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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

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Ones Creek Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Jones Creek Bush Fire Brigade, the following office bearers were elected for the season:…

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Disastrous Fires In Tamworth-Manilla Districts

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Sunday: A man was injured and 300 sheep burnt in a fire which destroyed 5000 acres of grass in the Mullaley district yesterday. The fire raged…

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Bush Fire Menace

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Continued dry weather and drought conditions in the past few weeks over almost the entire State have…

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Rush Fire Alarm!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 2

The bush fire alarm sounded yesterday morning for what transpired to be a minor outbreak at Messrs. Corby Bros. slaughter yards on the…

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Watches Lost in City Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Faulty electrical firing is believed to have been responsible for a fire which destroyed an entire stock of…

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Henty Fire Brigade Annual Meeting Disappointment at Poor Attendance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Henty Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts when the president (Mr P…

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Fire Brigade Call

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call early yesterday afternoon to a fire in an outbuilding at the Wagea court House. The Court…

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Questions in Assembly On Housing Fire Prevention Week

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY. Tues.: An amending bill to authorise the Rural Bank to increase the maximum advances to home builders will be…

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Fire Prevention Week

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 2

On Monday next His Royal Highness, the Governor-General, will issue a public statement calling upon the citizens of Australia to…

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British Troops in Palestine Hold Fire Until Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thurs. (A.A.P.): British troops searching for persons concerned in attacks on two Jewish stations at Palestine did…

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Call to Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1945 · page 4

The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call shortly before 11 o'clock yesterday morning to a fire at O'Donoghue's store, 136…

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Prompt Action tops Coolac Blaze Burning-Off On Railway Line Started Bush Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 1

Prompt action by employees of the Gundagai Shire and Coolac residents, who quickly came to 4 he assistance of Railway workers prevented what could been a disastrous bush fire on Friday last…

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Governor-general of Australia Prevention of Fire Week Begins To-day Inaugurated By Duke of Gloucester

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday: To arouse citizens to the dangers and ravages of fire and to inculcate a sense of responsibility in the…

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Fire at Coolac

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 2

While railway workers were burning off along the line near Coolac last Friday, the fire got out of control and quickly swept…

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“Fire Bug” Caught At Coolac Started Threebush Fires in Two Hours Magistrate Imposes Heavy Fine

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 1

LANDHOLDERS at Coolac were more than alarmed on Tuesday afternoon last when three bush fires broke out within two hours Only for the fall of rain the previous night and the prompt action of the Coolac Bush Fire Brigade serious consequences would have…

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"Fire Bug" Caught at Coolac Started Three Bush Fires in Two Hours

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 1

Landholders at Coolac were more than alarmed on Tuesday afternoon last when three bush fires broke out within two hours. Only for the fall of…

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Correspondence (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents) Combating Bush Fires (To the Editor. "The Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 4

Sir,—Our attention has been directed to your articles under date November 1, which bears the heading "Best Methods in…

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Man-Made Fires Cause Rural Devastation Other Causes Too

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 2

An anlysis of evidence concerning the origin of bush fires by experts recently led to the public pronouncement that, for…

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Demonstration of Fire Fighting Equipment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 6

What should prove to be a Particularly interesting demonstration of fire fighting equipment at Wagga on Saturday next has been…

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50 Men Fight Bush Fire at Ladysmith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

About 50 men, including neighbors and members of the Ladysmith Bush Fire Brigade, successfully fought a bush fire which…

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