Bush Fire Danger
The menace not only to human lives but to stock and property is stressed by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1948
170 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 9
Fire at Pictures
On Saturday night a fire at the local, Majestic Picture Show, accidentally caused, was soon got under control, before much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Extinguishers Cause Airline Disaster New York
The Civil Aeronautics Board of Inquiry has found chat carbon dioxide fumes from fire extinguishers caused the crash…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Changes Recommended In N.Z. Fire Control Wellington (N.z.) Friday. (A.A.P. Reuter)
Sweeping changes in control of fire prevention and fire fighting throughout New Zealand, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eumungerie Bush Fire Brigade
There was a good roll-up for the annual meeting of the Eumungerie Bush Fire Brgade, when the electon of officers for the ensuing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cermonial Camp Fire Scouts Invested At Nandi
Last Monday night’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Scout Troop took the form of a ceremonial camp-fire at Nandi,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushman Collapses in Fire—dies
A 57-year-old bushinan died at the Dubbo Base Hospital on Thursday afternoon as the result of burns received, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prompt Action Prevents Serious Blaze
Prompt action by the Dubbo Fire Brigade on Saturday night quelled a potentially dangerous fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushman Collapses in Fire at His Camp Near Mendooran
A 57-year-old bushman died at the Dubbo Base Hosptal on Thursday afternoon as the result of burns received when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Danger
According ,to the District Forester at Baradine, seventy-five per cent, of forest fire were man made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Prevention Week
This year's Fire Prevention Week will open on Monday, 27th September, 1948—earlier than in preceding years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Stores Install Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System
The Grinnell automatic sprinkler and fire alarm has been installed in the Western Stores, Wellington, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Variation of Fire Brigade's Award
An item on the Mayoral minute presented to Tuesday night's Council meeting dealt with discussions and action taken with regard to the proposed variations in the fire officers award…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Prevention Week Stats on
This years Fire Prevention Week will open on Monday. The [?] of Fire Prevention Week is to [?] a greater [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Festival Week Achieves Magnificent Success Profit of £7,500 Expected for Show and Sports Ground. Diggers' Candidate, Miss Bonnie Newell, Crowned Queen in Blaze of Glory. Queen Competition Raised £7,353 and Profits From Races, Art Union and Other Functions Are Expected to Defray All of £1500 EXPENSES
THE Wellington Festival Week concluded in a blaze of glory on Saturday night with the crowning of the Diggers' Candidate, Miss Bonnie Newell, as Queen of the Festival, before a crowd of well over 3,000 people who packed the Swift street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Agrees to Rate to Fight Bush Fires
Representatives of most of the 15 bush five [?] in the Tim[?] shire met at Narromine on Friday. After same very lengthy debates they agreed is ask the shire council to [?] a special rate of one half[?] in the [?] to buy power plants for fire fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Narromine Bush Fire Brigade Active
A large and representative meeting of landowners connected with Bush Fire Brigades was held in the Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Neurea Bush Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Neurea Bushfire Brigade the retiring Captain, Secretary and Treasurer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Correspondence Dubbo's Fire Brigade Service
Sir.-In a recent issue of your paper a report was published of a Mayoral minute presented to the Council on the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Ship Destroyed by Fire Copenhagen
After every avanable fire engine had been used to control the stem to stern blaze on the British steamer, Takoradian, in…
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