Fire-fighter Saved
LITHGOW, Thursday: A Fire-fighter who was overcome by carbon monoxide gas in the State mine today was…
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467 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 24
Girls save baby from fire
SYDNEY, Monday: Two 19-year-old girls ran into a burning room today to save a two-year-old baby…
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PERTH, Wednesday: Fremantle detectives today questioned members of the crew of the British freighter…
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A cigarette butt ts believed to have started a fire which destroyed the interior of a parked car in Tompson Street…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday—Three cars competing in the Redex Reliability Trial were involved in crashes, and dozens mere were lost in the night drive from Brisbane to Bundaberg…
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The Department of Local Government recently advised the Kyeamba Shire Council that a sum of £1582 had been made available under the Bush Fires Act, 1949, for the purchase of bush fire…
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SYDNEY, Monday— The bush fire risk in N.S.W. is at its highest, and the most serious fires: in years could occur over large areas, Chief Fire Officer for N.S.W., Mr. E. J. Griffith, warned today…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire yesterday gutted a palatial waterfront home at Darling Point in less than half an…
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A mortar crew providing supporting fire for men of A Coy, 4th Bn, BAR who carried oat a company…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A [?]last night balanced in an[?] other man's shoulders to sa[?] a woman and her baby fro[?]…
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The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., announces that the Forestry Commission has taken advantage of the dry winter to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vandals Damage Fire Engine. Result Could Have Caused Heavy Loss
Once again the epidemic of vandalism, which of recent weeks has caused alarm and damage at Harden, has…
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Total prohibition of lighting fires in the whole of the coastal and mountain regions of N.S.W…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The Bushfire Committee today decided to recommend the proclamation of a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Firemen were called to 40 scrub fires in many Sydney suburbs today…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The threat of freshening westerly winds is intensifying the "very serious" fire danger on the N.S.W. coast and mountains, the…
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The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, MLA, announced that the Forestry Commission has taken advantage of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Had Wet Bags in Car. Helped Junee Resident Put Out Truck Fire
Mr. P. P. Rheinberger was fortunate that his lorry was not damaged by fire outside Nangus last week…
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Although Riverina is not yet affected by the bushfire danger which exists in many other parts of the State, it is well at this stage to consider the results of the careless use of fire during the hot…
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The Bush Fire Committee has recommended the further localising of total prohibitions on the lighting of…
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