Fierce Blaze Beaten By Fire Brigade For Save at Railway
Dubbo fire brigade, led by Captain D. R. Hawkins, was responsible for the salvage of valuable electrical equipment when a large fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
177 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 9
Fire at Eumungerie
A fine occurred at Eumungerie on Tuesday of last week, to a. dwelling house occupied by Mrs. B. P. McMillan and Mrs. A…
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Members of the Narromine fire brigade took on a big task on Wednesday. A drainage system, which was being put in at a big works…
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A building used by Mr. S. Smith as a small above and be[?] shop at Tomingley was destroyed by fire on Friday last. Mr. smith will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams Another Enemy Submarine Believed to Be Sunk. Fireman Loses Life in City Fire Last Night Enemy Submarine Probably Sunk. Sydney
Melbourne.— General Head j quarters in the South-West Pacific in a communique reveals that another enemy submarine was…
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Defying flumes which rtared runnel him after he set fire to the wooden roof of his cell beneath Newtown court house at 3 am today…
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There was a good attendance of members of the Bourke Volunteer Fire Brigade at the Station on Saturday evening…
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A fire which occurred in a six-storey building in Foveaux Street, City, today resulted in the death of a man and a young woman, injury…
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We are pleased to learn that Mr Frank Amourous has been elected as Captain of the Bourke Fire Brigade, in place of Mr. George…
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All N.S.W. Shire Councils are to be requested by the Farmers and Settlers’ Association to compel householders to make fire-breaks where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historic Gaol Gutted by Fire Berrima’s Grim History
Berrima Gaol, one of the most historic structures in the Commonwealth, and through whose portals there passed many of…
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The State President of the F. and S. Association (Mr. T. E. Kendall, Holbrook) told the annual conference on Saturday that gas producer…
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The Chief Secretary has advised the Gilgandra Shire Council that in view of contingencies which may arise…
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The Captain of the Narromine Fire Brigade (Mr. H. Bowden) has asked the "News" to notify town residents that in future the fire…
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The Mayor (Aid. E. B. Serisier) announces that as from 6 a.m. to-day the fire alarm will be indicated by the sounding of the…
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At the Timbrebongie shire council meeting, on Friday, Mr. H. Corderoy was appointed as captain of the Webb's Siding area brigade…
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A fire ball to 159. Bultge-street was received by the Dubbo Fire Brigade on Tuesday night. The outbreak which was confined to a [?] of…
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On the occasion of the visit of the Board of Fire Commissioners to Dubbo on Wednesday, the Chairman Mr. T. J. Smith…
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Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.; Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, who presided at meeting of firemen arid representatives…
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In response to n fire alarm the Fire Brigade proceeded to the residence of Mr. Percy Hunter, 19 Bishop-street, Dubbo, at 7.30 on Wednesday night,…
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