Big Fires Ravage N. Coast
SYDNEY, Wed.: Three big fires and several small blazes have devastated thousands of acres of State…
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Nth. Coast Fires Still Bad Property Damage Heavy
SYDNEY, Thursday —Twenty bush fires in the Coff's Harbor area are still burning out of…
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With the sudden hot weather, organisations are gearing up for the annual battle with man's greatest natural enemy, the bushfire. Bushfire brigades are being re-formed, councils are taking…
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THESE self-contained high-pressure water tanks are two of nine stationed in bushfire danger areas of N.S.W. They can pump under high pressure 28 gallons per minute The units also have the latest bushfire fighting equipment installed. Four are stationed in the Blue Mountains, one at…
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On Tuesday next, the "Cootamundra Daily, Herald" will publish a detailed account of the…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Six people were injured today in one of the fiercest fires experienced in Gladstone…
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A four-room cottage at Fivebough next to the School, occupied by Mrs. Sannderson caught fire shortly after 1 o'clock on…
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Following a fire in a storage grain shed in the Ganmain railway yard, in which damage estimated at several thousands pounds was done, a man was…
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SYDNEY, Monday — Bush fires are still burning fiercely and out of control in the Coff's…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Big fires in the Coffs Harbor area are being brought under control. At Wauchope, more than 100 men were fighting a battle with numerous fires in State Forests and on private properties…
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A fire which broke out in grass threatened a store shed owned by R. L. Black and Co., on the south side of the…
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Shires are realising that sound organisation is the keystone of success in firefighting. Many of them have laid down working plans complete to the last detail. Officers of brigades are conversant with…
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Station officers L. Lowther and E. Whan inspect two mobile high pressure water tanks at Glebe Fire Station, Sydney. The Fire Brigade is using the tanks to fight bushfires in unwanted areas. They can pump 28 gallons of water a minute…
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The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., said that serious fires in the forested regions of the North Coast and Tablelands…
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The following are the officers of the above Brigade for 1953-1954, having been elected at the annual meeting on the 12th…
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The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., said last Friday that serious fires in the…
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At the annual meeting of bush fire brigades and wireless operators today the Shire President, Cr. A. S. Donaldson, expressed his disappointment at the small number of delegates present, and…
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On Friday afternoon a fire occurred at Mr. H. Steward's property, near Grong Grong. The outbreak occurred in a wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Galore Bush Fire Brigade Re-forms Mr. N. J. Hull Elected Fire Brigade Captain
The annual meeting of the Galore Bush Fire Brigade was held on 20th November, in the Galore Hall. Mr. N. J. Hull was re-elected…
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Wagga Fire Brigade extinguished a small grass fire at North Wagga et 2 p.m. yesterday…
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