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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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The Aerial Firemen Forest Fires Attacked

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

Smoke tampers, they call them. These daredevils are the U.S. Forest Services's answer to timber Ares in Die wild…

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Fierce Fires at Colo Vale Good Work by Brigades

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 7

Houses in Colo Vale were endangered by bushfires for five days early this year and only the good work of the local…

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State of Emergency Bush Fire Danger

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

A state of emergency exists in this district so far as bask fires are concerned, and local residents can play their part in…

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What Others Think the Tragedy of the Bush Fires

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 6

The Editor The Mail One of the worst crimes on the Calendar is Arson. According to the slogan always under…

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Bush Fire Relief Measures Quick Assistance Can Be Obtained

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

Messrs. Jeff Bate, M.H.R., and Blake Pelly, M.L.A., send their sincere sympathies to those who have suffered in…

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Bowrallians in Victorian Fires

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Les Blacker and Mrs. J. McSweeney returned home to Bowral on Friday night after a 1400 mile tour of…

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How Fires Were Started Suspicious Circumstances

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

There were suspicions that at least two of the recent bushfires were started by some irresponsible persons. Cr. J. I…

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Ring the Police Report Those Who Light Fires

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

The time has passed when you should cease to worry whether your neighbour is lined £200 and also spend two years in…

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A Complete Unit Fire Fighting Equipment

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

Reference is made elsewhere in this issue to the good firefighting equipment of Cr. J. I. Toohey, President of Mittagong…

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Bushfires Sweep District Firefighters Do Great Work Under Particularly Trying Conditions

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 4

Many hornet hare been threatened by bushfires since Thursday of last week. The position was so serious on Thursday afternoon that several businesses in Bowral closed their doors while almost every otter one sent some of its staff to give help…

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Effective Bushfire Unit Mobility Is Main Feature

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

One of the most mobile of the fire-fighting units which have done such good work on the recent bushfires is that owned…

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Bushfire Fighting the Best Methods

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 5

At long lust the powers that be, and what is more important, the public in general, art becoming bushfire conscious, and…

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Military Helped Firefighters Big Fires in Nothern End of District

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 4

While residents in the Bowral-Mittagong area were fighting fires two weeks ago, the northern end of the district…

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Grass Fire at Bowral Lad Acted Promptly

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 8

The prompt action of a young boy. Terry Parmenter, in attacking a fire which broke out on Oxley Hill on Thursday…

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Equipment to be Bought Bushfire Units Will Be Helped

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

At the Mittagong Cinema on Saturday night the proprietor, Mr. E. J. Fox, made an appeal to his audience to subscribe…

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Inquiry Into Bushfires Mr. Bate Seeks Action

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 8

The following question regarding bushfires, was asked of the Prime Minister by Mr. Jeff Mate M.P., in the House of…

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Bushfire Relief Details of Scheme

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. Blake Pelly, M.L.A., who is visiting those portions of the Electorate of Wollondilly which suffered from the recent…

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Amateur Night Proceeds for Fire Fighting Equipment

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

The offer of Mr. J. Fox, proprietor of the Mittagong Cinema to stage an amateur night in aid of the Mittagong Shire…

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Bushfire Damage at Appin Mr. Bate Makes Inspection

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

On Saturday morning 10th February, accompanied by an officer of the Social Welfare Department. Mr. Bate visited…

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Bushfire Fighting The Editor the Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 6

Following your excellent Leader in last week's issue of The Four Mails I should like to add a few suggestions for the…

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