Fire at Moss Vale. Building Destroyed
Moss Vale Fire Brigade was called on Saturdays at 11.80 a.m. to attend a fire at "Whitley," the residence of Mr. Justice Maxwell. It was found…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Big Bush Fires at Sutton Forest. Lack of Equipment
Bush fires in the Berrima District over the holiday week-end canted widespread damage to grazing land, and fencing. The most serious fire…
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A fire which would have seriously threatened Bowral had it not been got under control broke out in thick scrub adjoining the Billio Road on…
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Bowral Fire Brigade has answered three calls to fires in the last four days and has performed excellent service. The most serious fire was that…
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At the Picton Police Court last week, Ernest Tyler, 75, grazier, was charged with leaving a fire in the open without taking proper…
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The bushfire which menace numbers of houses and properties in the district on Sunday sprang up afresh on Monday morning. The…
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The extensive bush fires in the Sutton Forest area were under control on Wednesday night, and although trees and logs in the burnt-out areas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Fightings Units of Nattai Shire. Good Work Done Over Week-end
The two lire lighting lorries owned by Nattai Shire Council were regularly occupied in fighting fires over the holiday week-end. The first call…
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At the conclusion of the Shire Council meeting on Tuesday evening, the president, Cr. T. Mack, made fitting reference to the work done by…
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Bushfires in the Berrima district were under control on Sunday night although it is possible that two of them may cause trouble towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting the Bush Fires. Graziers and Firefighters Criticise Lack of Organisation. Crude and Inefficient Equipment
There was extensive criticism of the lack of organisation at the recent bushfires at Sutton Forest at a meeting of the Berrima District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire Fighting Unit. Generous Offer of Bowral Motors Pty. Ltd
The manager of Bowral Motors Pty. Ltd. (Mr. E. R. Stevens) wrote to the meeting of the Berrima District Branch of the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fire Danger Criticism of Forestry Commission
Complaints were made at a meeting of the Moss Vale branch of the Graziers Association that the pre cautions taken against fire in the…
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A conference of representatives of the Berrima District Graziers' Association, Wingecarribee Shire Council and the Forestry Commission was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brief Mention. Bushfire Fighting
An interesting article on the necessary equipment and on the methods of fighting bushfires appears on the back page of this issue…
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The final fighting equipment available at the recent bushfires proved its words has resulted in losses being confined [?] to grass. In many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motorists' Corner the Cause of Bush Fires "Carbon" Stands by the Farmers
"Carbon" of the R.A.C.A. who is egarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…
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A previous effort by the Wingecarribee Shire Council to form a bush fire brigade at Wild's Meadow having proved abortive a further…
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A fire at " Wantabadgery," Wanganderry, the property of Cr. T. L. Badgery, of Nattai Shire, destroyed one hundred and fifty acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires and Farmers. The Editor, The Mail
Sir,—Farmers have been blamed for starting bushfires during the holiday week-end. I did a leisurely tour of some two or three hundred…
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