 81-year-old woman, Mrs Lucy Boyce Gibson, was suffocated while fighting a fire in the…
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Top, volunteer firemen on the new unit, and residents who attended the handing over ceremony. Centre, Mr I. Swinburne, MLC, handing over the key to the Kiewa Brigade captain, Mr L. Macauley, while Mr A. W. Larkins (left), and Mr C. Howe look on. Below, the new Kiewa brigade’s building, built by volunteer labor. Most of the material was donated…
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Value of excellently organised rural fire brigades throughout the country areas was demonstrated on Friday when a bush fire broke out on the property of Mr. W. Hargreaves, about 12 miles from Mulwala…
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