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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1955

175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 9

Fairfield Fires

The Biz · Wednesday 9 November 1955 · page 14

A bush fire in Denison Street, Carramar. at 1.25 p.m. on Monday October 31. took Fairfield brigade out: but no damage was done…

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Fire Brigade's Difficult Job

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 November 1955 · page 7

Penrith Fire Brigade, under Captain Jack Fuller, well handled a difficult job on Saturday afternoon when dealing with a fire…

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Bush Fire Equipment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 42

An Information and Help reply last week to a Mudgee reader regarding responsibility…

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Farm Fire Fighting

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 36

Fire brigades in Lincolnshire, England, offer a special service to farmers by which the internal…

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Barham Fire Hazard Seen

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 7

The feed on the light soil country of the Barham district is drying off, and the bushfire…

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Fire Danger Seen In Good Season

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 18

BATHURST.—Myxomatosis has contributed greatly to the potential bushfire danger throughout the State, landowners here believe…

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Bad Fire Damage At Day St. H.Q.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 1

The Export and Import Branch of the Department of Agriculture, in Day Street,…

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Fairfield Fires

The Biz · Wednesday 16 November 1955 · page 7

Fairfield Fire Brigade attended a scrub fire in Junction Road. Yennora, on Friday last, and extinguished the blaze with…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

The Biz · Wednesday 16 November 1955 · page 9

Bossley Park Bush Fire Brigads has at last received its long-awaited equipment and is ready to go into action. However, it…

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Bush Fire Campaign on Mountains Started Last

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 November 1955 · page 2

Last Monday, November 14, marked the opening of the bush fire campaign on the Mountains, and the Mayor of the Blue…

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The Benby Club Prevent Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 November 1955 · page 26

This week has been Bushfire Week, and in schools and churches people have been reminded how important if is to prevent bushfires. These contributions from two members should help to remind us…

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Fairfield Fire Brigade

The Biz · Wednesday 30 November 1955 · page 10

The following fires were attended by Fairfield Fire Brigade:— Tuesday, 22nd, at 11 a.m., bush alight-In Burke Street,…

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On Sydney Screens “Fire in the Blood”

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 2 December 1955 · page 5

DIRECTED by Raf Habib, this fine film, other than its medical content, gives an aperçu at many varied aspects of life; for example,…

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N.s.w. Fire Brigades Recruitment

The Biz · Wednesday 7 December 1955 · page 7

An advertisement appears in this issue inviting recruits for the NSW. Fire Brigade service. Applicants from 19 to 30 years of…

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Inquiry into Closing of Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 4

Guildford branch of the Communist Party has asked Holroyd Council if the Guildford Fire Station "was…

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Is Guildford Fire Station to Close?

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 December 1955 · page 7

Guildford Branch Australian Communist Party wrote to Holroyd Council asking if the Guildford Fire Station was to…

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