Race Track Fire Disaster
BELMONT, New York, Tuesday: Death toll in Sunday's night's fire that destroyed a racing barn at the Belmont Park race track rose…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 22 of 29
Minor Damage In Fire At Factory
A storeroom at the Jeldi Pty. Ltd. textile manufacturing establishment on the Commercial Centre was damaged by a fire late yesterday afternoon…
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BELMONT, New York. Tuesday.—Death toll in Sunday night’s fire that destroyed a racing barn…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Special Efforts to Halt Fire at Portland Mine
In order to damp down the fire burning in a shale seam above the Ivanhoe Colliery workings at Portland the western Joint Coal Hoard office has sanctioned the use of limestone from the nearby…
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In a determined effort to halt the fire which has been burning inwards towards the Ivanhoe Colliery workings at Portland, Commonwealth Portland Cement authorities have decided to use…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preparations For Blasting Mine Fire
Return of Ivanhoe Colliery, Portland, to full production in the near future depends on the success of large-scale blasting operations this week, aimed at bringing down part of the…
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KATOOMBA, Monday: Many homes at Hazelbrook, in the Blue Mountains, were threatened by a large bushfire which broke out late…
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MOLONG, Tuesday: More than £250 damaged of Cr. R. C. Myors, of Molong this morning…
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Damage estimated at £200 was caused by a fire at Mr. R. C. Myors’ nome in Park Street,…
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Representatives of bush fire brigades in the Canobolas Shire area will attend a bi-annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Coolah Garage
On Monday last serious damage to the Coolah Motors' Garage, in Binnia Street, was only just averted due to the…
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Damage estimated at £250 was caused by a fire which, broke out in a Molong home on Tuesday morning, and…
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BROKEN HILL. Friday. —The charred remains of Peter Stevenson, 49, manager of Durham Downs…
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PARKES, Friday: Representatives from ten Shire Councils attended a conference at Parkes, this morning to discuss workers compensation for…
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Bathurst firemen were called out early yesterday afternoon to extinguish a chimney the at the home of Mr. A. Davidson of 311 Howick St…
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KATOOMBA, Sunday: The menace of summer bushfires was again underlined in the Blue Mountains today when clouds of smoke from half a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: One of the many ways that bushfires can be stated was illustrated at Narrabeen Lakes yesterday when a fisherman…
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SYDNEY. This Afternoon.--An officer of the Forestry Commission said to-day that only 10 days remained for…
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It was “not fair” that owners should stand to lose if their vehicle were damage on bushfire work or…
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South Charleston (West Virginia), Monday.— A young mother and four of her five children died…
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