Fire at Middle Bore
On Sunday, November 3rd, a fire occurred at Middle Bore, and a building comprising a drinking room and kitchen, together with cooking…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
126 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 7
Costly Bush Fires Due To Carelessness
Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000. In 1944-45 the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spectacular Blaze at Coonamble £4,000 Damage
One motor car, two utility trucks, a tractor and thousands of pounds worth of equipment were lost when a fire completely gutted a garage in Aberford Street, Coonamble, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bash Fires
Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000. In 1944-45 the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About Down Fire
It tickled our more subtle sense of humour when we read in this week's Sydney Daily Telegraph that Mr. Baddeley announced the ban on open fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Camp and Picnic Fires
The N.R.M.A. advises motor campers and picnickers that the restrictions on the lighting of fires in the open, reimposed because of the serious danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Staff at Bush Fires Question Discussed by Council
In future only in caces of extreme urgency will councils plant and men being available to assist in fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quick Work Stops Fire
Quick work by employees of Skerman's Garage, Macquarie Street, Dubbo and local fire brigade men, saved 30 tons of wood, stored at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shopping Block Menaced By Rubbish Fire
Flames from a burning pile of rubbish menaced a shopping block in Dubbo last Tuesday night. Origin of the blaze is uncertain, but it is believed that it could have been due to spontaneous combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goonoo Forest Fire Out Lighting Strikes Tree
The fire, which swept across the Goonoo State Forest on Monday night, was brought under complete control late Tuesday afternoon. Forestry employees are still keeping a strict watch on the forest in case…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coonamble Fire Garage Destroyed Damage Estimated at £4000
Damage estimated at £4000 was caused by a fire at Coonamble on Wednesday night. A garage, owned by Mr N…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. Last fear's Damage Estimated at £136,719
Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223. and the total estimated damage from these fires was £70,000…
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Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000. In 1914-45 the estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Park
A fire, which broke out among some rubbish in Cameron Park, on the bank of the Bell River, at about 7 p.m. on Saturday last, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lack Of Fire-Fighting Equipment Disturbs Minister
Addressing representatives of the Dubbo Shire and Municipal Councils on Friday night, the Minister for Irrigation and Water Conservation, the Hon. G. Weir said he was very concerned at the allegation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carbon Monoxide Caused Most Fire Deaths New York, Tuesday
Most of the 120 deaths in the disastrous fire at the Winecoff Hotel at Atlanta, resulted from asphyxiation because the smake and fumes could not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Burned Fire at Gwabegar
Early on Thursday morning there was a bad fire here. Mrs. Jack Tighe saw the fire starting and sought assistance, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands Of Pounds Loss Narrowly Averted In Dubbo Sawmill Fire
A slight breeze in the right direction saved thousands of pounds worth of timber, buildings, and machinery, from destruction last night, when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting Plant Unsatisfactory
At the annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade, the captain (Mr. Allan Eggleston) reported that the fire fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Baker's Swamp Fire. Homestead Totally Destroyed
In a fierce blaze that lasted only a few minutes, the seven-roomed homestead "Nithdale" Baker's Swamp and…
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