Bush Fire Fighting Equipment Exhibit at Sydney Royal Show
A feature of the Bush Fire Committee’s Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be an exhibit of bushfire fighting…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Baby Dies in Fire
Early on Wednesday afternoon a fire destroyed a three-roomed galvanised iron cottage at North Goulburn. Onlookers were unaware that…
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Yesterday morning a bush fire broke out in the vicinity of Tuggranong railway line, and, fanned by a strong wind, soon spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Hotel Kosciusko
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the Hotel Kosciusko was destroyed by fire which started in a switch board. Fire extinguishers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigade
Although there was no outbreak of fire very close to this village, the Brigade has been out twice and did good work. At a recent meeting it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notes and News Bush Fire Outbreak
Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade Deputy Captain, Mr. J. W. Bunn, was called out on Sunday afternoon it about 2.15, when a grass fire…
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On a station property in the Glen Innes district, nine miles west of the town, a four-years-old boy, Gerrard Ellis, was burnt to death yesterday…
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Inspector E. W. Freeman,. officer-in-charge of Goulburn police, warned motorists that they must allow fire engines right of way, reports the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Korean Fighting Continues While Cease Fire Meeting is Attempted TOKIO, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
United Nations and Communist troops fought on grimly to-day with orders to “kill the enemy,” while their leaders attempted to arange a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cease Fire Conference Cautious Optimism MUNSAN, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Cautious optimism was displayed by some Allied officers today, as the Kaesong cease fire conference progresed towards the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Grass Fire
Although we have again had abnor-mal rains and the country everywhere is oozing water, a grass fire started oil Thursday afternoon in…
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Bernard Heap, 29, of Strathfield, last night about 7 ’clock rushed from his room at the Mansion House Hotel, Sydney, into a corridor with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger Prepare Now
The Chief Secretary (the Hon. Clive Evatt, M.L.A.) says this year could prove to be the greatest test for [?]he State’s fire defences since 1939. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prepare Now Mr. Evatt Appeals for Taking of Fire Precautions
The Chief Secretary (the Hon. Clive Evatt, M.L.A.) announced to-day that a bush fire danger period had been proclaimed in respect of the North…
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The danger of major bush fires in N.S.W. was extreme, the executive member of the Bushfire Committee, Mr. A. G. Kingsmill, said in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moree Fire
The biggest fire in the town for more than 20 years oh Sunday swept half a block of the main shopping area in East Moree,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Night’s Fire
Shortly before 7 o’clock on Sunday last the Fire Brigade received a call to Uriarra Road. On arrival it was found the trouble was in a…
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Four large fire engines, a foam sprayer, a trailer-tank unit and four pumping units are included in bush fire-fighting equipment worth £40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post Office Services in Times of Bush Fires
The Postmaster-General (Hon. H. L. Anthony) stated this week that the Post Office will operate as usual during the forthcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Burrowa
Police believe an electrical fault caused a fire at Burrowa on Tuesday. The fire destroyed a house,…
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