Blaze in Ship's Hold Problem for Firemen Sydney
Firemen bad a [?] job extinguishing a fire in the hold of a ship at an Australian port today. Much good cargo had to be removed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1943
137 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 7
Bush Fire Season
With the approach of the bush fire season the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire Councils throughout the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington District News Exclusive Correspondence Stuart Town Bush Fires Danger Minimised By Splendid Rains
We are having glorious weather for November, even though it may, be a bit unseasonable. The splendid rains for the month have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Berlin Bomb Rain Sets City on Fire, Takes Mighty Toll London
Berlin's sirens must have sounded last night at the same time almost to the minute as the previous evening. The RAF attack last night began at 8 o'clock and lasted just ever 20 minutes. Bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Campaign To Save National Waste
The official opening of the Bush Fire Campaign will take place on Wednesday, the 1st December. It is planned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Eighth Army Bombardment Flays Germans in Hill Defences Infantry Advances Through Fire Wall London
The Eighth Army turned loose all its artillery against German hill positions across the Sangro River in Italy on Sunday to open a new attack, says Reuter's correspondent with the Eighth Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Panic by Children When Bus on Fire Sydney
A double-decker bus in which there were 60 schoolchildren caught fire outside Strathfield railway station this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prevent Bush Fires. Seven Good Reasons
The Honourable J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., Chief Secretary, writes as follows:— Twice already, about this time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire at Baker's Swamp
A fire broke put in a wheat paddock on the property of Mr. F. Whalebone, Rocky Hall, Baker's Swamp, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Campaign Opened
The annual compaign to prevent bush fires, organised each year by the bush fires Advisory committee was officially opened [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Bush Fires Never So Important
Bush fires are for the most part the consequence of carelessness, and there is special need to-day for guarding…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Burrendong Splendid Rain for Gardens & ORCHARDS Will Also Minimise Fires
Early this morning (Monday), steady rain commenced, and has continued all day. The rain is very welcome for the vegetable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Campaign
The annual campaigh to prevent bush fires, organised each year by the Bush Fires Advisory Comnittee, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Bush Fires Fatalities in Victoria Melbourne
As a result of disastrous bush fires which swept a big area of country in the Wangaratta district yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Die in Fires Melbourne
The deathroll in the Victorian bush fires has now reached five, the latest victim [?] an unidentified person whose charred body was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goonoo State Forest Threatened by Fire: Hard Fight to Beat Flames
A bushfire which started in an adjoining property threatened to spread to the Goonoo State forest, where it would have caused thousands of pounds of damage to valuable hardwood timber had it not been for timely action on the part of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Truck, Goods Destroyed in Fire
A truck and as contents were destroyed by fire at the Dublin railway yards on Thursday last. Two other trucks were slightly damaged and a…
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