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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1965

10 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Fire Hazard

The Western Herald · Friday 29 January 1965 · page 8

Many private residents in town have nigh dry gass in their back yards, which is dangerous to their house…

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A.M.P. Fire and General Business up 26 per cent

The Western Herald · Friday 29 January 1965 · page 5

The A.M.P. Fire and General Insurance Companies in Australia and New Zealand secured a…

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Bush Fire Danger in New South Wales

The Western Herald · Friday 5 February 1965 · page 11

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, said recently that the Bush Fire Committee had reported to…

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Bourke Railway Station Destroyed by Fire Three Fire Alarms Saturday Morning ONE Saturday Night

The Western Herald · Friday 26 February 1965 · page 1

It was indeed a frightening early morning and night in Bourke last Saturday, as four alarms sounded during the period 12.15 a.m. to 9 p.m…

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Football News Bourke Opens Season in Blaze of Glory Downs Goodooga 25 to 22

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1965 · page 13

Bourke opened the 1965 League season on a bright note by beating Goodooga by the narrow margin of…

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Another Fire at Railway Station

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1965 · page 1

The howling of the fire sir[?] at 4.40 a.m. on Wednesday proved to be another call to the Bourke…

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Old Hall Gutted by Fire

The Western Herald · Friday 13 August 1965 · page 6

Fire gutted Wellington's Monarch Hall early last Saturday morning, only hours after hundreds of…

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Planes drop water to help quell bushfire

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1965 · page 6

Two Orange pilots on Monday made, history by dropping water from cropdusing planes Whelp put…

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Fish Shop Damaged by Fire

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1965 · page 6

At about 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning the Fire Brigade was called to a fire at Frank Willoughby's Fish…

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Have You Checked Your Fire Fighting Equipment

The Western Herald · Friday 26 November 1965 · page 10

Now is the time to check your fire fighting equipment and machinery, it is too late to check…

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