Fire Damages Home
A cottage fire was reported yesterday at 156 Keppel Street, shortly after 2 p.m. by Mr. Max Eric Lowe, occupant of the premises. Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Heavy Loss in College Fire
MELBOURNE, This Aft. -- Fire early today swept through Melbourne Technical College, destroyed two stories and…
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District Shire Councils wish to bring to the notice of all district residents the requirements of the law relating to the lighting of fires during the Bush Fire Danger Period, which has been…
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A well attended meeting of the Hannah's Bridge Bush Fire Brigade was held at the school on Saturday last. The…
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At about 6.30 last night, Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call to a chimney fire at 68 Mitre Street. SSO Clemens and 10 men attended. The…
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A bush fire danger period has been proclaimed in Orange Municipality, Town Clerk Mr. R. H. Heath, said yesterday. The bush fire committee…
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The Chief Secretary's Department advised Bathurst Council that a bush fire danger period has been declared for the City of Bathurst to operate…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Two men have died as the result of a fire at Taubman's point factory at Villawood today…
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The New South Wales Railway Department is taking every precaution to guard against outbreaks of bushfires near railway lines during the danger period which began on October 1 and ends on March 31, 1954. This was stated at a meeting of bushfire brigades at the Canoboles Shire Council chambers…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A woman was burnt on the hands when she dragged her two children, a boy and a girl from a blazing car at Wongarbon,…
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Turon Shire Council will ask that captains of bush fire brigades in Council's areas should give lectures to school children during…
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Property owners, occupiers of land adjoining Railway properly were reminded yesterday that they must give local railway authorities at least…
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EDINBURGH Tuesday: Four young children, trapped in a bedroom of their blazing home near Stirling early yesterday, were burned to death. Their…
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The Mendooran Bush Fire Brigade held its annual meeting in the War Memorial Board Room on Saturday…
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There appeared to be little prospect that accommodation, as requested by the Board of Fire Commissioners, Would be available to house a fire engine in Portland before the end of the year, the Shire Clerk (Mr. Chas…
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Last year, as a result of earlier protests by Blaxland Shire Council, which expressed the opinion that the fire…
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Molong Pastures Protection Board on Friday decided to take no action to have fire places erected on…
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Boomey Rushfire Brigade was to get an additional power unit, members of the brigade were…
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Although it is not generally known, under the proclamation of a ganger period by the Bush Fire…
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MELBOURNE, This Afternoon.--Fire today almost totally destroyed the Preston ice and cool stores, and caused more…
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