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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 19

Cottage Destroyed in Bushfire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1941 · page 2

Bushfires swept through the undergrowth in the Swansea, Belmont, Charlestown and Cardiff districts yesterday. A cottage at the corner of Hill and Myall…

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Bush Fires at Awaba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 2

Several homes were menaced by bush fires at Awaba on Saturdaq. Constable C. Meskell, of Toronto, conducted operations, with many volunteers…

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Appeal for Women Fire Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 4

Not one woman in the areas of Wallsend, Carrington, and Stockton had joined the new fire auxiliary, the Assistant Area Officer (Miss E. Smithers) said yesterday…

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Fire Squads; Roof Spotters Enrolments Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1941 · page 2

"Squads for training in fire fighting and roof spotting are not coming along as quickly as they might do," the Northern Controller of N.E.S. (Mr. Cook) said…

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