Bush Fires
Not for many years have bush fires made their appearance in the district as early as this year. The long spell of dry weather, combined with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Bush Fire Brigade
The annual general meeting of the Queanbeyan Brigade was held on Thursday, 12th September and was Well attended by members…
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At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional [?] of the Commonwealth Weather…
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Biggest fire in Wellington, New Zealand, occurred on Wednesday when wool valued at £500,000, five aircraft and a large quantity of aircraft…
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Five men died and one is missing as the result of an explosion and fire on the 10,000-ton tanker Bennington on Tuesday night off the…
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I desire, on behalf of my Government, to express deep sympathy to all who have suffered as a result of the recent bust fires on the North Coast…
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Early on Friday morning the Fire Brigade receieved a call to Molonglo Street where an outbreak had occurred in an outbuilding at the rear…
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Mr. B. L. Barber yesterday retired from the position of Deputy-Chief Fire Officer after 44½ years’ service with the New South Wales Fire…
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Recent falls of rain have greatly reduced the risk of bush and grass fires in N.S.W., and as a result the total restriction imposed a short time ago on…
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The home of Mr. E. C. Smith (President of Tallaganda Shire) was completely destroyed by fire at Nerriga on Tuesday night. At the time Mrs…
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There was only a moderate attendance at the annual meeting held on Saturday last. Present: Messrs. Geo. Woods (Capt.), A. Wilton, T. Cargill,…
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Though the home of Mr. E. C. Smith, Tallaganda Shire President, at Nerriga, was insured, he will be a heavy loser, as the policy covered…
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Over 5000 acres of forest in the Styx River area, between Armidale and Kempsey, were destroyed by bush fires yesterday. The original…
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As a result of investigations into the bush fire which devastated large areas of timber country in the north last week, prosecutions arc likely to…
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Yesterday morning the local Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak in a dwelling, on the corner of Ross and Derrima Roads, occupied by Mr…
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Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 22 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £7,000. In 1944-45 the estimated…
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Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223, and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000. In 1944-45 the estimated…
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The N.R.M.A. advises motor campers and picnickers that the restrictions on the lighting of fires in the oben. reimoosed because of the serious…
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Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £136,719, the reported number of…
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