Eumungerie Bush Fire Brigade Appoints Officers
The Eumungerie Bush Fire Brigade has reported to the Talbragar Shire Council the appointment of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Boothenba Bush Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the Bo[?]thenta Bush Fire Brigade, held in the hall at Beni, check up was made on equipment and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loan Proposed for Water Mains Recent Fire Losses Cause Review
In view of the loss of two homes by fire in Racecourse Rd, Coonabarabran, in the last twelve months, a review of the programme for the instalment of water mains in Coonabarabran Shire Council yesterday . A report by the Shire Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power Fire Fighting Units For All Brigades Decisions of Wellington Shire Council
WELLINGTON Shire Council yesterday decided to allocate one power fire fighting unit to each bush fire brigade in the Shire. The allocations will be made on a priority based on the amount of equipment at present under the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation Claims Explained Bash Fires Conference At Parkes
In past seasons the Timbrebongie Shire Council has had to deal with several claims from its ratepayers for compensation for loss or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inquiry Into Antaw Fire Rapid Blaze Suspicious, Says Witness
A witness at the Coronial inquiry to-day into the recent, fire which destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Antaw, Racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Wants Its Own Truck
The secretary of the Cumnock Bush Fire Brigade has taken up the matter of purchasing a motor truck with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Fighting Equipment Shire President’s Minute
At the meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council last week the Shire Pesident (Cr. C. G. Bruce), submitted in a special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Meeting at Wongarbon
At the annual meeting of the Wongarbone Bush Fire Brigade there was a good attendance of farmers and two representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£150 Damages Awarded to Walmer Farmer Sequel To Fire Which Spread From Railway Property
A WALMER district farmer was awarded £150 damages at the District Court last Thursday when his claim of negligence by the Commissioner for Railways was upheld. The fanner, Christopher Patrick Veech, of "Eulalie," alleged that a fire which had started on the Commissioner's property had extended onto his land and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Increase Danger of Bush Fires
Floods had greatly increased the risk of bush fires this summer, said the Dubbo Rabbit inspector (Mr. Brookfield)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Conference. Chairman Answers Many Questions
Representatives of ten Central and Far Western Shire Councils and various State and Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Calls During 1950 Mendooran Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the Mendooran Fire Brigade on Saturday it was announced by the secretary (Mr. Beddie) that no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bourke & Wanaaring Bush Fire Brigade
An interesting demonstration of the capabilities of modern fire fighting equipment was staged last Friday on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in Home at Gilgandra
At the height of a severe thunder and rain storm in Gilgandra on Tuesday afternoon, an electrical short-circuit in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bouse Destroyed by Fire at Tomingley
A house owned and occupied by Mr. Sherriff, on the extreme northern end of Tomingley, was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday FRED ASTAIRE World [?] for his dancing Feed Ad[?] again thrills the theatre going public in his latest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mumbil Now Has Fire Brigade
A fire brigade has been formed at Mumbil comprising rural and town section. The Water Conservation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEUREA Bush Fire Brigade Meeting
A meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade was held in the local hall on Friday night last. There was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Pleads Guilty to Coonabarabran Fire
A woman who pleaded in the Dubbo Quarter Sessions on Monday to a charge of maliciously setting fire to a house at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Handling Fire-Fighting Equipment. Public Demonstration
At the annual meeting of the Stuart Town Fire Brigade it was decided to give a public demonstration, at the…
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