Australians Under Fire No-Man's Land Clash
TOKIO, Wednesday: The First Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, recently arrived in Korea, had its baptism of fire last Wednesday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 29
Fire Sweeps Broken Hill Rail Station Broken Hill, This Aft
Fire to-day swept through Broken Hill Railway station causing damage estimated at £80,000…
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A diesel locomotive was extensively damaged when a fire broke out in the diesel shed at Broken…
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FORBES, Thursday: A fire which broke out in the Jemalong Shire Council's electrical depot at Forbes today, called damage estimated at…
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In a letter to yesterday's meeting of Turon Shire Council, Mr. A. Kingsmill, an executive, member of the Bush Fire Committee, stated that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Damage Caused By Spectacular Blaze At Portland Cement Works
Damage which is believed could amount to £50,000 was caused by a fierce blaze which destroyed the storeroom, 500,000 cement bags, valuable rubber conveyor belting and building timber at the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company's Works in Portland before dawn today. A heavy frost, which…
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FAIRBANKS (Alaska). Tuesday.--At least four persons are believed to have lost their lives and several…
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A Lithgow woman was badly burned about the lower portion of her body, the legs and arms yesterday,…
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BROKEN HILL Monday: It is estimated that more than £5000 worth of damage was caused early this morning, when fire destroyed the…
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LITHGOW. Tuesday: A woman was seriously burned in Lithgow today when a kerosene stove set her dress on fire…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon-- Total damage of £40,000 is estimated to have been caused to the Cyclone Grinding…
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LITHGOW. Tuesday.— At least £50,000 worth of damage was caused to the Portland Cement Works…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: The police have opened extensive investigations into the cause of a fire which caused damage estimated at £50,000 at the…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday: Mrs. Jessle Elizabeth Battman (55), whose dress caught fire as she was cooking at a kerosene stove, died in hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Blaze Causes Damage at Portland Cement Co. Works
Damage which is believed could amount to £50,000 was caused by a fierce blaze which destroyed the storeroom, 500,000 cement bags; valuable rubber conveyor belting and building…
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Detectives are today making a searching inquiry into the cause of the huge fire at the Portland Cement Company's works earlier this week when a storeroom was gutted. Unofficial…
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PORTLAND, Thursday: Police arc still trying to find out what caused the fire that destroyed half a million cement bags, timber and conveyor…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: In Sydney damage totalling nearly a quarter of a million pounds was caused by a fire which gutted two warehouses in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Formed at Red Hill and Toogong
Two new bush fire brigades had been formed by conferences of brigade executives at Eugowra and Manildra,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Wang-lidsdale Appeal for Glen Davis Fire Victims
At the June meeting of Wallerawang - Lidsdale branch of the Country Women's Association the blanket fund for…
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