Fire Destroys Bank
LEETON, Friday.—The Bank of New South Wales at Leeton was gutted by fire yesterday. Three firemen collapsed and were carried from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Grass Fire in Reserve
A smouldering cigarette butt is believed to have been the cause of a grass fire which occurred in the Duke of Cornwall Reserve in the early…
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A demonstration of the methods used to fight bushfires, in which over 600 men from all [?] will participate, will take place at Katoomba between…
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Shortly after midnight on Saturday a call through the local exchange was received at the Central Fire Station reporting a fire at the Miners' Arms…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The city coroner, returning an open verdict in connection vrith the eight victims of the Toolangi bush fires,…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—Buring a bush fire at Pyengana, West Tasmania, on Monday, the postmistress and seven children had an unenviable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Relief Fund Has Reached Over £400
THE interest and organisation of the local Bush Fires Relief Committee is finding a parallel in the response being made by citizens and pastoralists of Broken Hill. At the committee meeting held in the City Council Chamber last night the deputy chairman, Mr. E…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Joke" Played on Fire Brigade
Linesmen in the employ of the P.M.G.'s Department unwittingly played a joke on the Firs Brigade this afternoon. At 2.40 the Central…
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An officer of the Board of Fire Commissioners will arrive in Broken Hill tomorrow night, and will conduct an inquiry-on Monday into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brave Nuns Save Lives Fire Destroys Convent (Special to "The Miner.") QUEBEC, February 16
THE bravery and presence of mind of nuns saved many lives when fires destroyed a convent and a hospital. One nun lost her life…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Relief Fund Increasing
The steady growth of the local fund for Bush Fires Relief shows that Broken Hill will make a worthwhile contribution to the people of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deluge at Camp Fire Refugees Suffer MELBOURNE
REFUGEES at Wood's Point who had lost their homes in the bush fires endured some of the discomforts of floods when…
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Third Officer S. A. Tuck, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, this morning conducted an inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the…
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IN the City Council Chamber last night there was a largely attended meeting of the Bush Fires Relief Fund (Broken…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The premises of the Blackburn Cool Stores Pty. at Blackburn were destroyed by fire early this morning, doing…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—His Majesty the Kine has given £100 for the relief of Australian bush fire sufferers. Including exchange the donation will be…
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About noon today the South Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange to a house owned by Mr. Lang at 288 Hebbard-street…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— An outbreak of fire, evidently caused by incendiaries, was discovered yesterday when a shop occupied by the Sunshine…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has carried out the recommendation of the Chief Officer (Mr. Richardson) in regard to the case in which a fireman…
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NARROMINE, Saturday.—Making the fifth fire within a week, damage estimated at £10,000 was caused to the Macquarie Stores, which were…
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