Mullaley Bush Fire Serious Damage
One man was injured, nearly 5,000 acres of grassland, wheat and oats were burnt, and 300 sheep killed in a bushfire at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
136 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 7
Gollan Fires. Crops Destroyed
Two disastrous fires occurred on Monday and Tuesday of this week, resulting in the destruction of 240 acres of…
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The local Fire Brigade was called to attend a grass fire in Macquarie Street on Tuesday last. The fire burned fiercely for some…
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On Tuesday night last at about 10.30 a fire occurred at the Reserve, and destroyed a two roomed cottage being used as a store by…
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The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued the following statement:— "On Monday next His Royal…
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Sir.—To-day His Royal Highness, the Governor-General, will issue a public statement calling upon the citizens of Australia to…
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Fire Prevention Week began in Now South Wales yesterday, when the Governor-General made an appeal to the public to observe the…
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Shattered to pieces by a bolt of lightning at Goorianawa Station, Coonabarabran, burning debris flung from a large belah tree…
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When fire broke out in Messrs. E. Johnson and Sons' wheat crop at "Red Hill," Obley, on Monday last, about 30 acres of…
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Before the Coroner (Mr. A. Carmichael) on Monday last, an inquiry was held concerning the recent fire at the Watering…
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A bush fire broke out on Mr. H. A. F. Robertson's "Boonara" property on Tuesday afternoon soon after lunch. It started in a 300-acre crop…
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When Tony Pett was cranking up a tractor in a harvest field on Mr. D. C. Mitchell's "Alvaholme" property he found his legs becoming…
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Employment of voluntary labour in the administration of the Dubbo Fire Station was never considered, according to the Board of Fire Commissioners in…
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Slight damage was done to the interior of the operating theatre and extensive damage to the anaesthetic machine, when a fire broke out on…
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An outbreak of fire occurred on the property of Mr. Claude Rich at "Bloomsdale," Suntop, on Thursday morning last and…
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The N.R.M.A. reports that many motor vehicles are being brought to a sudden stop on the road on excessively hot days, particularly…
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