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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

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Prevent Bush Fires !

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 7

Attention is drawn to the imperative necessity for all sections of the community to unite in plans for the prevention of bush fires…

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£75,000 Damage in Wool Store Blaze

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Damage estimated at £75,000 was caused by a fire in the wool carbonising factory and wool store of F. W…

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Fire Officers to Attend Compulsory Conference

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The State Industrial Commission today summoned representatives from the Fire Brigade Officers' Association…

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£75,000 Damage In Wool Store Blaze

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 4

Damage estimated at £75,000 was caused by a fire in the wool carbonising factory and wool store of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., Botany early on…

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Fire at Australian Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade answered a call to the Australian Hotel yesterday afternoon. Heat for a gas flue ignited a rafter in the pantry…

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Fire Service May Cease; Hours Crisis

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Members of the Fire Brigade Officers' Association at a mass meeting to-night decided to go ahead with…

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Fire Officers' Decision on Hours

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A meeting of Fire Brigade Officers' Association tonight reaffirmed a decision not to work more than 56 hours a…

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16 Burned to Death in Theatre Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

MANAGUA (Nicaragua), Thursday: Sixteen persons were burned to death, and many injured, when a fire destroyed "Teatro Margot," leading film…

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Fire Officers Cut Hours to 56 a Week

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Without approval from the Fire Board. New South Wales Fire Brigade officers began working only 56 hours…

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Fire Officers to Resume; Claim To Be Heard

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two meetings of Fire Brigade officers in Sydney today decided to resume working the normal 84-hour week roster…

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Fire Officers Resume Normal Roster

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Fire Brigade officers resumed duties in accordance with normal roster this morning. The decision to resume…

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Heavy Loss in Adelong Fire Volunteers Use Garden Hose

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 1

The Tumut Fire Brigade took 70 minutes to reach the scene of a fire at Adelong which caused damage valued at between £3000 and £4000, said Sergeant Keating, of Adelong,…

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Adelong Fire Destroys Residence and Badly Damages Shop Explosion of Spirit Lamp Causes Conflagration Volunteers Fight Blaze Whilst Awaiting the Arrival of Tumut Fire Brigade

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 2

The explosion of a spirit stove on Friday afternoon started a fire which destroyed a cottage and badly damaged a shop, at Adelong causing damage estimated at £4,000. The Tumut Fire Brigade is stated…

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Three Burned in Petrol Blaze on Launch

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Three were burned, one seriously, and all suffered from shock when a launch carrying three drums of petrol…

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Fire Brigade Called Out

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade received two calls yesterday but neither was serious. The first call was to a fish shop at 22 Baylis Street, where a…

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Troops Fire on Rioters in New Delhi

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Tuesday: Troops fired on armed crowds of Moslems, Hindus, and Sikhs in the Hussar district of East Punjab…

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Big Fire at Adelong Residence Gutted: Business Premises Damaged OVER £3,000 DAMAGE

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 1

Over £3,000 worth of damage was caused in a major fire which occurred about 2 p.m. in premises situated in Tumut-Street, Adelong, on Friday last. The fire destroyed the residence and half the shop of Mr. George Stanley Smith,…

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Fire Officers to Stop Work Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: More than 200 fire brigade officers in 75 metropolitan and 32 country stations were instructed by their union tonight…

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Wagga Volunteers Extinguish Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1947 · page 1

The Wagga volunteer firemen did not have to wait long to put their organisation to the test. At 12-20 a.m. today they…

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Fire Officers on Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) conferred last night with officials of the Fire Brigade Officers' Association in an effort to end…

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