N.s.w. Bush Fires
SYDNEY,—Bush fires broke out between St. Ives and Gordon yesterday when a freshening wind fanned to flames some smouldering embers from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 11
Fires Destroy So Acres of Pines
GEELONG.—Two thousand acres of the Anglesea district were swept by fire, which broke out on Friday, and 50 acres of pine plantation and…
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BALLARAT.—Damage estimated at between £8,000 and £10,000 was caused by a fire which broke out shortly after 7 p.m. at the iceworks…
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There was an increase in the number of fire calls in this district last year as compared with those for the previous year. There were 109 calls…
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Auckland, January 2.—Military equipment valued at over a million pounds was destroyed by fire at Palmerston North late on Sunday night when five spacious…
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Melbourne, January 2.—Film caught fire at the Progress Hall, Novian Street, Merlyston, while pictures were being shown to a crowded audience of children…
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Sydney, January 2.—Eight cottages in Leura were destroyed yesterday when, fanned by a "southerly buster," a fire that had been raging in the Jamieson…
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Sydney, January 2.âCool weather brought relief to the Katoomba and Loura fire fighters and householders tonight. Fiver unspectacular fires during…
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The number of fire calls last year was 109, the number in 1943 being 93, No loss of life occurred from fire in 1944, as compared with one death in 1943…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.).—Military material valued at more than £1,000,000 was destroyed by fire. The material was stored in the…
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Sydney, January 5.—The Premier, Mr. McKell, said today that it was gratifying to note the steady response of the public in rendering aid to people who…
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A few minutes alter noon yesterday the South and Central Brigades responded to a call to 56 Wilson Street, South Broken Hill, where a shed at the rear of…
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Both Central and South Fire Brigades attended a fire yesterday at 36 Wilson Street, South Broken Hill, where a shed at the rear of the…
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Mr. J. Shuttleworth, a former fire chief here, about 15 years ago, has just completed a holiday here. He spent the time renewing old friendships, and he met the…
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SYDNEY.—William Foster (17), a side-show fire-eater, caught fire last night while he was rehearsing his act at Tweed Heads, on the New…
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NEW YORK, January 16.—When a lie test was given to Charles Bohme, of Chicago, who had confessed to having set 14 fires, he fell…
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A SPECTACULAR blaze starting at a wharf in an Australian port yesterday afternoon rapidly spread to a tied-up freighter, which…
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THE FORESTRY Commission of Victoria has sent out 60 of these portable receiving and transmitting sets of forestry officers…
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SYDNEY.—Damage estimated to run into double figures in thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out in a factory occupied by…
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The fire which caused extensive damage to a 15,000-ton merchantship and more than 400 yards of wharf at an Austrailan port on…
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