Kyeamba Shire Bush Fire Advisory Council Meets
Delegates of the Kyeamba Shire Bush Fire Advisory Committee met yesterday afternoon at the M.P. and A.A. rooms. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires & bushfires, 1943
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Crop Fire a Good Save
Yesterday evening between 6 and 7 p.m., a fire broke out in about 20 acres of oats being stripped on H. H. Parnenterâs farm on the Wagga Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berlin a Flaming Torch Devastating Effect Of R.A.F. Raids Mass Evacuation City Swept by Uncontrollable Fires
LONDON, Thursday: Berlin sirens must have sounded on Tuesday night at the same time, almost to the minute, as on the previous night. The attack began at 8…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rock Red Cross Fire Brigade
At a recent meeting of The Rock Bush Fire Brigade, an amendment to charges for subscriptions was made as advertised in this issue. As money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Calls for Fire Brigade
A fire occurred on the railway viaduct et Wagga at approximately 1.30 o'clock yesterday morning, when a small portion of the decking was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Campaign
The official opening of the bush fire campaign will take place on Wednesday (to-morrow), 1st December. It is planned to make it the biggest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SANDIGO Lightning Starts Grass Fire
On Wednesday, 17th November, the first grass fire of the season occurred at Sandigo. It was caused by a flash of lighting striking a dry box…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2½ Tons of Bones to Fire a Shell
We hear a lot nowadays about bone salvage, but the fact that people are still wasting thousands of tons of tones a year mean that we do not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Carelessness Log Left Burning in River Country
EVERY opportunity should be taken to impress upon people, children and adults, to be sure that none of their acts will start…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire in Palm Avenue Quickly Subdued By Brigade
On Sunday afternoon the fire brigade received its third call to an outbreak of fire within 24 hours, the last one being a grass fire in the back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fires Started on Nauru Few Japanese Left in Gilbert Islands
PEARL HARBOR, Monday: A naval spokesman announced that Liberators raided Nauru on Sunday, starting fires visible for miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commission Moves in Hospital Reinstatement Credit For Year Reduces Local Fire Expenditure
The anticipated expenditure the New South Wales Board of Commissioners of New South Wales in 1944 is £573.364…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Giant Torches Spectacular Blaze on Fivebough Road
At duck on Saturday the eastern sky, and rolling columns of rising smoke, [?] by an angry red glare, attracted attention in Leeton, and crowds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire in Palm Avenue
On Sunday afternoon the are brigade received its third call to an outbreak of fire within 24 hours, the latest one being a grass fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Care for Prevention Essential
As many parts of the State, particularly the coastal areas, tablelands and slopes are at present enjoying a bounteous season,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W.A.N.S. Third Annual Meeting Excellent Work Reviewed Ambulance and Fire Station
Some 40 members of the WANS assembled at the Wagga Drill Hall on Thursday night for their third annual meeting. Miss Davidson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Fires English Voices Heard
LONDON, Friday: "An air raid warden in Berlin, fighting a fire in the basement of the Berlin Press dub after a raid, was amazed to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire at Ganmurra
While some waste paper was being burnt in the Ganmurra school ground on Thursday the wind blew the burning paper into the grass. All attempts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at "New Lawn"
Yesterday afternoon at approximately 5 o'clock, a fire, which was presumed to have been caused by a spark from a passing train burnt a…
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