The Bush Fires Conditions Still Menacing
Bush fires still continue in the surrounding hills and fire fighters have been very busy over the weekend and again on Monday. Yesterday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Another Fire
Anotner serious bush fire broke out to the westward of Major's Creek last Thursday. Fanned by a fierce gale and raced towards that township…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We Recent Fires Official Reports From Brigade Headquarters
Area Commander Mr. Bob Chapman reported at 12.30 p.m. on 25th January that a fire had broken out on Mr. Haughton's property et Tomboye,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire of Tallaganda Bush Fire Act, 1949
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the Bush Fire Act, 1949, the Chief Secretary, CLIVE RALEIGH EVATT, directs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lighting Fires In Opera Air Prohibited Till Feb. 22
His Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, has announced prohibition has been imposed on the lighting of all classes of fires in the open air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires Ravage the South Coast Four Lives Lost
What is considered to be the greatest tush fire disaster to ever strike the South Coast caused widespread [?]amage and less of life, right from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Recent Fires Town Organisation Sought
In a letter to the Mayor, which was read at last Thursday’s Municipal Council meeting Mr. Clive Webber, while paying tribute to the local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Hotel
Early on Saturday morning a fire in the parlour of Carlton Hotel, Goulburn caused considerable damage. Two guests noticed thick smoke in their…
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Last Sunday-the-body of Randolph Keith Pettit, farm-hand, who had been missing since January 25 at the outbreak of bush fires in this district was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Distillers Fined Breaches of the Bushfire Regulations. Clearing Around Stills
Two new Australians and two Australians were proceeded against by the Police at Friday's Court Petty Sessions in Braidwood for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eucalyptus Distillers in Trouble Fined for Breaches of Bush Fire Regulations. Perscribed Clearing Not Provided at Plants
Charles Matthew Rouen and Ernest Jellico Davis were charged with a breach of the Bush Fire Regulations, with failing to Have the required 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tragedy of Fire
At a stormy meeting at the Melbourne Trades Hall recently, Lieut. - General Sir Horace Robertson, Director of Recruiting, said: “If you…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Fined £50 Lit Fires Without a Permit
In Dungog Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Thomas Alexander Pownceby, 37, of Dungog, was fined £50 for lighting fires without a permit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prohibition on the Lighting of Fires in the Open Air
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced to-day that a prohibition had been imposed on the lighting of all classes of fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Relief Sufferers May Secure Help
In a statement to the "Moss Vale Post," the Member for Wollondilly, Mr. Blake Pelly, sets out the position of those who suffered In the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cordial Bottle Starts Bushfire 500 Acres Burnt Out
Police have established that the fire which started on the Bolong Estate recently was caused by an empty ginger ale bottle becoming over hot in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died After Fighting Fire
Last Wednesday night Arthur James Burgess, 56, of Parkes, a locomotive driver, who helped to fight a bushfire near the railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Set Fire to Grass Man Fined £10
Arising from a fire on January 4, 1942, Phillip Rucus was before Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday. The charge against him was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monaro Helps South Coast Bushfire Victims
Good use has been made of the greater number of machines, including plck-up-balers, in the district and the growth made on pastures and crops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Bush Fire
What could have proved a [?] serious fire broke out in Mr. [?] Bopping's paddock at Reldsdale [?] Friday morning last at about 11 [?]…
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