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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

418 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 21

Motorists and Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 4

An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…

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Local-fire Brigade Called Out by False Alarm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 2

The Cootamundra Fire Brigade was called out yesterday afternoon to a "fire" in the vicinity of the Sacred Heart…

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Motorists and Bushfires

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 2

An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the H.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…

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£17,000 Damage in Trailer and Cargo Blaze at Borambola

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 2

Damage was estimated at £17,000 last night after fire bad destroyed a road transport trailer and cargo near Wagga. THE fire started shortly before…

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Arson Charge; Barmedman Fire Sequel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: Following a £5000 shop blaze at Barmedman on October 31, a man appeared at…

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Charge of Arson Barmedman Fire Sequel

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

Following a £5000 shop blaze at Barmedman on October 31. a man appeared at West Wyalong Court. Mervyn Lyle Crowe…

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Arson Charge Sequel to Barmedman Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

Following a £5,000. shop blaze at Barmedman on October 31 a man appeared at the West Wyalong Court yesterday…

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Trailer and Cargo Fire £17,000 Damage

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

Damage was estimated at £17,000 last night after fire had destroyed a road transport trailer and cargo near Wagga…

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Huge Damage Caused When Transport and Trailer Destroyed in Fire at Borambola

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

Damage was estimated at about £17,000 last night after fire had destroyed a road transport trailer and cargo at Borambola…

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Fire Destroys Home on Former Gundagai Resident Big Loss For Mr Bill Moy

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 2

A former Gundagai resident suffered a severe loss on Sunday afternoon when his hohse situated about two miles from…

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New Bill for Bushfires Prevention

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bill was being prepared to deal with the prevention of bushfires, the Deputy Premier (Mr. Baddeley)…

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New Bill for Prevention of Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A bill was being prepared to deal with the prevention of bushfires, the Deputy Premier (Mr. Baddeley)…

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Fire Call a Hoax

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 2

Wagga Fire Brigade was called out by a hoax yesterday. The city telephone exchange relayed a message from a person who…

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Paint Survives Ordeal of Fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 1

PAINTS which will resist temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Fahrenheit have been developed as a result of research by C.S.I.R.,…

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Cootamundra May Lose Large Fire Engine

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

It was reveled at last night's council meeting that aldermen and the town clerk (Mr. T. A. Williams), had temporarily…

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Firemen Among The Bees Yesterday's Call to Grass Fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon, shortly after 5 o'clock, the fire siren sounded and soon the brigade was on its way to jarrah St.,…

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Wagga Police Probe Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

Wagga police are investigating the fire which destroyed a semitrailer and cargo (worth £17,000 in all) at Borambola…

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Radio Tower Will Aid Bushfire Brigades

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

A large tower installed at the rear of the Jindalee Shire Chambers will extend considerably the receiving and transmitting radius of the Radio Unit of the Shire's Bush Fire Brigades…

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Muttama Bush Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Muttama Bush Fire Brigade, the officers elected were: Captain, D. R. Desbols; deputy…

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Local Government Concerned at the Delay in Bushfire Legislation

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 3

"Shire Councils strongly support the protest voiced in Parliament by Mr. P. J. Cahill at the delay in introducing the new…

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