Chimney on Fire
The fire brigade was called out at 7.45 a.m. on Thursday to attend a chimney on fire at the home of Mr. Buckham in…
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Ganmain Home Destroyed by Fire
On Saturday at about 8.30, the three roomed w.b. cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Keeney, off…
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SYDNEY, Friday — Three firemen were slightly injured during a blaze which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Subsidy for Fire Fighting Council to Seek Equipment For District
The Department of Local Government will subsidise the Illabo Shire up to £1,100 in the purchase of bish fire…
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On Ansae Day a Cowra man was watching a football match when he heard his mother's home was on…
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In a letter to the Gundagai Shire Council, read at this weeks meeting, the Department of Main Roads stated that…
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The Gundagai Shire Council is going to lodge a strong objection to the attitude of the Main Roads Board over…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Fire destroyed portion of the old Tattersalls stand at Flemington racecourse early this…
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It was learned authortiatively yesterday that the Commissioner lur Railways (Mr. Winsor) may be…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: The entire population of the tiny Victorian township of Wye River, near Lorne, turned out to fight a bushfire which swept to within a…
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GOULBURN, Wednesday—An 83-year-old woman and her 50-year-old were burnt to death when a home at Rosemont, near…
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Mr. Justice Herron told a special Supreme Court sitting in Wagga yesterday that he would not order the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Winsor) to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Witness' Claim to Court on Firebreak Near Rail Line Claim Over 1952 Bushfires
The condition of a firebreak on the northern side of the Mangoplah—The Rock Railway line was such that it would have been better if it had not been ploughed, a witness yesterday told a special Supreme Court sitting in Wagga…
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The special Supreme Court in Wagga learned yesterday that a railway fettler had seen smoke rising from a small area two yards outside the ploughed break on the northern side of the MangoplahâThe Rock railway line half an hour after…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire to-day destroyed a two-storey weatherboard building and 14 boats in Broderick Street…
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Fire first came onto "Clifton" station on its northwest boundary about 1.30 p.m. on January 24, 1952, a witness told the Supreme Court in Wagga yesterday…
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A railway ganger, Jeremiah Miskell, denied yesterday to Mr. Shand, Q.C., in the Supreme Court in Wagga, that he sought in his evidence to improve in favor…
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Mr. Jepsen informed Wednesday's meeting of Tumut Shire Council that the Council would have to decide what bush…
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A railway ganger, had received a notice from the railway maintenance engineer in Wagga (Mr. J. Munro) in December, 1951, prohibiting him from burning-off on the Westby-The Rock line, the Supreme Court in Wagga was told yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Damage estimated at more than £75,000 was caused when a fire burnt out a…
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