Sun's Rays Almost Caused Fire. Magnified Through Jar of Water
Mr. Don Schouten, of Bribbaree, had a very unusual experience this week which very easily could have resulted in…
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£925 to Run Fire. Brigade Comparison With Other Towns
It is estimated that it will cost £925 to provide for the Junee Fire Brigade during 1964, according to figures…
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THIS WOULD BE THE LAST PHOTO TAKEN OF MR. C. J. TULLY, OF "LOMA LANGI," WHICH DEPICTS HIM DEMONSTRATING THE FIREFIGHTING OUTFIT WHICH, IN CONJUNCTION. HE DESIGNED AND HAD MADE BY A WAGGA WELING ENGINEER…
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Members of the Kyeamba Shire bush fire brigades formed the Kyeamba Shire Bushfire Communications sub-committee at a special meeting yesterday. The committee has been…
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LONDON, Friday: Cynthia Seymour, 19, was severely burned yesterday when her dressing gown caught fire as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage: Two Fires in Wagga Area
Two bush fires at Borambola and Currawarna yesterday caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds to stock and property…
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A Sydney-bound DC3 airliner from Wagga was diverted yesterday afternoon to spot the direction of the bushfire…
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So far this summer we have been fortunate in the weather conditions which nave prevailed. The unusual mildness has meant that bushfire danger has been almost negligible. But these…
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A bush fire broke out in country on the eastern side of Junee to-day in the vicinity of the properties of Mes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bugs at Work Light Seven Fires
On Friday last seven fires were started on properties along the Narrandera-Leeton road. Three fires were started in Mr. A. Hutchins'…
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A family of five was left homeless yesterday when the two tents they were living in near Wagga were burnt to the ground…
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A petrol storage tank nl threatened by fire at Uranquinty yesterday. A bowser above the tank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat Wave Over Most of the State Fires Raging on South Coast
SYDNEY, Monday—Heat wave conditions are sweeping most of the State, and the temperature in Sydney at 10 a.m. was 99.5 degrees and still rising. It was close to 104 at midday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Investigation of Borambola Fire: Worst in 48 Years
Wagga and Tarcutta police are investigating the origin and cause of the bushfire at Borambola on Friday, which burned through six properties. About 100 sheep and four young calves owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old stump cause of bushfire?
An old stump which apparently had been smouldering for several weeks from a routine burning-off operation is believed to have started a bushfire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire on Milvale Road
About 1,000 acres of a property known as Yarran was burnt out yesterday when a bushfire broke out in the…
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The bushfire danger in both the town and surrounding district at the moment can truthfully be termed "explosive," and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GRASS and Rubbish Fire
A fire broke out amongst some grass and rubbish in the yard at the rear of Leeton Sales and Service premises, Leeton, on Sunday…
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MITTAGONG, Tuesday—Over a thousand exhausted, smoke-grimed firefighters are staging a grim battle against terrific adds in an endeavor to hold back a wall of flame which threatens five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shed and furniture destroyed by fire
A shed at the rear of Mr. A. S. Anderson's house in Coolibah Street, Leeton, filled with furniture, and including also…
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