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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1957

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Home Damaged by Fire

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 8 May 1957 · page 1

Fire last week severely damaged the rear portion of a five-roomed cottage in Gordon Street, Granville…

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Died on Duty Captain of Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 May 1957 · page 1

Tribute to a fine officer and a good citizen was paid by the numerous people who attended the funeral yesterday of Mr…

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Grass Fires in Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 15 May 1957 · page 30

The extreme dry weather has brought about a prevalence of grass fires, and Fairfield Volunteer Fire Brigade has been busy…

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Helping a Burnt out Family

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 May 1957 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. R. Malcolm lived in a tent at Blaxland, which was aflame on Monday. It was their home…

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Fire Brigade Active at Glenbrook

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 May 1957 · page 2

Glenbrook Fire Brigade, of which Mr. George Bunyan, Jnr., is captain, had a particularly busy time with fires at Glenbrook…

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Bonfire at Fire Station

The Biz · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 14

Over 80 people attended the bonfire staged at Fairfield Fire Station on Empire Night by the members of the Volunteer…

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"Repeal £2,000 Limit!" Rail Bushfire Damage

The Biz · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 22

Strong support for N.S.W. Graziers' Association call on the State Government to repeal the law limiting the Railways…

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Penrith Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 May 1957 · page 1

Penrith Fire Brigade, under Captain Jack Puller, has been doing much work in combating fires recently. The biggest job…

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Old Tannery Destroyed by Fire a Business of Four Generations

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 May 1957 · page 1

About 6.30 a.m. on Monday a fire broke out in the old tannery building, formerly of Paskin Bros., Werrington, and the…

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Bossley Park Bush Fire Brigade

The Biz · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 28

This Brigade wrote to Fairfield Council referring to council's letter of March 29, and advising that the number of…

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Terrifying Fire Sirens (To the Editor)

The Biz · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 7

Sir,--I think it is high time someone complained about the nerveracking noise which. Is heard day and night by what is…

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Merylands Fire Brigade Annual Dance

The Biz · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 2

Merrylands Volunteer Firemen would like everyone to knew they will hold their annual dance in the Masonic Hall…

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Fire Sirens (To the Editor)

The Biz · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 11

Sir,--In reply to a letter in your paper concerning fire sirens. As I am the wife of a volunteer fireman of nearly…

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The Fire Brigade Siren at Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 14

A correspondent complained in a letter to the editor last we to of the undue noise caused at all hours by the…

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Late Fire Brigade Captain Appeal by St. Marys Fire Brigade Members

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 June 1957 · page 3

Fire Brigade members, Messrs. A. P. (Sandy) Lang, J. D. Swales arid I. Rex, all of Victoria Street, St. Marys, will be pleased to…

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Injury to Fire Brigade Member

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 June 1957 · page 5

At about 3.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, June 8, St. Marys Volunteer Fire Brigade was on its way to a Are in Kurnell…

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Those Fire Sirens

The Biz · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 12

If there are any complaints to be made about the Fairfield fire sirens, they should come from the people living in the…

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Fairfield Fire Brigade Busys

The Biz · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 9

Fairfield Volunteer Fire Brigade answered 51 calls to fires or false alarms in May, which is a record. However, the record…

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Put Out Their Own Fire

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 1

RESIDENTS of a house in Bradman Street, Merrylands last week beat the fire brigade to…

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Evutt Mediation Under Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 June 1957 · page 1

The way in which the Executive Council of Australian Jewry had handled press reports…

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