Dubbo Fire Hydrants
Water hydrants in some parts of Dubbo had been so completely covered by soil and rubbish pushed aside in road…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
260 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 9 of 13
Letter to the Editor Nevertire Fire
Mrs. Lena Craig, of Wallangarra writes to the Editor: I notice an article in the "Liberal" referring to the fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mendooran Bush Fire Brigade
Mr. F. P. Manusu was re-elected captain of the Mendooran Bush Fire Brigade at a recent meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Phone Services on Occasions of Bush Fires
The Acting Post-master-General (Sir Earle Page) has advised that where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Danger Period Coolah Shire Council
Although councillors were not favourable to the bush fire danger period, proclaimed for the Coolah Shire from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Jumps to School Ballette Death When Fire Breaks Out in Bedroom
When William San-key Tassell (65), jumped from the, window of his bedroom at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Causes £300 Damage Sleeping Occupants of House Unaware of Blaze
A fire in a home early this moraine caused £300 damage and had burned itself out without the knowledge of the four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Bring Death and Destruction
[?]cared up with intencity on Saturday coming [?] and [?] of the Union Bank, of Sydney died as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prohibition on Lighting on Fires
A simplified method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air should the need arise during the summer was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Dancer at Peak Hill; Breaks Succested
There is so much grase on vacant blocks near hones that an outbreak of are could cause a [?], the Deputy Mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collie Bushfire Fatality
One man died of burns, another was severely burned, and about 500 shee and thousands of acres of valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collie Bushfire "Tragedy"
The recent Collie fire was the type of tragedy that only vigilance and strict adherence to regulations on the part of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Fatality Near Collie Man Dies As Result of Burns Seven Properties Affected
The first fatality in New South Wales this season caused directly by bush fires, occurred at the Gilgandra District Hospital late on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bottle Starts Fire At Mogriguy
A fire believed to have been caused by the action of the sun's rays on a bottle, destroyed 50 acres of grassland on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Binnaway Fire Large Shed Destroyed
A large shed at the rear Comino Bros., cafe, Binnaway Street, Binnaway was destroyed by fire last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay Stacks Destroyed by Fire
Three stacks of new sea son's hay were destroyed by fire at Mr. Ken Wheeler's "Nerange" property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Hazards in Dubbo to Be Cleared Up
Dubbo, once acknowledged as one of the cleanest municipalities in the outer areas of the State, is now one of the dirtiest, Ald. Serisier told the last meeting of Dubbo Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local News Fire in Oats Crop at Collie
Swift action by the Collie volunteer bush fire brigade saved a Valuable stand of oats at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prohibitions on the Lighting of Fires
A simplified method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air should the need arise…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Van Damaged by Fire
On Saturday afternoon, last, Mr. H. Southwell, of the United Aborigines Mission, was emptying his Bedford lorry of petrol,…
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