Man Falls in Fire Shocking Burns ADELAIDE
A WOODCUTTER at Willunga, whose skin was burnt from large areas of the back, and legs when he fell into a fireplace during an epileptic…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
240 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 12
Forest Fire Sweep Rhode Island
NEW YORK. May 4.—A destructive cries of forest fires, believed to be partly due to incendiarism, was brought under control on Saturday,…
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DISTRICT Fire Officer G. P. Condon, who has been in charge of the Broken Hill Fire District for the last two years, has been notified of his…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Mr. James Kemp, chief fire officer, was the recipient yesterday from Sir Winston Dugan, Governor, at…
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LONDON, May 14.—The Minister for Home Security, Mr. Morrison, chose yesterday for the first largescale national fire service test…
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Frederick Norman Bowen, of 114 Gossan Street, has reported to the police that hi[?] motor car was badly damaged by [?] yesterday. He…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Clare Josephine Paskine, about fifty, and William Perry, about seventy, an old age pensioner, were burned to death…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Exhaustive inquiries by the police into two fires at the wool works of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd. at Botany on Sunday night has…
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A small fire, caused by the overheating of an electrical motor, broke out at the Royal Exchange Hotel late yesterday afternoon. The Central…
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JOHANNESBURG, May 27.—Incendiary bombs, one of which exploded, destroyed the Danish pavilion in the "Liberty Cavalcade," which was…
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NEARLY 500 old German machine-guns have been remodelled, and are ready for use. The guns, taken from parks,…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A boy aged 10 and a girl of 11, who last Sunday started a fire "for fun" that caused £20,000 damage to S. W. Hughes, Pty…
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AUSTRALIAN pilots are playing havoc with Axis tanks and supply columns in the fierce battle now raging in Libya. The main battlefield yesterday evening was a wide…
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SYDNEY.—At the week-end an Allied plane was fired on twice within two minutes when it got off its course and flew over prohibited areas…
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Coke and Coke dross stored in the roof at the rear of Wick's shop caught fire early this morning. District Officer G. P. Condon said…
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On Monday night [?] of the town were started when the town [?] a warning blast. Word that a fire was raging in the…
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NEW CASTLE.—Gunfire by shore batteries for almost an hour followed a report that an object had been seen outside Newcastle Heads last night. Although Newcastle and all its suburbs were blacked out no siren was sounded…
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SYDNEY. — Fireman Michael L. Griffin, who was killed in a pig Sydney fire, was formerly well known as a boxer in South Australia, where he…
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MELBOURNE.—Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which destroyed a garage and service station at Essendon…
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SYDNEY.—Estelle Williams (14), of Riley Street, Surry Hills who suffered burns in a factory fire in Forveaux Street City, on Friday, died…
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