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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

586 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 30

Added Precautions to Guard Against Bush Fires

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

Three neighbouring councils intimated to last night's Municipal Council meeting that they would send delegates to the post war…

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Fire Breaks (The Editor "The Dally Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

Sir,—In Saturday's issue of your paper the Illabo Shire Council has an advertisement ordering the "burning" of fire breaks on the northern and…

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Oura Bush Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 2

Residents of the Oura district are invited to attend a meeting at the Oura Hall at 8 o'clock to-morrow night. Landowners are…

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Merungle and Corbie Hills Bush Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 4

At a meeting of the Merungle and Corbie Hill Bush Fire Brigrade, held at Merungle Hill hall this week, a good roll-up was seen,…

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Currawarna Rush Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 2

A meeting of the Currawarna Bush Fire Brigade will be held at the Currawarna Hall at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, when a full…

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Kyeamba Shire Fire Breaks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 2

Owners and occupiers of land within the Kveamba Shire are requited to plough or otherwise establish fire breaks not less than…

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Bush Fire Campaign

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 2

The official opening of the bush fire campaign will take place on Tuesday. November 3. It is planned to make this year's the biggest in history…

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MERUNGLE and Corbie Hills Bush Fire Brigade

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 3

At a meeting held at Merungle Hill Hall last week, a good roll up was seen and donations were received from the following members, Messrs…

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For the Man on the Land For National Security Prevent Bush Fires

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 4

We are approaching a season of the rear always charged with menace in rural and near rural districts, bat never in our history has it been so vital that the utmost care should be exercised against the outbreak of bush fires. It is a duty that has…

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Bush Fire Campaign

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1942 · page 2

The official opening ot the bush fire campaign will take place on November 3, when more than 30,000 posters will make their…

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Devastating Fires

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Scores of people have been burned and injured, some seriously, by the vast three-day brush fire which…

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Fire Risks Fuel Board Charman Warns Petrol Users

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. — The chairman of the State Liquid Fuel Control Board and Director of Emergency Road Transport (Mr. Neale)…

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Bushfire Campaign Biggest in State's History

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1942 · page 2

This year's bushfire campaign will be officially opened on Tuesday. November 3. It is planned to make this season's campaign…

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Bush Fire Campaign

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 3
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times, Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

The official opening of the bush fire campaign willi take [?] Tuesday, the 3rd November. It is planned to make this year's the biggest in…

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Disastrous Glebe Fire Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 1

Early this morning the Depty Director of Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) visited the scene of last night's disastrous fire, which gutted…

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Disastrous City Fire £200,000 Damage Reported

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 2

Damage estimated at £200,000 was caused by a blaze which gutted Wendoree House, in Bay Street, Glebe, last night. It was Sydney's most…

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Big City Fire £200,000 DAMAGE Building Collapses on to Cottages

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney's most disastrous fire since 1935 raged for two hours to-night, causing damage estimated at £200,000. Wendoree…

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Culcairn Fire Breaks

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 3

The Culcairn Shire Council in an advertisement in this issue warns owners and occupiers of land in the shire that if they fall to provide fire…

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