"Fire Spotting" in Riverina
SYDNEY. Sunday: A spokesman of the New South Wales Forestry Commission revealed yesterday that R.A.A.F…
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Fire Brigade's Rights on Road
At a recent meeting of the Willimbong Shire Council, Leeton Cr D. Hughes stated that a fire engine had the right to go the shortest way…
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It is an ill wind that does not blow somebody some good! The fire which caused damage to the drapery stocks at Bruderlin's is responsible for the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two aeroplanes valued at £1100 were destroyed by fire in a brick garage at Ashfield to-night. The owner…
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About 30 acres of grass and some fencing was burnt yesterday afternoon when a fire occurred at the Wagga cemetery. The fire…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Graham Charles Gourley, aged 34 years, married, with 10 children, admitted starting 22 fires in…
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R.A.A.F. aircraft ate spotting bush fires in five danger zones in New South Wales, a spokesman for the Forestry Commission said…
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Graham Charles Gourley, 34, married, with 10 children, admitted starting 22 fires in Braidwood in a year when he pleaded guilty to a charge…
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The old homestead of Billabula sheep station, 17 miles from Youne, owned by Mr. Erie Campbell, was destroyed by fire on Monday, the…
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Employees at Bilabula station found the homestead in smouldering ruins at 6 o'clock in the morning. Colonel Campbell, and his wife…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Alto Glen Rest Home, French's Forest, is endangered by bush fires which are approaching it from all sides…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Terrffic fires are burning at Bundeena mid in National Park. Late to-night the Bundecna end of the blaze was reported under control, but the National Park blaze is racing towards…
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A survey of bush fires and their causes shows that numerous fires are caused by tractors used in harvesting operations in…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: About £30,000 worth of damage was caused to a storeroom or the International Harvesler Co. Ltd this morning when…
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CLEVELAND (Ohio) Sunday: Twelve persons were killed in a fire whilh swept a one-storey residence for aged men and women in the…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Professional fern gatherers have been blamed for starting the fires which burned out hundreds of acres of bushland in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Bush fires are threatening the township of Cottage Point, near Cowan Creek. Forty homes are in danger…
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Representatives of Cootamundra and district bush fire brigades and other bodies gathered at the Hotel Central on Friday evening to bid farewell to…
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Graham Charles Gourley, aged 34 years, married, with 10 children, admitted starting 22 fires in Braidwood in a year when he pleaded guilty to…
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Awakened by crackling of flames in a house at Kensington yesterday, Clement McDonough, lciensee of the Albury Hotel, Paddington, found…
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