Second Call To Dump Fire
On Wednesday the Brigade was called to a fire at the rubbish dump in Rakow Street, They exting[?]ished the part which was burning, due again yesterday the fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 11
State-Wide Fire Brigade Strike
Sydney, February 12. — The strike of Sydney firemen which commenced yesterday has become State-wide. This decision was reached at a mass meeting of firemen…
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SYDNEY.—All parties to the Fire Brigades' strike were to confer before Judge O'Mara in the Federal Arbitration Court today in an endeavor to effect a settlement. The strike has now extended to the whole of the State. Fire Brigade officers have so far…
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Sydney, February 11.—The firemen's strike is over. Firemen who have been on strike at all Sydney stations returned to work, at 6 o'clock tonight. The strike…
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NEW YORK, February 19.—A terrific battle is in progress on Iwojima, strategic Japanese island in the Bonins, 750 miles south of Tokio. Japanese resistance is increasing, and the Americans are meeting heavy fire, but they are…
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SYDNEY.—Sirens on fire brigade engines and civil ambulances are to be restored, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—A message from Hartford, Connecticut, says Superior Court Judge Shea imposed heavy sentences on three…
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The Fire Brigade was called out on two false alarms within 70 minutes yesterday afternoon to the corner of Sulphide and Lane Streets…
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THE Fire Brigade was called out by false alarms to the corner of Mica and Oxide Street at 7.52 p.m. yesterday, and to the corner of Bromide and…
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SYDNEY.—Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the freezing works of the Lachlan Pty. Ltd., Cowra. Large…
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New York, February 26.—Bombs from yesterday's raid on Tokio fell near the Imperial Palace, according to Tokio radio, describing the big raid carried out by Super Fortresses and carrier-based planes. Tokio says that some bombs fell adjacent to the Ministry…
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Last night the death of Kevin Klinger (aged 14 months) of Mulyungarie Station occurred at the Hospital. It was reported to the Police that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cologne Is Under Allied Artillery Fire Great Advances; Rapid Deterioration In Enemy Position
London, February 27.—Cologne is now under fire from Allied guns, states the British United Press representative with the U.S. First Army, in a dispatch received in London at 11.30 this morning. Allied infantry supported by tanks advanced against strong…
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Auckland, N.Z., February 28.—the area was isolated and evacuation of nearby residents ordered when a life destroyed an ammunition dump at canterbury today…
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In south-west Queensland, of Durham Downs Station in particular, brumbies (wild horses) in thousands are roaming the Cattle areas. At Durham Downs £5 per head is being paid for their destruction. Mr. Jack Moore, who is engaged there on this…
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SYDNEY—Following upon a sharp criticism yesterday from banking officials, members of Parliament and others the Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →25 Cars Burnt in Melbourne Fire; Big Rubber Loss
TWENTY-FIVE motor cars were among the thousands of pounds worth of vehicles, tyres, petrol, oil, and engineering machinery destroyed by a spectacular fire which broke out shortly after 11 last night in premises owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Cause Fire in Shed
Children playing with matches caused a fire in Jamieson Street, South Broken Hill, this morning. South Fire Brigade answered a call…
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At 10.35 o'clock yesterday morning a shed at the roar of the premises owned by Mr. James Virgo ar 222 Jamieson Street, caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berlin Closer Russians See Fires Kolberg Naval Base Taken—Danzig Ablaze
On the central sector of the Eastern Front the Russian forces under Marshal Zhukov are reported to be so close to Berlin that at night time they can see German searchlight searchlight beams stabbing the sky and the glow of fires resulting from Allied bombing…
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