Cattle Relish Brown Luc[?]tr[?] May Fire Risk The Main Drawback
Brown lucerne hay is more [?]culent and fresh from dust then the dry green hay; most [?]attle show a decided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1951
303 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 16
Dry Grass Serious Bushfire Risk in the West
Thick, dry grass in western districts constitutes one of the worst fire risks for a long time, states a Nyngan report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cr. Masters Nominated for Fire Board
Wellington Shire Council decided at its last meeting to nominate Cr. K. D. W. Masters for the ballot for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six Fires After Train Passed
Six grass fires which were extinguished along the railway line near Webb's Siding yesterday—all of them in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red China Now Ready to Discuss a Cease Fire Britain Advocates Round Table Talks New York
Communist China is now prepared to discuss a cease fire in Korea if a seven nation conference on Far East problems is held. Announcing this at a meeting of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Authority for Bush Fire Brigade Captains
In view of the grave bush fire danger throughout the Shire area the Wellington Shire Council yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Cemetery Spreads. 20 Acres Grass Burnt
What could have been a most disastrous fire started in the Stuart Town cemetery on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grass Fire
The growth of grass in town from last year's rain was prolific, and as it has become dry there is now a danger of fire in a good many local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfire Sweeps Through 15,000 Acres of Pasture Land Outside Nyngan All Night Battle By 200 Men To Save Marrooned Homestead
More than 15,000 acres of pasture land were burned out near Nyngan last night when a bushfire swept forward on a four-mile front. Two hundred smoke-grimed men battled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brigade Extinguishes Car Fire
A fire in the interior of a car parked in a vacant allotment in Swift Street last Thursday night caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peak Hill Township Threatened by Bush Fire Hospital Patients Evacuated Several Fires Throughout District Yesterday
With their township threatened by a bush are which burned to within about a quarter of a mile from their [?], Peak [?] yesterday left their [?] to [?] with are who came fr[?] all parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family Loses Furniture in Tent Blaze
A Dubbo man who is building himself a home in Dalton Street, lost all his furniture in a fire on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200,000 Blaze in Melbourne Melbourne
A £200,000 blaze burned out nine waterside transport depots early today and at least 50 trucks, a car, a launch and two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Patients Leave Hospital As Fire Threatens Peak Hill
A burning rabbit, escaping from a grass fire yesterday, started a fire that caused the frantic evacuation of the Peak…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Train Is Blamed for Bushfire
A Talbragar Shire Bushfire Brigades' conference at Dubbo on Friday was told that a bulk wheat train started a fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires in Victoria
Fire threatens Timboon in Victoria. A lone firefighter clears the road for a car bound far Port Campbell. This is one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Baradine District Fires
With the prevalence of much dry grass and continued weather the bushfire danger is increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Merrygoen Bush Fires Two Recent Calls
Twice within recent weeks the Merrygoen Bush Fire Brigade, under the leadership of Captain C. Nott, was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Spicer's Creek Increasing Fire Danger
The continued dry weather is increasing the bush fire danger and the Bush Fire Brigade is continually on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire on Wanaaring Properties
Last Friday night a bush fire started in the Wanaaring district and burnt some 30 to 35,000 acres of valuable grasslands besides…
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