Hundreds Fight Bushfires
OTTAWA, Monday: Hundreds of men are still fighting two fires which are raging uncontrolled in the forests of Northern Ontario. The blaze now…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
547 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 28
Spectacular Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Late tonight seven Sydney fire brigades were still fighting a spectacular blaze at the Pyrmont plant of the Colonial Sugar…
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A conference of the 17 bush fire brigades in Boree Shire was called by Council in 1947 to make arrangements for the…
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LONDON, Thursday. —Fighting men of the Arab Legion hive been ordered to cease fire in…
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Fire is still raging in the holds of the British freighter Wansford, now anchored in Port Adelaide…
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LONDON, Monday.— U.N.O. mediator, Count Bernadotte, arrived at Rhodes Island last night to set up U.N.O. Headquarters for negotiations between Arabs and Jews on a permanent peace plan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning on Fires Many Outbreaks lit Chimneys
Because of the prevalence of outbreaks of fire in chimneys this winter, Orange Fire Brigade has issued a warning…
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A short circuit in the battery caused a car to catch fire near the intersection of Hill and Moulder Streets at about…
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ADELAIDE, Monday: Fire damage, totalling £100,000, has been served on the South Australian Railways, by a number of landowners…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Householders depending on wood, coke and coal for heating and cooking are in a serious position, produce merchants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jews Fight Battle at Tel Aviv Landing Ship Set On Fire
LONDON, Wednesday.—A fierce battle among Jews occurred at Tel Aviv, in Palestine, when Israeli troops tried to prevent an illegal landing of Irgun Zvai Leumi men…
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Station Officer Hinson, and 10 men, of the Bathurst Fire Brigade braved the freezing cold elements yesterday morning at 5.30 o'clock in answer to…
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A malicious false alarm brought Bathurst Fire Brigade to the corner of Seymour and Brilliant Streets just on midnight last night. A call…
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SYDNEY, Monday: One of the most spectacular fires in the history of Sydney broke out in the Royal Agricultural Society's…
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SYDNEY, Monday. One of the most spectacular fires in the history of Sydney broke out in the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds tonight. The fire gutted a pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Fails to Find Blaze
Believing that smoke from burning- off operations in Bowenfels cemetery was from a fire in the pine forest, peace officers of the S. A. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Like a Bushfire" Rabbits Will Breed
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Helped by the present good season, rabbits would "breed like wildfire and spread like a bushfire," Mr. C. M…
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Damage estimated at nearly £50,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the store of Solomon Cohen and Co. Ltd. at the corner of…
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SYDNEY, Friday: It is thought that a ring-tailed possum caused a short-circuit, and started a fire which almost destroyed a large packing shed…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Friday: Damage £50,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a Cootamundra store at 4.30 a.m. today…
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