Leeton Bush Fire Committee Meeting To-morrow (Saturday)
A general meeting of the Leeton Bush Fire Committee will be held in the Shire Chambers at 10 a.m. on Saturday when…
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Deep Seated Blaze in Quarry Precautions Against Outbreaks
At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday, November 27, the shire engineer (Mr. A. H. Buckham) reported…
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COOLAMON, Thursday: A fire started by lightning burnt out 80 acres of grassland at Mr. J. McCains property, "Methul" 18 miles north of Coolamon) this afternoon…
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About 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon the petrol dump at the Gundagai Asparagus Farm caught on fire when a tractor…
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During the absence of the occupants of the house a fire broke out in long grass in the back yard of Mr. D. Lynch,…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A fire today 'gutted the machine shop of a textile machinery and accessory factory at…
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The Department of Local, Government will not allow private individuals to purchase bush fire fighting…
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Twenty-five firefighters at Bilbul, west of Griffith, on Saturday battled against a strong wind to control a grassfire which destroyed about 100 acres on Mr. Chauncy's property on the Griffith-Yenda…
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RAPID CITY (South Dakota), Monday (A.A.P): Five United States Air Force officers were killed and six…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—A Granville cafe proprietor last night fired two shots at two men whom he had found in the cafe…
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BUSH FIRES have already caused damage in many districts and reports indicate that the risk is growing…
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A letter to Carrathool Shire, signed by Captains of four. Bush Fire Brigades, stated that the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Hundreds of firefighters were fighting a huge bushfire raging 12 miles west of…
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A letter was received at this week’s Shire meeting from a group of district graziers, stating that they had formed a…
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A man who lit a fire to burn tree loppings at Goolgowi without first obtaining a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—After an all-night battle fire fighters early today saved Trangie from the bush fires that threatened to raze the town. The entire male population from Trangie and…
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SYDNEY, Friday—N.S.W. to-day again experienced the freak weather conditions that have played, havoc in various parts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Critical fire danger in forestry areas Bush Fire Committee Seeks Financial Aid From Government
At a meeting of the Leeton Shire Council Bush Fire Committee held at the Council Chambers on Saturday morning, it was stated that owing to lack of finance to construct breaks in the Yanco Forestry, reserves a…
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On Thursday afternoon last week lighting started a fire on Mr. J. McCaigâs property in the second…
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Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday the kitchen chimney at Mr. Snudden's residence, 14 Cedar Street, caught alight, and the…
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