Chamber Seeks Assurance on Fire Service
The Captain of the Dubbo Fire Brigade (Mr. Hensby will be invited to attend the next meeting of the Dubbo…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
260 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 13
New Fire Station Far Distant Future
According to a letter before the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce at its last meeting ,from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Case Charge Against Farmer Fails S.m. Considers He "Took All Possible Steps to Extinguish Fire"
Monday last was one of the coldest days in the year, yet by contrast, considerable time was occupied at the Gilgandra Police Court in talking about a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire [?] N[?] [?] Flood [?]
Early [?] [?]ing, when [?] [?]ly wat[?] [?] the fire [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liquid Fire Fit to Contest Flying Handicap
Liquid Fire handicapped with 7.12, is not harshly treated considering he has taken all before him. He has won at Canterbury and backers can be quite confident of his handling the course…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Criticism of High Vehicle Registration Charges Council Wants to Use Unregistered Vehicles in Bush Fire Emergency
WELLINGTON Shire Council yesterday decided to ask the Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly), to grant permission for unlicensed trucks to be used to transport men and equipment on public roads during a bush fire emergency…
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A straw fire which broke out in one of the stables behind the Garden Hotel at 7 pm on Sunday was caught in time to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A. Mulley Will Have Mount on Liquid Fire Sydney
A. Mulley will ride Liquid Fire in the Yennora Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday. He will replace R. Reed who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worker Charged with Murder of Daughter Two Year Old Child Alleged to Have Been Strangled and Then Burnt the Gilgandra District Was Shocked on Tuesday Night to Learn That the Bones of a Young Child, Said to Be That of Eileen Patricia Bonham. Two Years of Age, Had Been Found by Constable Stevens in the Ashes of a Fire on Mr. L. Monk's "Gundy" Property 21 Miles From Gilgandra. Later a bush worker was arrested and charged with murder. He is alleged to have made a statement admitting that he choked the girl on Sunday morning and then threw the body on a log, and after heaping wood, on it, set five tothe log
The Gilgandra police became active on Tuesday morning when the mother of the child complained…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liquid Fire Best Bet for Yennora H'cap
Liquid Fire has been freshened up for the Yennora Handicap after his recent failure. Winning a half mile barrier trial in 48¾ on TueSday was easily the best recorded over this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chimney Fire Coolah Central School
The Coolah Fire Brigade went into action about 10.30 on Tuesday morning a blaze in a chimney at the Coolah Central School…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Union Bank Fire Alarm Only "Joke"
"The Union Bank is on fire. [?]ease send the fire, engine sound straight away and [?]rry."…
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Dubbo Fire Brigade made one of the best saves of the year early last night when a fire broke out in a temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chemical Bombs To Fight Fires SYDNEY
If bushfires break out again next summer chemical bombs may be used to fight them. Approving recommendations by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother's Evidence in Inquest on Baby Girl of Two Father In Court Charged With Murdering Her Story of Human Remains in Log Fire
Evidence of the finding of bones of a young child in a log fire at Bearbong near Gilgandra on July 1 was given in the Coroner's Court at Gilgandra today in an inquest on a baby girl, Eileen Patricia Bonham, aged 2, who disappeared from her home near Bearbong, on June 29…
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A fire broke out in a shed at the rear of Mr. T. Hawkins's home in Jubilee Street this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darktown Fire Brigade?
Remember those comic black and white "Darktown Fire Brigade" picture which used to adorn billiard saloons and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plough Bushfire Breaks Now Says Agronomist Sydney
Farmers should give consideration now to the safeguarding of crops, pasture, and fences against summer bushfires,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£5000 Fire At Dubbo Showground
The fire which destroyed a huge quantity of hay valued at nearly £5000 at Dubbo Showground on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buses Melt In Fire After Smash New York
Two Greyhound line buses travelling in pre-dawn darkness crashed head on, exploded into flames at the crest of a hill…
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