Brigade Entertainment for Fire Captain
Volunteer members of the Dubbo Fire Brigade entertained Captain D. R. Hawkins at an informal function at the fire station on Now Year's Eve…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
177 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 9
Disastrous Fire Big Blaze At Gilgandra Damage Estimated Between £8000 AND £10,000
A disastrous fire occurred at Gilgandra on Saturday night, about 8,50 p.m. resulting in damage estimated at between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£8000 Blaze In Garage At Gilgandra
A fire which occurred at Gilgandra on Saturday night destroyed E. G. Townsend's motor garage and caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires
Bush fires encircled Coonabarabran on Sunday, and some concern was expressed at times owing to the rapidity in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saturday Night's Big Blaze Garage and Bank in Miller Street Destroyed Damage Estimated at Over £8,000; Butcher's Shop And Picture Theatre Have Narrow Escapes
One of the most disaster oils fires experienced in Gilgandra was that on Saturday evening last, when the Gilgandra Motor Garage and contents and the Bank of New South Wales were completely destroyed. Practically the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Blaze Three Firemen Killed Brisbane
While fighting a fierce blaze which destroyed a three-storey grocery warehouse in Turbot Street, Brisbane, early today, three firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Centres Narromine Serious Blaze Caused By Tractor Backfire
The back-firing of a tractor in a straw covered shed at "Woodleigh," Narromine, the property of Mr. A. C. Barlow, caused a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheet Of Fire Covered Car in Fatal Crash
With flames pouring from his car, and the vehicle steering an erratic course on the road near Narromine on December 7, Cedric Percival…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magisterial Inquiry Into Tottenham Fire
Consequent upon police inquiries, it is understood that a magisterial inquiry will be conducted into the circumstances surrounding a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Water for Fire Purposes Move by Cr. Foran Would Like Pipes Laid Down Morris Street
At the Shire Council meeting on Friday, Cr. P. Foran drew attention to the fact that it had been illustrated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Bush Fire
Commencing near Nandi Mountain, last week-end, where some person started a fire, the surrounding dry grass caught alight spreading to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£500 Fire Damage. Tractor Backfire Causes Destruction of Shed
Mr. A. C. Barlow, of “Woodleigh,” Narromine, will be a heavy loser as the result of destruction by fire of a shed containing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Theft Revealed by Fires
A remarkable theft has been committed systematically, and over an unknown period, in the Glen Davis district, and but for a bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Warning
The Weather Bureau has issued a bush fire warning. People are urged to exercise more than usual precautions to prevent fire outbreaks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man's Hand Burned in Petrol Fire
When petrol burst into flames on Saturday afternoon, Ernest Bloomfield, of the State Garage, Wingewarra Street, was severely burned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Fire-proof Countryside Appeals for Care
Speaking over the National network, the Chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee (Mr. H. E. Messor) said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze at Ulamambri Wine Shop Destroyed Occupants Escape
A fire which broke out at the wine “Shanty” at Ulamambri at 3.30 a.m. on Wednesday resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Car, Money Destroyed In Road Fire
When a small sedan car caught lire while travelling to Sydney in the early hours of Monday morning a handbag containing £10 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Sheep Lost in Bush Fire
Mr. W. J. Thomas, of Ulamambri, lost 300 sheep in a bush fire which broke out on his property recently. The adjoining property of Mr. M. B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incendiary Bomb Fires Are Air Raid Danger
"In the event of air raids on Australia, it is extremely likely that the incendiary bomb will be one of the main methods of attack. The…
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