Motor Train Fire
After inspecting the burnt-out motor train at Narroniine, Detective-sergeant J. A. Burke of Dubbo, could find no evidence of sabotage. He is of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
136 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 7
Motor Train Damaged by Fire
A rail motor, used between Narromine and Parkes, was badly damaged by fire in the local storage shed on Saturday last, at 7.45 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Battle Shire Organisations Enlist Aid For Blitzkreig Army Equipment Likely To Be Purchased
Indications that thoughtful residents of rural parts of Coonabarabran Shire are making ready to keep the bushfire menace at bay, was in evidence at last week’s meeting: of the Shire Council, when a number of Bush Fire Brigades…
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Dubbo Municipal Council has received another letter from the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners relating to the recent amendment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narromine News Rail Motor on Fire
The rail motor used on the Narromine-Parkes service was seriously damaged by fire on Saturday night in the carriage shed at the local yards…
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It is still keeping very dry, and the grass is rapidly dying off. If rain does not fall, the risk of fire will become very…
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tion, alarm is felt at the conditions favourable for a grave potential loss of property, and possibly life. Council too, is a bad offender, and…
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"The whole of the Municipality is honeycombed with vacant blocks of land carrying dry grass, box thorn and other inflammable materials which in many cases are right up to, and under weatherboard buildings."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coonabarabran District Devastated by Fire Will This Be The “Watchman’s” Headline News Next Week ? Next Month ?
Help the Bush fire Brigades to help you.—Make fire breaks where practicable, especially around buildings, Sheds and dwellings. Inform from employes and others of safe areas in danger zones. Contact your brigade for farther particulars…
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Oberon Shire Council has resolved that while the voluntary levy is well supported for the fighting of bush fires no action will be taken by the…
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"The bush fire danger in the dry country areas was very real and heavy penalties will be imposed on those failing to take…
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Dubbo Fire Brigade was called to Bardon Park at 9.30 last night when a grass fire occurred. A large body of grass was alight…
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A very dangerous season for bush fires is almost at band. The prevention of an outbreak is the responsibility of every person in the…
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Watercourses are useful as firebreaks —cut not always: The Bush Fire Advisory Committee reports that a small fire started in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Meeting Benalong Bush Fire Brigade
At the annual and a general meeting of the Benalong Bush Fire Brigade, held on 21 inat there was an excellent…
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Watercourses are useful as fire breaks—but and [?] The Bush [?] committee repo[?]…
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Application for permission to form a bush fire brigade at Belar Creek, was received by the Coonabarabran Shire council and at a…
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Landholders in the Narromine district are reminded of the menace of grass and bush fires as the hot weather approaches…
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A small boy with a match is believed to have been the cause of a grass fire at West Dubbo about noon yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Fire Tragedy Pharmacist Burned to Death. SYDNEY
Within 30 hours the Fairfield tragedy in which a four year old girl and her baby brother were burned to death…
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