Fire at Albury
On Saturday afternoon last a fire occurred in the salvage depot at Albury, when one month's collection of salvage was…
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Fire Brigade's Calls
The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call yesterday at 1 p.m. to a suspected fire at the Australian Coffee Inn, Gurwood-street…
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ADELAIDE, Monday: A 15-year-old boy will appear in court on a charge under the Bush Fires Act. It is believed that…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The record number of calls received by the Sydney Firs Brigade during 1944 up to 9 p.m. on Saturday was due to the dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big N.z. Fire £1,000,000 Destruction of Military Goods
AUCKLAND (N.Z), Tuesday: Military equipment valued at more than £1,000,000 was destroyed by a fire a Palmerston North…
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The tragic bushfires which in the past few weeks have wreaked such heavy material and stock damage in many parts of the State, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gas Producer Causes Fires
North-eastern district police in Victoria are on the lookout for a motor car with gas producer attached, which they claim caused…
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During 1944, the Wagga Fire Brigade received 88 calls. Of this number, 12 were false alarms. The total calls for 1943 were 82,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Francis Parker, aged 58, of Green-street. Waterloo, was severely burned about the legs and arms…
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It is rather extraordinary that a country like Australia, whose losses from bushfires, apart altogether from the tragic loss of life, frequently run…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: All cars using gas producers have been banned from outside a five mile radius of the City of Melbourne…
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Drastic restrictions on the lighting of fires are contained in a notification issued by the Chief Secretary. Mr. Baddeley, under powers conferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Shire's Fire-fighting Unit
The Jindalee Shire Council has taken delivery of its fire-fighting unit, made by Mr. L. Schultz, of Temora. After yesterday's monthly meeting…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: a large number of civilians and soldiers fought desperately for eight and a half hours to subdue the…
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About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to the Na-Groma Beauty Salon. Gurwood street, Wagga, where an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Equipment for Gundagai Bush Fire Brigades Doings At The Monthly Shire Meeting
At the Gundagai Shire meeting on Tuesday Councillors decided to purchase a considerable quantity of fire fighting equipment. The decision of the Shire will mean that before next summer this district will be extremely well equipped to combat any outbreak of fire…
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That the largely preventable toll of bush fires should have been allowed to supplement the losses occasioned by drought cannot be regarded as other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Fire Engine at Wagga
A new "Mack" fire engine, on lend-lease, from America, has been installed at the Wagga Fire Brigade Station. It is a 6-cylinder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compensation for Bush Fire Fighting Injuries Cost To Shire Councils
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr R. S. Vincent (CP Raleigh) said he welcomed the bill to provide compensation for persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unlucky Wyalong Farmer Wife Taken to Hospital- Home Gutted by Fire
Twenty four hours after his wife was admitted to the Wyalong and district Hospital, a farmer and his three young daughters fled…
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