Bushfires Under Control; Pastures Destroyed
SYDNEY, Monday.--After raging out of control on a 20-mile front 25 miles north-west of Brewarrina, a bushfire was brought under control late to-night. FANNED by a strong…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Bushfire Still Raging
BRISBANE, Tues.--Bulldozers and road graders ware used to-day to control fires raging in the Wyandra district in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A heatwave which gripped Western New South Wales for more than a week with over 100 degrees has now eased. FIRST relief from the intense…
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BRISBANE, Wed.-- Fire fighters in South west Queensland are almost exhausted after battling for days against flames,…
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MADIUM (Java).-- Two Indonesian fire brigades were invited three days, ahead of the event to attend a fire…
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SYDNEY, Thursday While, temperatures soared to-day in western New South. Wales graziers and small property owners took great precautions to combat the serious threat of bushfires…
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A prolific growth of grass, weeds and undergrowth in and around Grafton and South Grafton, has made the danger arising from the lighting of fires acute, said Captain J. Munday, of the Grafton Fire…
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The acting postmaster at Dalmorton, James John Macdonald, jumped from his bed through a window to escape the flames when the Dalmorton store and post office were desroyed by fire on Wednesday…
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Dalmorton relieving post-master, Mr. John James,Macdonald, who leaped through a window of the blazing premises…
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MURWILLUMBAH.-- The need for automatic fire alarms in old, dry-as-tinder business houses along the South Coast was…
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DAVENPORT (Iowa), Sun. (A.A.P.). --The bodies of 37 women have been recovered from the ruins of a three-storey mental ward of the Mercy Hospital which…
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The Grafton Fire Brigade received a call on Saturday night to the Grafton Public School playground, to find a 20ft. high…
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A four and a quarter litre Rolls-Royce engine powers this new-style fire engine going into service in the Essex (England) town of Ilford. At 3500 revolutions per minute, the engine develops 160 horse power. The vehicle carries a 50-feet fire escape…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (AAP).--Firemen yesterday abandoned the search for other possible victims of the fire which destroyed a…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.--Each year, forest fifes take heavy toll of standing forests, pastures and firm lands. Improved equipment and organisation within the Forestry Commission have reduced losses…
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Quick thinking and prompt action probably saved the life of John Stanley Cameron, 53 -year -old Grafton fisherman, and his companion, when petrol caught alight in their launch as they were…
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Searchers for the missing law student, Peter Bawden Englert, will concentrate on the eastern side of the Maclean Lookout early this morning, following the discovery…
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DAVENPORT (Iowa), Friday (A.A.P.).--A young woman patient is alleged to have confessed to setting the fire in which 41…
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BROKEN HILL, Sun.--More 70,000 acres of valuable pastureland were destroyed by a fire which raged to-day on a 25 mile…
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A fierce blaze last night gutted a motor bus depot belonging to Mr. J. P. Niland in Bacon street, Grafton. It did damage estimated at over £1000…
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