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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1961

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Bush Fire Danger Period Now in Force

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 October 1961 · page 3

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, announced today that a bush fire danger period is in force throughout the entire State. the period would remain till March 31, 1962…

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[?] Fire Officer Says: Must Obey Law [?]n lire Lighting

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 October 1961 · page 1

The campaign against the lighting of [?]egal fires was going to be stepped up [?]is year, Technical Officer of the [?]S.W. Bush Fire Committee, Mr. W. J…

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Fire Destroys Cwa Buildings

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1961 · page 1

A fire which occurred in the Berrigan Dry Cleaners shop soon after 1.30 pm. on Monday afternoon gutted the…

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Fire Destroys Berrigan Dry Cleaning Shop

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 October 1961 · page 1

A dry cleaning business and C.W.A. rooms, were completely gutted in a spectacular fire at Berrigan…

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Fire Fighting Display at Park

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 7

A fire fighting display will be held at Liston Park next Thursday. The two forestry units, and…

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Berrigan Bush Fire Brigade

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1961 · page 1

The attention of district farmers is drawn to the annual meeting of the Berrigan Bush Fire Brigade, to be…

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Fire

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1961 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon a fire occurred in Mr R. Kelly’s storeroom at the rear of his shop in Chanter Street…

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Fire Brigade Attends Two Calls

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 October 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Volunteer Fire Brigade was called our to two fires on Sunday. The first, a chimney fire at…

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Bush Fire Officers Elected

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 7

The annual meeting of the bush fire brigade was held at the Memorial Centre on October 28 when there were 22…

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Bush Fire Mtg. Was Abandoned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 8

The annual general meeting of the Mundiwa N[?] Fire Brigade was aband[?] on Wednesday night when [?]…

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Serious Burns from Mathoura Petrol Blaze

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 1

A Mathoura timber worker was seriously burned about the arms when a blow lamp ignited petrol he was using to…

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Fire Destroys Forest Area

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 1

A fire on Gulpa Island, near Mathoura, destroyed 150 acres of forest on Tuesday. Our Mathoura correspondent…

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New Fire Engine for Deniliquin Brigade

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Fire Brigade will get a new engine “in the near future”, two N.S.W. Fire Board…

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Grass Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 8

Deniliquin Volunteer Fire [?]gade was called out to a [?] grass fire in Crispe st. [?] o’clock on Sunday afternoon…

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Mill Owner Knew Nothing of Fire Until It Was Out

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

The owner of the Deniliquin Timber Mill, gutted by a fire which started at 1.45 a.m. on Monday, knew nothing of the fire until a neighbour told him at about 6 a.m. yesterday. Mr. R. B. Eyres, owner of Deniliquin Timber Mills, said yesterday he could not understand why the…

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Fire Risk Very High

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 2

Fire Prevention Week which started in New South Wales on Sunday, highlights what threatens…

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Cracker Cause of the Fire ?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 1

It was suspected that a small grass fire in End street on Wednesday afternoon on started from a…

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Frig. Blamed For Forest Fire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 1

A fire, believed to have been caused when a kerosene refrigerator exploded, broke out in the Millewa state forest on Sunday…

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Grass Fires

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 1

Three small grass fires occurred in the district last week The first on Monday afternoon when lighning…

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Visit of Fire Commissioners

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1961 · page 7

Last Thursday week a visit was paid to Tocumwal by Fire Commissioners Alderman E. Shaw (representing…

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