£15,000 Damage By Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire in the factory of the Glycerine Distilling Company, Limited, Alexandria this morning was responsible for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
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Fire Destroys Factory Lucky Escape Of Girls
SYDNEY, Monday.—The S. R. Corben wood burning factory at Newtown was completely gutted by fire early this morning, while six…
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FIRE brigades from the Central and South Fire Stations were called to a fire at the Proprietary mine today. The fire broke…
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LOS ANGELES, November 24.— Bush fifes are out of control in three southern Californian counties. The million dollar Arrowhead Springs…
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SYDNEY.—A message from Newcastle states that a fire which yesterday morning-destroyed the pithead at Ayrfiold colliery No. 1…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — A fire broke out at Ayrficld colliery near East Greta, in trie timber workings and buildings containing…
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Two Fire Brigades, one from the Central station and one from South Broken, Hill, answered a call to a fire in Argent-lane at tho rear of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A message from Yenda states that the Yenda Co-operative Society's building was completely destroyed by fire last night,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Scrub fires which broke out yesterday in outlying suburbs, mountains and coastal areas were still burning last night. At…
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The London County Council is experimenting with a new fire engine equipped with radio. The engine, of the covered streamlined type, is…
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IN addition to the progress that has been made by the various mining companies in milling, mining and general activities during recent years remarkable progress has been made in methods of fire prevention and…
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FlRE completely gutted the chemist shop of Mr. W. K. Burke in Patton-street, South Broken Hill, shortly before midnight last night. Damage…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last nigh that the extreme dryness of the weather throughout the whole of the…
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WHEN fire gutted F. L. Smith's bakery early yesterday 70 Christmas "cakes just baked for Renmark's Christmas celebrations were reduced…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan), in a broadcast address which marked the opening of the annual campaign of the Bush…
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JUNEE, Saturday.— When a fire forced W. Edwards (captain of the Junee Fire Brigade) to interrupt his…
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SULPHlDEBLENDE, METHODIST…
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WHEN Rawling's Service Station at the corner of Delamore and Argent streets burst into flames last night the…
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WATCHED by a large crowd 400 tons of hay worth 1000 were destroyed at Freeling today by a fire which threatened two other stacks containing 800 tons. Humed calls brought units from Gawler and Adelaide…
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A BUSH fire which broke out on the property of Mr. C. Price at Warrenbayne raged fiercely last night. Much…
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