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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

9 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Mountain on Fire a Menace to the District

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

At the mooting of the Mittagong Shire on Friday, Cr. Toohey said a burning scam of shale in a mountain at Joadja, had been responsible for…

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Ship Passengers Indifferent to Fire Hazard at Sea

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

Ship passengers' indifference toward the hazard of fire at sea is doubtless a major reason for the backwardness of ship builders…

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Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 9

SEPARATE end endorsed tenders are invited for renovations at Bowral. Moss Vale and Mittagong Fire Stations…

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Fire Brigade Did Good Job Business Premises Damaged at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

The Moss Vale Fire Brigade saved hundreds of pounds worth of stock from suffering damage when they attended a fire which broke out in the…

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Aged Man Died in Fire Coronial Inquiry

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 2

At Wingello on Monday the Dis-trict Coroner (Mr. W. J. McDonald) conducted an inquiry Hurrounding the death of Charles Henry Walter…

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Essays on Menace of Bush Fires Children Understood Lecture

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 11

Over the past few weeks, Constable E. M. Neal of Bowral Police, has been delivering addressee to school children on the danger of bush fires…

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Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 8

In view of the apprehension generally felt concerning the potential bush fire risk in most parts of the State this summer, the attendance…

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Bush Fire Brigade Conference Local Units Meet at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 8

Representatives of the various bush fire brigades in Mittagong Shire area met at a conference in the Shire Chambers on Monday, 16th October,…

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Bush Fire Prevention Week The Editor, the Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 4

The Bush Fire Campaign and Five Prevention Week will be opened on Monday, 4th December, 1950, and thereafter will become an annual…

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