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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

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Two Bushfires on Frampton Property Over Week-end

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

Two bushfires which broke out on Mr. N. Miller's Frampton property, "Littledale," over the weekend, swept…

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Bushfires at “Snowball” and Brungle Good Work by Brigades and Volunteers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Two bushfires occurred in the Gundagai district last week end. About six hundred acres were destroyed at Brungle and three…

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Coolac Defeats Jugiong Bushfire Postpones Kimovale-Brungle Match

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 8

The Brungle-Kimovale Hogan Gold Cup fixture was postponed yesterday on account of the bush fire burning in the Brungle…

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Bush Fires at "Snowball" and Brungle Good Work by Brigades and Volunteers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

Two bush fires occurred in Gundagai district at the weekend. About 600 acres were…

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Fire Warning Issued by Captain of Leeton Fire Brigade

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

FOLLOWING a fire outbreak last Saturday, in the rear premises of Mr. H. Watson's grocery shop and other adjoining…

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Fire Breaks Out on Pine Mountain at Brungle Now Under Control

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

On Friday last about 5 p.m. a bush fire broke out at the foot of Pine Mountain on Mr. Usher Elliott's property at Brungle…

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Councils Want Bush Fire Legislation

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

"We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Xmas season, has kept bush fires to a minimum…

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Dudauman Bush Fire Extinguished by Torrential Rain

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

Shortly after is had broken cut at about six o'clock last night, a bush fire on Mr. Ray Ryal's Dudauman. property…

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Clothes Burned in Laundry Fire Reason for Yesterday's Siren in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

A fire broke out in the laundry at "Maud Terrace," a block of flats in Lisgar street yesterday morning…

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Bush Fire Prevention Winning Essays

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

The winning essays of the police essay competition, 1948, on bush fire prevention, have been announced…

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Councils Want Bush Fire Legislation

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

"We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Christmas Season, has kept bush fires to a minimum. But we…

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Winning Essays on Bush Fire Prevention Show Grasp of Subject

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

The winning essays of the police essay competition, 1948, on bushfire prevention, have been announced. This competition, sponsored by the Bush-[?] Advisory Committee, in association with the Police and Education Departments, is an important force in making schoolchildren safety-minded in…

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Grass Fire

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

A grass fire broke out on the property of Mrs. J. F. Kelly at 11.15 p.m. on Monday last. The Ganmain fire brigade with the assistance…

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Bushfire Warning

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A bushfire warning was issued today by the executive member of the…

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Bushfire Menace "Most Serious"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The bushfire menace in New South Wales is most serious, and warnings were issued tonight that…

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Left Fire in Open Man Fined £10

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

A sequel to a grass fire which broke out near the arm of the creek in Currawong street, Young, on December 21, was…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire at Katoomba

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Wednesday — A fully furnished four-roomed fibre cottage at Katoomba was totally destroyed by a mysterious…

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Rlabo Woman's Dress on Fire Presence of Mind Saved Possible Serious Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 7

Presence of mind saved Mrs. Blackwood, of Illabo, who was involved in an accident when her clothes caught fire…

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To the Editor: Fire Danger

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 5

Sir: After spending holidays in Tumbarumba, Albury and Junee, I have now returned to my home. I am delighted with my…

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Illabo Woman's Dress on Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

Presence of mind saved Mrs. Blackwood, of Illabo, when her clothes caught fire. She was using a spirit stove. It upset…

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