A Second Fire Alarm
Lockhart' Fire Brigade responded to the second fire alarm within the week when about 8.40 a.m. on Monday morning a…
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Stove Explosion Causes Fire at Camp
SYDNEY, Tuesday—When a kerosene stove exploded five huts at Bonnie Dale camping area. Bundeen, were destroyed by a…
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SYDNEY, Monday: When a kerosene stove exploded early this morning, five huts at Bonnie Dale camping area, Bundeen, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watchman Fires Shot at Intruder Was Standing at Till of Campsie Cafe
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A nightwatchman fired a shot over the need of burglar as he fied from a cafe in Campsie in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£586 to Run Junee Brigade for Year. Fire Station Residence Move Resuscitated
It is estimated by the Board of Fire Commissioners that it will cost £586 to run the Junee Fire Brigade during 1950…
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The careless use of fire in the South West at present could be disastrous Only on odd occasions has such a prolific growth of grass…
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LEETON, Thursday—A fire broke out in the home of M[?] Sid Evans; of the cannery roud. Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Over Three Inches of Rain in Two Days at Gundagai Bushfire Menace Disappears AS Water Tumbles Down
HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL AT GUNDAGAI ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY HAS PUT AN END TO THE BUSHFIRE MENACE IN TWO DAYS 355 POINTS WERE RECORDED AT GUNDAGAI The rainfall followed several very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Garbage Depot
The Health Inspector (Mr. H. E Baylis) reported at the Council' meeting last week that a fire occurred at the garbage depot on the 6th lnst…
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During the remodelling of the plantations and the lay-out of gardens and lawns at the northern extremity of…
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A fire broke out in the back yard of Mr. Cliff Beaupeurt's home in Wade Avenue on Sunday afternoon and spread to the wood heap. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Affected by Bushfires Proclamation
Inspector J. V. Hayes, of Wagga police, advises that Wagga is on the list of municipalities in the proclamation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Aircraft Out on Bush Fire Patrol
The first R.A.A.F. aircraft to be employed on the patrol of Victorian forest areas during the 1949-1850 summer season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mirrool Destroyed by Fire
A fire which broke out about 8 o'clock at night completely, wiped out all the business premises of the small township…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mirrool Township Destroyed by Fire Only Hotel Escaped
A fire which broke out about 8 o'clock on Wednesday night last completely wiped out all the business premises of the small township of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Removal of Fire Hydrant (To the Editor)
Sir.—Whether the general public have become so immune to bureaucratic action as to take but passing interest in the removal of the large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Alexandria Distillery Employees Run for Safety
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Less than two minutes after the employees had run to safety from a fire in the Glycerine Distillery in Alexandria this morning, the roof of the building caved in…
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HOLBROOK, Friday—Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in a huge bush fire which is rearing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire at Holbrook Still Blazing Away
HOLBROOK, Friday.-- Sheep and cattle worth more than £5000 have been destroyed in a huge bush fire…
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A fire which broke out about 8 p.m. on Wednesday of last week, almost wiped out the business premises of the township of…
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