Prepare For The Bushfires
Prolonged dry weather that has persisted this winter, allied with the current warm spell, appears to portend a serious…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Open Air Fires May Be Prohibited Preparations For Dry Slimmer
The method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise during the coming summer, has been announced by the Acting Chief Secretary, Mr. J. F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vobargo Gets Ready For Bushfires
With an approaching hot season in mind, and with the district tinder-dry, the Cobargo Bushfire Brigade intends…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prohibitions on the Lighting of Fires
The method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air, which will be followed, should the need arise during the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cobargo Town Criticised Lack Of Interest In Bush Fire Brigade
Lack of interest in the Cobargo Bush Fire Brigade by people of that town has been deplored by the more active members of the Brigade. when the annual meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Lighting Breaches Reports To Dist. Forester
The District Forester at Bateman’s Bay (Mr. F. H. Bailey) has announced that he has instructed all his staff to report immediately, to the nearest Police Station, all breaches of the law relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Brigades Regional Conference at Nowra
The Regional Bush Fire Conference was held at Nowra on Saturday last, when there was a full attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Campaign Starts On
The Bush Fire Campaign will be opened on Monday, November 2, with the object of educating the public in the prevention of all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Imlay Fire Permits
Mr. EL P. Godfrey has been authorised by the Imlay Shire Council to issue permits to light fires in the Merimbula area, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Candelo People Fight Fire Town Could Have Suffered Badly
Thanks to the efforts of the townfolk, and the excellent pressure of water from the Tantawanglo Water Scheme, Candelo was saved from a. major catastrophe in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Watches Bushfire With Concern
Free of bushfires so far this year, the district has been watching with concern two fires which have broken out recently, one in the Black Range between Wallagoot and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sawmill Fires Persist
The Chairman of the Bush Fire Committee, Mr. H. E. Messer said recently that despite repeated warnings, many sawmills still burn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire At Ravenswood
A grass fire which broke out in the Ravenswood area last Friday, caused some concern before it was finally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Bega School Building
A large weather shed and ablution block the Bega Primary School was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of Monday morning, creating some excitement for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Smell Of Fire In The Air
For weeks now eyes, have been turned in the direction of the wooded ridges that surround the Bega Valley as wisps of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chief Sec. Warns On Serious Fire Dangers
The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A.) warned last week that an extremely serious fire danger threatened many parts of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire Burning In Region Of Upper Brogo
Quaama residents report that a big fire is burning in the Upper Brogo area, near where the disastrous fires of January, 1952, originated, and would become a menace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rubbish Tip On Fire
Due to the fire, which is smouldering in the Bega Municipal Council’s rubbish tip, at Angledale, the dumping of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Threaten As Heatwave Covers District
With fires burning in the mountain ranges right along the Far South Coast, and the temperature hovering around the century mark, last weekend was most uncomfortable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday, December 22, 1953 Fires Menace Us Once Again
Temperature records started to topple in the district during the weekend and yesterday A brutal heat, radiated by a…
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