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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

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Prevention of Bush Fires Rules to Be Observed!

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 4

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee advocate that observation of the following simple rules would greatly reduce fire risks:…

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Prevention of Bush Fires Rules to Be Observed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 4

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee advocate that observation of the following simple rules would greatly reduce fire risks:—…

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Prevention of Bush Fires Rules to Be Observed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 4

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee advocate that observation of the following simple rules would greatly reduce fire risks:—…

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Fire Destroys Fettler's Tent Two Children Have Narrow Escapes

The Southern Mail · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 2

The courage of a fireman of a railway engine in entering a blazing tent at Moss Vale on Thursday morning last saved a two-years-old child and…

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Bush Fire Brigade Bowral Holds Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 6

The annual meeting of Bowral Bosh Fire Brigade was held on Monday night of last week, and the president (Aid. P. C. Blacket) occupied…

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Bush Fire Brigades Hold Conference Important Decisions Reached

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 3

A conference "of bush fire brigades was held in the Shire office, Mittagong, on Monday night last. The chair was occupied by the president…

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Bush Fire Menace

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

UNLESS heavy rain falls in the near future, the bush fire hazard in the Berrima district will become as great at that of 1939, when a…

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Fire at Bowral Town Brigade Attends

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

A paddock of goree adjoining the property of Mrs. H. Jones, Clarke Street, Bowral, on burned on Sunday morning, and made a spectacular…

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Bush Fire Brigade at Mittagong New Unit Formed

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by the president of Nattal Shire Council (Cr. I. L. Jurd), was held in the School of Arts, Mittagong, on…

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Careless Use of Fire Prompt Action Prevents Conflagration

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 6

Despite continued warnings through the press and radio against careless use of fire, it is still apparent that some people have little regard for…

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