Fire in Biddon Forest
About 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, a fire started in the State Forest at Biddon and swept a good…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
303 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 16
Fire Relief Ctee Cbran
Mr. F. [?] MLA [?] in charge of to State formed relief committees, [?] the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GEURIE. Fire Interrupts Red Cross Fete
Despite the fact that news of the fire in the district last Thursday interrupted the annual Red Cross Fete, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C’bran Weather Fire Conditions Prevail
In Coonabarabran [?] the past week weather has been hot and dry with strong hot winds [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat and Hay Burnt in Geurie Fire
The fire at Geur[?] last week destroyed 160 acres of wheat and 10 tons of hay and damaged 12 miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"We Are Not Fire Conscious" Says Police Sergeant Newman
Sergeant Newman, in charge of the Gilgandra Station, and who for some time was stationed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Over £25,000 Damage As Co-op. Store Completely Destroyed by Fire
IN the early hours this morning fire razed the Wellington Co-operative Society's store in Lee Street, causing damage estimated at over £25,000. With the exception of the brick front wall the building was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Still Menace Coonabarabran
Coonabarabran firefighters have halted 17 miles of the 20-mile-wide bushfire advancing on the town and now they are concentrating on the three-mile danger point…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires in the . Coolah District
The bush fire which broke out on the property of Mr. J. B. Fuller past [?] is still [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£1,000,000 Fire Damage Greatest Outbreak in History 30,000 Sheep and Eight Homes Destroyed Thousands of Miles of Fencing and Grass Lost Indescribable Damage Resembles Attack From Atomic Bomb
THE GREATEST OUTBREAK OF FIRE EVER KNOWN TO MANKIND IN THE WEST OCCURRED LAST THURSDAY MORNING IN THE COLLIE DISTRICT. By nightfall it had spread over an area extending 50 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Today Could Be Fire "Black Friday"
Police and Foresty officials patrolling smouldering State-wide fires fear today may be "Black Friday" if increasing winds sweep them out of control again. Reports from danger areas say conditions are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Law on Burning of Fire Breaks
The total ban on the lighting of fires in the upon is to be continued, except in cases where fires are lit for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cumnock News Cumnock Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
ON Wednesday night, 14th Nov., the annual meeting of the Cumnock Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Shire Hall. There was a near record of landowners present and a number of apologies was received. Mr. G. Black…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfires Affect Store Stock Market
With bushfires destroying tens of thousands of acres of pastures, and continued dry weather threatening the…
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The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A,, said to-day that his Department would be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →12 Acres Wheat Burnt by Dubbo Fire
A spark from a tractor is believed to have caused a fire which destroyed about 12 acres of wheat on Mr. R. S. Morley's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quick Work Stops Fire in Trangie Main Street
The prompt use of a team fire extinguisher prevented the sp[?] of fire which might otherwise have burnt several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Statement Denied Fire Engine Not Worn Out, Says Council
A statement alleging that the Peak Hill Bush Fire Brigade engine had been worn out by being used on a concrete m[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Relief Committee Forme in Dubbo
A local Bushfire Relief Committee was formed in Dubbo yesterday to that it can organise assistance if big fires devastate the district. The committee was formed at a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.K. Should Give Australia Bushfire Aid London
The "Daily Express" suggests in an editorial today that Britain should quickly send help to Australia to recover from…
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