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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

10 stories in South Coast's papers

A Mid-day Fire Causes Excitement at Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 4

The ringing of the fire-bell and the sounding of the siren aroused the townsfolk of Berry, shortly after mid-day on Tuesday…

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Fire Brigade’s False Alarm

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Bega Fire Brigade was called out at approximately ten past eleven on Sunday night. The cause of the alarm was a car in…

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Bush Fire-fighting Equipment Exhibition Will Be at the Royal

The Bega District News · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

A feature of the Bush Fire Committee’s Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be an exhibit of bush fire fighting equipment…

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Fire at Kangaroo Valley Historic Building and Contents Totally Destroyed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 3

The old wooden two-storied building, for many years known as the post office store, was destroyed by five at about 7…

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Cause of Fire Unknown Occupant Was Absent During Outbreak

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 2

The cause of the fire that destroyed Mrs. Rose Momsen’s weatherboard house at Wolumla, on Sunday afternoon, is somewhat of a…

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Bush Fire Brigade

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 1

“There is an imminent danger of serious bushfires in this district this year,” said the organiser of bushfire brigades…

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Post Office Will Help Communications in Times of Bush Fires

The Bega District News · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 8

The Postmaster General (the Hon. H. L. Anthony, M.P.) announced this week that the Post Office will, as in past yeans, assist rural fire…

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Latest on Bush Fire Fighting Gt. Dawson Invited to Address Mumbulla

The Bega District News · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 8

Mundulla shire Council, in an [?]deayour ato acquire the latests in [?]madon on bush fire fighting will [?]lte [?]. D[?]wson, of Cobargo, to…

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Bush Fires the Burning Subject of the Day

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

Its here at last, hot, windy weather, writes Mr. Sturgiss, who who is in charge of organisation for the Shoalhaven Shire for the…

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From Test to Real Thing Bega Fire Brigade’s Dash to Eden

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 2

On Saturday morning the Bega Fire Brigade members were submitted to a searching test by two inspectors from New South Wales Fire…

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