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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

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£30,000 Mill Fire at Molong

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 4

About £30,000 worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed most of the Molong Flour Mills last Saturday. Only for the…

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Escape Attempt Detention Camp Blaze. BRISBANE

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 1

The Brisbane Gensor has released details of an attempt made to burn down part of Grovelly Army Detention…

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Old Homestead Destroyed Fire at "Mereyula"

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 1

At an early hour on Tuesday morning the occupants of "Mereyula," estate of the late S. G. Sowden, seven…

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Disastrous Fire Homestead Completely Gutted

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 2

A fire in the early hours of last Tuesday week, completely destroyed the Meryula homestead, Coonabarabran, owned by the executors of the…

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Bush Fire Precautions

The Western Herald · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters…

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Bush Fire Menace Precautions to be Taken

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrested to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters or portable…

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Cottage Destroyed By Fire

The Western Herald · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

The sounding of the fire alarm shortly after 8 o'clock on Friday evening last startled town residents, and the blaze was found to…

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State Member's Activities Replies to Letters and Interviews Bush Fire Brigades

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

From Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Chief Secretary: In reply to your personal representations on behalf of the Mary Vale…

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Fire at Tomingley

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 7

A weather-board cottage at Tomingley, the property of Mr. Robert Paton, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night…

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Nitrate of Soda a Real Fire [?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 3

[?] on fire is an [?] (and an expensive one, [?] yes happen to be [?] but a Victorias farmer…

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Bush Fire Precautions Regulations Gazetted

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 3

Regulations—recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power…

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Fire, Regulations For Farm Tractors and Engines

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 4

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit Spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors power driven harvesters or portable…

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Fire in Theatre

The Western Herald · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 1

Melbourne.—Three hundred people rushed from a theatre at, Balwyn last night when a fire broke out during the screening of…

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Long Service Medal Capt. Mastersion Honored Visit of Fire Commissioners

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 2

Representatives of the Board of Five Commissioners of N.S.W. paid an official visit to Wellington on Friday…

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Novel Happening at Fire

The Western Herald · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 1

Brisbane:—Damage estimated at £8000 was caused when oil from a burning shed, which was destroyed with its contents, set fire to five…

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"Cease Fire" Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 1

The "Cease Fire" Ball, organised by the Dubbo Sub-branch of the RSS and AILA, attracted between 400 and 500 people last night…

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Destructive Fire. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

Damage estimated at about £6000 was caused by a fire at the we Toy Biscuit Company building at Redfern last night…

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Fire Brigade for Dunedoo

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 1

As the outcome of a request by the Dunedoo Chamber of Commerce made to the Cobbora Shire Council for the supply of a stand…

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Rain of Fire Bombs on Kobe Big Allied Invasion Of British Borneo Jap Line Broken in China

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Nearly 500 Super Fortresses today dropped 3000, tons of incendiary bombs on Kobe, Japan's principal seaport 265 miles south-west of Tokio and 20 miles west of Osaka. Before the war when the majority of its buildings at least were of wood or…

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Fire Alarm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 4

At 8 o'clock last evening Narromine's fire brigade received a call to the Bank of Australasia in Dandaloo-street. Fortunately the outbreak was…

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