Bogan Shire Ready to Fight Fires Nyngan
Bogan Shire Council will keep a truck loaded with bush fire fighting equipment ready for instant use, it was decided at its…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
303 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 16
Firemen Risk Lives in Garage Blaze
Dubbo firemen risked their lives at daylight today while they stood on top of a tank containing 450 gallons of petrol and…
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A fire which broken out on Wednesday afternoon on "Brigen[?] the Trangie property of MSr. Frank Cameron, could…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Engine Blamed for Series of Fires
The railway engine on the Coonamble mail train started more than a dozen grass fires between Dubbo and Geurie on Saturday, Bush Fire Brigade Captains report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fought with Fizz
Lake Cargelligo, Wednesday. Residents of the small township of Mt. Hope (population 100) in the far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Will Cost £56 More During 1951
The Dubbo Fire Brigade will cost the Municipal Council £56 more this year than it did last year, it is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Danger Period Proclaimed
A bush fire danger period has been, proclaimed for the whole of the area embraced by the Talbragar Shire Council…
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Wellington Fire Brigade quickly extinguished a miner fire in a refrigerator at a house in Raymond-st. shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baradine Fire Brigade Additional Officers Appointed
Discussing arrangements for a town fire brigade, it was decided at the meeting of the Baradine Chamber of Commerce on…
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A grass fire started on Artesia Station about sundown on Thursday last week, and a call was sent to town for volunteers…
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The railway authorities were a law unto themselves and were without any sense of responsibility, declared Cr. W. E. Morley at a meeting of the Talbragar Shire on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Flees Down Fire Escape
Before the two men had time to recover from their surprise, she had snatched up her handbag. A small…
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Five power bush fire fighting units have been allocated by the Talbragar Shire Council to brigades at Eumungerie,…
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At question time at the last meeting of Peak Hill Municipal Council, Ald. McKinnon asked that a thorough inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Girdle Of Fire" SYDNEY
Mt. Lamington in New Guinea was in the "Pacific Girdle of Fire," said a geologist at the Australian Museum today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Service Station Blaze Controlled by Fire Brigade
On Thursday morning of last week a fire broke out at the rear of H. O. Haynes and Sons’ Service Station, but fortunately no…
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During last week storms fell throughout the Cumnock district. The result of recent storms in providing a green…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Firemen Called to Fire at Stockyards
Dubbo Fire Brigade was called out last night to a grass fire near the railway stock yards. On arrival they found the…
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At about 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, whilst a motor cycle was being started up in Mr. "Toe' Holland's yard, the machine burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Started by Trains Near Gundagai Gundagai
Fires were station by trams near Gundagai on three separate occasions last week. The first blaze occurred on…
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