Aid promised to bushfire victims
The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said today that his Department would be…
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Beware Bush Fire Danger Lighting of Fires in Open Prohibited
Unless good rain falls the bushfire danger in the Gundagai district will reach an acute stage this week. Every individual is urged to avoid at all costs the possibility of starting a conflagration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Urana Shire's Appeal for Precaution
The President of the Urana Shire Council, Cr. J. M. Smith, makes an appeal to residents of the shire for their co-operation in the prevention…
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DYERSBURG (Tennessee) Sunday: A family of five, including two small children, perished in flames today…
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BRISBANE, Sundays Two boys were burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed their wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Conference Plans for the Summer
Thirty representatives of local fire fighting organisations met on Friday to discuss plans for the better co-ordination of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Have We a Fire Bug? Report of Deliberate Firing of Grass
The captain of the Cootamundre Fire Brigade, Mr. Frank Holder, said this morning that a man was alleged to have deliberately lit the fire which destroyed on area of grass east of the showground last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flying Foxes raid coastal orchards Aftermath of Bush Fires
Driven from their usual haunts by bush fires, great flocks of flying foxes are making night raids on coastal orchards and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ban on fires continues
SYDNEY, Monday: The total prohibition on fires in the open would be continued until midnight on Monday,…
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The Leeton Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire on Mr. T. Davenport's property on Almond Road, last Sunday morning shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Brings Relief to Fire Areas
SYDNEY, Monday: Heavy rain in the West and North tonight brought relief to bushfire-stricken areas and relief to pastoralists. Orange reported tonight that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Right Way to Put Out a Camp Fire
District Forester at Wagga (Mr. B. U. Byles) said yesterday that the only way to extinguish a camp has was to drown it with water and then run the fingers through the ashes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Risk of Fire in Grahame Park Protecting Young Trees
When a letter was received at the Council meeting on Thursday night from the Gralce Progress Committee, requesting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Lockhart Damage Estimated to Exceed £13,000
One of the worst fires which Lockhart has experienced occurred at what is generally known as the Grain Sheds, at Lockhart Railway Station yards, on Thursday afternoon. The damage done to material stored and premises has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cautious Reaction to Agreement on Cease-fire Line False Hopes Might Be Created
LONDON, Tuesday—British Government quarters are cautious in optimism that the Korean cease-fire agreement will lead to a speedy end of the Korean war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga District Ra[?] Lessens Fire Dange Holds Up Harvestin[?] First fall for a m[?]
Widespread rain which fell in Wagga and district yesterday lessened the bushfire danger but had a m[?] effect on crops and harvesting operations. Consistent looking run fell all day from 11.25 a.m., and more [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Lecture on Bushfires
A lecture to police officers, on the Act relating to bushfires will be given at Wagga Police Station next Friday at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Historic Homestead
HAY, Wednesday.—A fire at Booligal station completely destroyed the homestead, one of the oldest landmarks in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire destroys [?] old homestead
HAY, Tuesday: A [?] Booligal Station at [?] weekend completely [?]troyed the homestead…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Board of Fire Commissioners had agreed to transfer its banking business in all…
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