Coronation Camp Fire
On Wednesday night, June 3, 1A Company of Moree Girl Guides celebrated the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1953
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North West Homestead Gutted by Fire
The station homestead of Boohera, 11 miles south west of Goondiwindi, in New South Wales, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telephone Lines Damaged by Fire Sydney
Fire today partly destroyed Glenfield railway station and burnt through the telephone lines to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Damage £400,000 SYDNEY
Bush-fire damage in New South Wales during the 1952-1953 season totalled £460,000. In commenting on this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overhaul of Fire Fighting Plants
Boomi Shire Council will try and assemble all fire fighting plant within the area so as to have it overhauled before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armistice Brings Fighting In Korea To Finish Cease Fire After Three Years of War
TOKYO, Monday.—The long awaited Armistice in the Korean War was signed at 11 a.m. Sydney time today, thus bringing to an end a war that had lasted over three years and which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armistice Signed in Korea This Morning the United Nations' and Communist Military Commands Today Signed the Korean Armistice. the Long-awaited Signing Brings About a Complete Cease-fire Within 12 HOURS
First to sign the truce documents were the chief negotiators, Lt.-General Harrison, of the United States, and General Nam Li of North Korea. Final Agreement on the Armistice was reached yesterday after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's "Atomic" Fire Detector
A small cell, with a radioactive element which can be held in the palm of the hand, is the latest fire detector. It has a guaranteed life of 1000 years. The least trace of smoke causes an electrical circuit to be triggered and sounds the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalty Reduced on Bush Fire Breach
His Honour, Judge P. V. Storkey V.C., on Monday reduced a penalty imposed for a bush fire offence last summer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in State Coal Mine Sydney
A fire in the State coal mine at Lithgow flared up again today and is out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Panics Motorists Brisbane
Car drivers and their passengers panicked when a bush fire swept along both sides of the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Role Likely for Bush Fire Brigades
Moree Pastures Protection Board on Tuesday decided to recommend to the Department of Agriculture that fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in House
At about 6:30 pm on Monday night the Manilla Fire Brig[?]de received a call to attend a fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Covered Fire Hydrants
The question of fire hydrants was raised during a meeting of Moree Council. At question time, Ald. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Faces Acute Bush Fire Menace Sydney
The bushfire risk in N.S.W. is at its height, and the most serious fires in years could occur over large areas, the Chief File Officer for N.S.W., Mr. E. J. Griffiths, warned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Suppression
In this article Mr. Luke tells of some of the methods by which fires may be attacked. After many years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Not Enough Fires!
There were not enough fires, particularly in part of Maitland Street, commented aldermen, on Tuesday night when…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bush Fire Danger Restrictions Imposed on Burning-off
Following strong westerly winds in August, accompanied by lack of rain, which greatly increased the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire's Bush Fire Grant
The Department of Local Government has advised £3286 has been allocated expenditure by Boolooroo Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mungindi Fire Brigade Proposal
Boomi Council will ask Mungindi Urban Committee to take to form a fire brigade and elect officers…
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