Bushfires Rage Brigades Perform Great Work
Hundreds of men were engaged on Monday, 21st December, and on subsequent days in fighting bushfires which raged…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
13 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
The Four Mails, January 22, 1954 Bushfires In December Good Work of Brigades
At the meeting of Mittagong Shire Council on Monday, Cr. I. L. Jurd, who is captain of the Colo Vale bushfire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire [?] Truck Secret Radar Equipment Burnt
When a fire destroyed a military truck near Paddy's River on Saturday afternoon, secret radar equipment, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Factory Big Blaze at Hill Top
A furniture factory, conducted by Mr. Buldimir Saikich, under the trade name of Hill Top Furnitures, was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Fighting Military Training Suggested
At the Annual Conference of Bushfire Brigades working in the Mittagong Shire area in the C.W.A. Rooms, Mittagong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowral Bushfire Brigade Annual Meeting
Prior to commencing routine business at the annual meeting of Bowral Bushfire Brigade, which was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Fires in Bowral Heavy Damage to Business Premises
There were two fires in Bowral last week and in one extensive water damage was occasioned to stock. It was afternoon about 5.45 p.m. and the firemen had to fight their way through dense smoke to reach the fire which was at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Brigade Annual Meeting
Mr. T. L. Badgery presided over a well attended meeting of members of the Wollondilly Bushfire Brigade at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Burradoo Town Brigade Called Out
The Bowral Town Fire Brigade was called to a fire at Burradoo about noon on Monday. It was in the grounds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire on The Gib Brigades Do Good Work
Fanned by a strong westerly wind a bushfire burnt out about twenty acres of scrub on the Gib on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Radio Aid Sought Bushfire Warnings
In the Legislative Assembly this week, Mr. Blake Pelly, M.L.A., asked that radio stations be asked to warn city…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Danger Period Burning Off Prohibited
A bushfire danger period for the State of New South Wales was declared as from 1st October. Any persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Act Mr. Pelly Makes Criticism
In the Legislative Assembly recently, Mr. Blake Pelly, who represents the Wollondilly Electorate, spoke at length on…
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