Army officers of future interested in fire engine
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 2
New cadets’ interest in equipment at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, run to this fire engine. They are all New South Welshmen in the picture. From left to right: J. J. McFarlane, Lindfield; D. K. Atkinson, Rockdale Sydney F. K. Cole, Clovelly; and J. A. Hammond, Manly. They were in a record intake of new cadets at the college…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holbrook landowners fight fire
Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 2
Fire-conscious Holbrook landowners turned out in force to fight a bush fire at Woomargama, 12 miles from Holbrook,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire inquest adjourned
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3
WAGGA, Fri.: The inquest into the cause of a fire which destroyed a dwelling house on the Humula-Carabost road on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of news Fire in Electric Stove
Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 2
Albury Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a fire in an electric stove yesterday afternoon. The outbreak occurred at Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Grass Fires
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2
Albury Fire Brigade was called to put out two grass fires yesterday afternoon. No damage was caused in either case to property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£6000 Fire at Tyre Depot
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 12
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A fire early today destroyed the tyre recapping depot of Supreme Auto Service at the corner of Wilcox…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£150,000 Insurance Against £400,000 Replacement Hospital Fire “Cover”
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 3
The Board of Directors last Tuesday night decided to insure the Deniliquin Hospital against fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 fires since December
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 7
Albury has had 80 fires since December 1—an average of more than six a week. Majority were small grass fires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →House Totally Destroyed by Fire
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 8
The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Grant, in Coreen Street, was totally destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Big District Bush Fires
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3
BETWEEN Ten and twelve thousand acres of grass and seven or eight miles of fencing were destroyed yesterday in two fires which broke out about the same time at different points in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Grass Fire
Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2
Albury Fire Brigade had only one call yesterday—to a grass fire near the Olympic Pool. Only a small area of grass, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Equipment Not Satisfactory to Council
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2
The manufacturer of a fire fighting unit supplied to Carrathool Shire will be asked to replace defective units of an older…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Years for Trying to Fire Home Made Pistol
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 24
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Judge Gamble today sentenced an 18-year-old youth to five years’ gaol for haying tried to fire a home-made pistol at a Duntroon military cadet…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Bush Fire Near Chiltern
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3
A bushfire, first noticed shortly after 11 o’clock, burnt through 100 acres of rough bush and scrub country about 12 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mulwala Fire Brigade for Town
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3
An important step in the development of Mulwala took place recently when at a largely attended public meeting of young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Fined £3 for Leavig Fire
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1
William Sullivan, of St. Andrew's Station Minore, was fined £3, with court costs 12- by Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass, Scrub Fire
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 16
Fire swept through several acres of grass and scrub on the southern side of Monument Hill early yesterday afternoon. No…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Stopped From Spreading
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 6
Prompt action by a bee farmer working close handy prevented a fire from spreading into thick bush country at Gidley’s Gap,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Truck at Corowa on Fire
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 2
A truck laden with rubbish from Mr. W. M. Johnson’s garage in Sanger street, Corowa, caught alight yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milk Used to Put Out Fire
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 2
Proof of the effectiveness of milk as a fire extinguisher comes from the “Mail’s” Bright correspondent…
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