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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

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Bush Fire Talks Planned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 1

Wellington Shire Council will call a conference to discuss bush fire fighting problems on September 12…

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Fire Destroys Trangie Timber Mill It seems likely that building will be seriously interrupted in the Trangie district because of a are which destroyed the timber mill on

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1953 · page 1

The outbreak was noticed by Janice Egan shortly before 2 p.m., and her father, Mr. Errol Egan, quickly gave the alarm…

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Chimney Fire at Ambulance Station

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 9

The Wellington Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday night for the first time in several months when the…

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[?] Conference on Bush Fires [?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 July 1953 · page 1

[?] the bush are fighting [?] information was [?] numbers of the [?] of…

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Accident Victims Dead or Unconscious Before Fire Engulfed Cab

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 August 1953 · page 1

Norman Chock Ching, of Wellington, believes the three men who died in the taxi on Saturday morning were either…

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Millions Lost Through Bush Fire Devastation Voluntary Organisation Meeting Problems

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 6

Bush tires regularly cost NSW £500,000 a year and every tenth year there was likely to be devastation causing a less of £10,000,000, the Chairman of the NSW Bush tires Advisory. Mr. Messrs, said at the opening of the…

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Reminder of Record Fire

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 1

The photograph, taken after the record Trans[?] shows some of the devastation…

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[?]Cley House [?]Yed by Fire

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 3

A [?]ting house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Cooper at [?] was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Bush Fire New Residence Saved

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

Quick work by the Coonabarabran Bush Fire Brigade was responsible for saving a new residence, owned by Mr…

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GWABEGAR House destroyed by Fire

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 3

A house owned by Ted Lord and Co and occupied by Mr. H. Kogut wad destroyed by fire on Sunday. Mr. Kogut was absent…

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Country Press And Bush Fires

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 1

A tribute to the co-operation of country newspapers in giving publicity to the work of the bush fire fighting…

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Bank Finances Research Into Bush Fires

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 1

It has been announced in Sydney that the Rural Bank of NSW has decided to [?] a Rural Bank Bush Fire…

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Fire Brigade's Good Save

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 1

Prompt action by the Wellington Fire Brigade early yesterday morning saved business premises adjoining a…

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Smoke "Deadlier Than Flame" Says Fire Authority

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

Paul W. Kearney a leading authority on fire fighting, brings the worst danger of fire to the attention of householders this…

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Permission To Burn Yaminbah, Bush Fire Brigade

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Coonabarabran Pastures Protection Board permission was granted to the…

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Floods and Fires Vulnerability of Binnaway

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 15

The vulnerability of the the main business area of Binnaway to fire and of the town to floods were topics…

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Fire Brigade

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 3

Sir,—I crave space to bring to the notice of the responsible authorities and to the general public the acute shortage of…

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Big Fire Averted

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1

The sounding of the fire siren at 6 a.m. last Thursday morning brought many local residents from their…

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Fire Alarms

The Western Herald · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

There was a fire alarm on Monday afternoon at about 5.45 when the chimney of a Cafe in Oxley Street caught…

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