Oberon Bush Fire Brigade Hampered by Red Tape (To the Editor)
Sir.—I wish to thank the Oberon Shire Fire Brigade for not accepting any challenge re the fire roster. We an now have it out through the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Fire Damage in Mine
CESSNOCK, Thurs.— After 65 continuous hours struggle to save 1,500,000 tons of coal from fire at the Bellbird…
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NEW YORK, Friday: Ezzard Charles' claim heavyweight champion of the world, and the Charles-Walcott fight general, have brought further…
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Twenty miles north of the Scottish border three coaches of the Edinburgh London night express, were burnt out last night just as the train entered a…
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Station Officer Hinson and seven men were called to the California Production Factory at 1.8 p.m. on Saturday when one of the sprinkler heads…
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Chemical extinguishers were used by the Orange Fire Brigade to quell a chimney fire at Harley Flats in Anson…
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HELENA (Montana) Monday.— Thirteen fire-fighters, including 12 parachutists, have now…
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DUBBO.— The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Mr. T. J. Smith recently made an inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Gives Fire Alarm (C.w.d. Correspondent)
MILLTHORPE, Friday.— Hearing a motor horn tooting early on Friday morning, Mr. Eric…
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Shortly after he had arrived from Narrabeen, about midnight on Saturday, Mr. Keith Jones was summoned from a house in…
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Orange Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire last night. The fire was at the homes of…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday — Fire completely destroyed the administrative office at the Ben Bullen…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday: W[?] rocket range police have been joined by a detective sergeant from Whyalla to investigate a fire on Sunday which…
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Fire completely destroyed the administrative office at Ben Bullen open-cut mine during Monday night. Total damage to the building and its contents is estimated at £2,000…
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LITHGOW. Tuesday: Early today, fire destroyed the administrative office of Ben Bullen open cut mine. Damage is estimated at about £200…
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A fire in a chimney stock at l[?]unley Fia[?]s 1[?]6 Rocker S[?] 6.35 last night, was promptly attended by the Fire Brigade. S. O. Colley and 10…
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SYDNEY. Sunday: Po[?]ee and German are mystified as to the cause of a fire in the front doorway of the Communist Party [?] in the…
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ISTANBUL, Sunday: It is believed that 100 people were killed when the Turkish ship Conain caught fire after a chemical explosion in Istanbul…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Fire gutted the fourth floor of Derwent House, Castlereagth Street, today, destroying the offices of the National Coursing…
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When a woman patientâs clothes caught fire at Orange Mental Hospital on June 4, a nurse took quick action and rolled her in a mat to put out the flames…
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