Indonesia Sumatran Fires May Burn for Months London
Fires started by Republicans in the Sumatran town of Jambi, would probably burn for months, says the special correspondent of the Daily Mail visiting South Sumatra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1949
154 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 8
Phosphorus Bait Causes Fire
We have all heard of rabbits causing bushfires to spread by escaping with their fur afire into "safe" areas. From Goolagong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Palestine Cease Fire Effective From Today Lake Success
Dr. Ralph Bunche, Acting United Nations Mediator on Palestine, announced yesterday that Israel and Egypt had agreed to a cease fire effective from 10 p.m. today, Australian Eastern Standard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabbit Fires Haystack
"This is a story of a queer happening that took place during the height of the recent big district bushfire." (says the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Head Luck Rabbit Fires Haystack
This Is the story of a queer happening, that took place during the height of the recent bush fires in the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Garbage Depot Fire Inquiry
An inquiry into the causes of a fire which broke out in the Municipal garbage depot, East Dubbo, on December 5, and allegedly spread to adjacent properties and causing total damage amounting to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Property Fire on Wellington Road
At about 2.30 p.m. yesterday, Mr. Kenneth Raymond Taylor, of "Brentwood," Wellington Road, discovered a fire burning on his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Cowra Store Gutted by Fire
Yesterday a disastrous conflagration which broke out at the extensive business premises of Squire, Pepper Pty. Ltd., at Cowra, caused damage estimated at £250,000. For hours firemen fought a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Prevention Police Essay Competition Results
The winning essays of the Police Essay Competition, 1948, on Bush Fire Prevention, have been announced. This competition, sponsored by the Bush Fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cause of Garbage Depot Fire Unknown
"I find that certain property owned by Albert Joseph Stanley Owers and Arnold Reginald Wheeler was destroyed by fire originating from the Municipal garbage depot on December 6, 1948. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Children Write On Bush Fire Prevention Police Essay Competition Results
The winning essays of the Police Essay Competition, 1948, on Bush Fire Prevention, have been announced. This competition, sponsored by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, in association with the Police and Education [?]epariments, is an important force in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Settles House Tenancy Case
A house at Young which was recently partly destroyed by fire figured in a case of disputed possession as between landlord and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrels Burnt in Hotel Shed Fire
Sixteen 18 gallon beer barrels together with a small quantity of stored furniture and a panel of fencing were burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Subsidies New Legislation Being Considered
Legislation to provide, an alternative method of contribution to councils for the purchase and maintenance of bush fire fighting equipment was being considered. Meanwhile, no change would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire at Gular 3,500 Acres Burnt
On Tuesday morning a bush fire started on "North Woodside," the property of Mr. E. H. Barton, and then spread…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Fire on Students' Procession Calcutta
Eight persons were killed and forty injured when "police opened fire on students yesterday. The police opened fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bosh Fire Prevention Police Essay Competition Results
The winning essays of the [?] Essay Competition, 1943, on Bush Fire Prevention, have been announced…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CHINA Peace Negotiations To Follow Cease Fire Order
With fighting getting closer to Nanking, China's capital, plans are proceeding to evacuate the main part of the Nationalist Government to Canton. This follows reports that the executive Yuan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Outbreaks of Fire at Cumnock. No Extensive Damage
During last week two fires occurred in the Cumnock district. Fortunately they were got under control…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Da[?]e to Motors Attending Bush Fires
Mr. Alex Cameron of Trangie has received the following letter from Mr. E. R. Stephens, Clerk of the Tim brebongie Shire Council:…
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