Christmas Party at Fire Station
Father Christmas arrived in Broken Hill today, his port of call being the Central Fire Brigade Station, where the Top Boot Club entertained 22…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
236 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 12
Japs Fire On U.S. Airmen Parachuting From Plane
Somewhere in New Guinea.—The men aboard a Liberator bomber—one of three brought down by Japanese pursuit planes during the bombing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Fire Damage Estimated at Thousands Sydney, December 5
Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was done when a fire broke out at Speare's brick and pipe works, Lakembn. tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raf Bombers Attack Leipzig Fighters Make Deermind Attempt To Intercept Later Observation Shows Fires Out of Control London, December 4
Last night the main force of RAF bombers, after flying straight for Berlin, suddenly turned south when only a few miles from the capital and made for Leipzig. Fighters had been trying to intercept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Copra
SYDNEY.—Of 400 tons of copra— the property of the Commonwealth Government—which caught fire in two kilns at Spear's Brick and Pipe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important New Gains 40,000 Germans Pushed Back Coastal Bulwark Under Fire From Dominating Heights LONDON, December 13
Canadian shock troops of the 8th Army pressing back German forces 40,000 strong massed on the 15 miles long Moro River Front, have mode [?]tant new gains. The 8th Army now holds the domination heights two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Hydrants
Following a request from the Board of Fire Commissioners regarding a number of water hydrants which the board said were not suitable for…
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SYDNEY.—A fire which temporarily trapped three occupants of premises was started by the explosion of a refrigerator in the shop and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Damage to Building
A building at the rear of premises at 327 Chapple Street was severely damaged by fire yesterday. The Central Brigade was called to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Perish in Victorian Bush Fires
MELBOURNE.—As a result of a A disastrous bush fire which swept a big area of country in the Wangaratta district yesterday four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Caused By Child With Matches
A five-year-old child playing with matches caused a fire which destroyed a building used as a laundry and storeroom at the rear of premises at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Cause Nine Deaths
MELBOURNE.—Blood plasma has been rushed by car to the Wangaratta Hospital to aid doctors in their desperate fight to save the lives of five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Bush Fires Burn 100,000 Acres
BRISBANE.—Thousands of pounds worth of netting and fences have already been destroyed and heavy stock losses are expected to result from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Take Toll Lives Lost In Victoria MELBOURNE, December 23
As disastrous bushfires, which broke out yesterday in the Wangaratta district, blazed out again today with increasing intensity the death roll has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Killed In Victorian Bushfires MELBOURNE, December 24
It is estimated that damage tot[?] £50,000 was caused by Victorian b[?] fires in which nine persons lost th[?] lives. Nine others are still in hosp[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Chief Reviews Activities For The Year
THIS year there were only 96 calls on the Fire Brigade, and of these 67 were actual fire calls, and 29 were false alarms. This was stated today by District Fire Officer G. Gilmour, who said that the figures indicated a very satisfactory position. "The number of fires is not high," he said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growing Death Roll of Wangaratta Fires
MELBOURNE,—The tenth victim of the recent tragic bush fires in the Wangaratta district died in hospital yesterday. He was Mr. Wellington…
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