Prevent Bush Fires
Special care should be taken by all campers during the holidays to prevent any disaster being caused by bush fires. Bush fires are caused mainly through…
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Hundreds Fight Bush Fire
WAGGA, Wed.--A fire which broke out in the Borambola district late this afternoon is burning fiercely in the Tarcutta hills to-night, and…
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"BE sure your match is out Break it in two before you throw it away." This is one of a series of suggestions made by the Bush Fires Advisory…
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Auburn Fire Brigade was called to several bush and grass fires over the holiday period. Firemen extinguished a grass fire in…
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IN the continued hot weather during the past month—and in most districts the rainfall for December was well below average—grass has become dry as tinder. Another week of this sort of weather and the danger of bush fires will definitely be grave. For many months the "Farmer and Settler" has been warning country, people to take…
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On Friday last, Liverpool Fire Brigade was called out to a scrub "fire near the railway station endangering the bridge. A bush fire endangering cottages in…
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The village fire chief was interviewing a number of recruits in connection with the local air raid precautions movement. "You." he indicated one. "You know…
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There was a recurrence of the bushfires in the Borambola area to-day, with a further call for volunteers to help to fight the outbreak…
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BRANXTON, Wednesday. -- A bush-fire, which at one stage threatened the town of Branxton, broke out between Branxton and Greta tonight…
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PACKING cases and spraying oils, both highly inflammable, contributed to a spectacular blaze at Leeton on Sunday night, when the premises of the Leeton…
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A fierce bushfire on both sides of the main northern road between Greta and Branxton was put out late to-night by nearly 200 firefighters, including some Second A.I.F. men…
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FOR months fears have been expressed about the fire danger this summer, and now reports come in from the country dally about outbreaks here, there and…
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THERE are several methods of fighting bushfires, but water is still the most effective means. The bush fire season is at hand, and it behoves landholders to…
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A FIRE out is one of the essentials in any plant assembled to fight bush and grass fires. The fire cart, with a supply of water, has been used effectively…
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THE bushfire terror has again been menacing properties in the Wagga district during the last fortnight. On Wednesday of this week…
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Police are investigating Monday night's fire, which damaged the Apostolic Chancellery and the nearby church of St…
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Twenty people were killed and 40 were injured when [?] fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel in Minneapolis…
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Another disastrous bushfire broke out in the Borambola district to-day and desiroyed 2,000 acres of property. The fire started on the boundaries of…
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"M.N.S.": I have a late kerosene model tractor, using a double spark arrestor on the exhaust, and I have fire breaks ploughed around the crop…
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