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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

26 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Fire Menaces Upper Brogo Nor’ Easter Assisted Fighters

The Bega District News · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 11

A bush fire broke out on Crown Lands, at Upper Brogo, on. Wednesday, and spread along a tea mile front…

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Bushfire Lighting Heavy Penalties Under the Act

The Bega District News · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 6

The Chief Secretary's Department has announced, following recommendations by the Bush Fire Advisory sory Committee, conditions…

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Bushfires Rage in District Whole Area Seriously Dry

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 2

The dryness of the country was further unbearable on Saturday morning by. the gusty violence of a furnace heat caused by a strong north…

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Bush Fires Cause Destruction Worst for Many Years

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 2

The worst bush fires in these parts for many years, were experienced on Saturday last, when considerable destruction…

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Fires Temporarly Controlled Rain Badly Needed

The Bega District News · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

Though the smoke pall was still hanging over the district yesterday, and the weather was still very dry the absence of any strong wind from…

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Bega House Razed Fire Destroys O’tooles Home

The Bega District News · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 2

When Mr. Hugh Stewart O’Toole and Mrs. O’Toole packed up and left for their Christmas holidays at Bodalla with their family of children,…

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