Balldale Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Balldale Bush Fire Brigade was held, last Tuesday, Mr. R. Wilson occupying the chair…
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Jindera Bush Fire Brigade annual meeting
The annual meeting of the Jindera Bush Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening, when 25 subscribers attended…
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Air blast machines and boom sprays are the most suitable equipment for the spread of insecticides for the control of grasshoppers, an officer of the NSW Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Corowa home destroyed by fire in 25 minutes
A 25-minute fire completely destroyed a four-roomed house and its contents at Corowa yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at £1000. The home was situated in…
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CHATSWORTH (California), Sun.: Three firemen were burned to death in Northern California in a raging bush fire, about 25…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Flaming petrol from the tank of a blazing Pioneer tourist bus set alight a car parked several yards in…
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On Friday morning last a 4-roomed weatherboard and from house in Bullecourt Road, off Albury rd., opposite the old Phoenix…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The limit of compensation arising out of damage from railway burning-off operations was fixed at £2000 by…
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Heat penetration or a spark from on are welder caused o fire which did almost £1000 damage to refrigerators, radios and washing machines on a semitrailer (above) at Border Service Station, Albury, yesterday. Thick acrid smoke poured…
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An appeal to the public to prepare now for the coming summer fire risk was made yesterday by the…
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The fire danger from tractors and trucks in paddocks was stressed at yesterdayâs Holbrook Shire Council meeting…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire in an allotment near the P.D.S. store in Macauley street shortly before 11 oâclock…
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Wodonga Urban Fire Brigade has token delivery of one of Victoriaâs latest fire engines, costing about £2400. The unitâs pump is…
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Considerable damage was caused by fire, which broke out in the residential portion of the River ina Hotel last…
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Albury Fire Brigade extinguished a small rubbish fire behind Nesireâs frock shop in Dean street at 9.15 oâclock last evening. No…
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Today, Friday October 1st, is the opening date of the Bush Fire Danger period for the 1954-5 summer…
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The proclaimed bush fire danger period, during which permits govern the lighting of fires in the open, begins for most of N.S.W. today and…
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MELBOURNE, Frl.: Believed to have been started by thieves, a fire which swept the premises of Cohurn Modes Pty Ltd., on…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Victoria will face a dangerous bush fire season unless there are normal October rains…
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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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