Convent Fire
LONDON, Tuesday. — A nun roused 50 sleeping children and led them to safety along smoke. filled corridors when a fire broke…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
398 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 20
Busn Fire Warning
A warning that N.S.W. was likely to face one of the worst bushfire periods this summer was given In a letter from the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: In Victoria tonight, 70,000 volunteer firefighters were fighting bushfires which broke out in almost every…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday: The United Nations cease fire committee on Korea has offered to meet the Chinese Communist authorities in…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Heavy am this morning has averted the hreat of further disastrous bushfires in Victoria…
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Bathurst Fire Brigade attended 30 calls during the past 12 months. Of this number only three were false alarms originating from faults in…
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There was a fairly representative attendance at the annual meeting of Manildra Bush Fire Brigade, held…
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Council will adhere to its previous decision to nominate Mr. H. K. W. Mackenzie to his previous position on the Board of Fire…
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Amaroo Shire Council, on Monday, confirmed Garra Bushfire Brigade officers, who were elected at a…
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CUMNOCK.—A letter of thanks has been received by Amarroo Shire Council for receipt of a fire fighting unit…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Market Fire in Melbourne Melbourne
One of Melbourne's most popular shopping centres, the Prahan Market, and a row of 10 adjoining shops were destroyed by fire this…
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“As a supplement to its own extensive fire-prevention and fire-control precautions, the Forestry Commission is making a…
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There was a representative attendance at the annual meeting of Manildra Bush Fire Brigade, which was held at Mr. G. Giffin’s office recently. An appeal is to be made throughout the district for donations for the immediate…
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Orange Fire Brigade answered 69 calls during 1950, 66 of them requiring attention. The total number included three false alarms one malicious, one accidental, and one needless call…
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CANBERRA, This Afternoon.--The South African legation, shops and the Government records office were badly damaged by a huge fire which swept through Canberra's civic centre early today…
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Mystery still surrounds the identity of the charged body of a man found in a burned out George Street building on Christmas night…
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CANBERRA, Thursday: The South African Legation and other buildings were gutted in a three-hour blaze which swept through a section of…
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MILLTHORPE, Thursday— Mr. Herb. Powley, of Spring Terrace suffered a considerable loss when a fire completely…
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"As a supplement to its own extensive fire-prevention and fire-control precautions, the Forestry Commission is making a request…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Temperatures throughout the Western Districts tomorrow should be warm to hot, and thunder on the plains tomorrow…
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