Duke's Hint On Rockets; Fire Into Sea
MELBOURNEâThe Duke of Gloucester told Mr. Doug Nicholls, secretary of the Aborigines' League, that test…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
349 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 18
Danger of Camp Fires Outback
Several complaints have been received at the Broken Hill Police Station regarding person going outback, lighting camp fires and falling to extinguish…
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A motor cycle, the property of Mr. W. J. Blews, caught on fire at the corner of Chapple and Oxide Streets yesterday when the rider, W. H…
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Lithgow, November 5.—Part of the big State pine forets at Newnes was destroyed by fire, which is still raging. Wider havoc is feared…
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SYDNEY—Over 5,000 acres of forest in the Styx River area, between Armidale and Kempsey, were destroyed by…
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Sydney, November 6—Acting under National Secretary Regulations, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddcley, again issued a drastic order which virtually imposes…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.). — A war emergency underground water resecvoie saved the public hospital containing…
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Armidale, November 7.—A bush fire which broke out at Styx River, 40 miles east of Armidale, on Tuesday morning, now extends over a 40-mlle front along…
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Tamworth, November 8.—Between 25,000 and 30,000 acres of pastoral and rimber country were burnt out in a bushfire which has been racing in an…
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At about 10 o'clock on Saturday night a wood and iron house owned by Mr. T. Jordan was destroyed by fire. It was in Hebbard Street off South Street. The…
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A house in South Broken Hill together with contents, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The house, situated at…
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Sydney, November 10—If bushfires which had destroyed valuable forests and other areas last week had been caused through carelessness or…
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Calcutta, November 11.—The police at Meerut opened fire to disperse unruly crowds a few hours after an announcement that Congress would hold the Annual Session there. Troops and armed police are patrolling the streets. Thirty men, women…
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SYDNEY.—Bragger, 10-year-old "drover's" horse, who has won many good races in Sydney in the past few seasons, was…
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Sir,—In Monday's issue you report a fire at the South at 10 p.m. on Saturday but the actual time was just after 8 p.m. when everyone in the Metropole Theatre…
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At 12.33 p.m. yesterday the Central Fire Brigade answered a call to 586 Wolfram Street where a wood and iron shed at the rear of…
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Sub-Station Officer W. MacDonald will leave for Sydney on Thursday to take up a new appointment. Fireman J. Robertson and K. Riley…
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At the Zinc Corporation yesterday, under the direction of the superintendent, Mr. F. S. Anderson, a new fire alarm underground was tested and proved 100 per cent efficient. Under [?] new method tho alarm…
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A NEW general underground fire alarm system was successfully tested at the Zinc Corporation yesterday under the direction of the underground superintendent (Mr. F. S. Anderson). Under the new method the alarm, which works quickly, is…
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Athens, November 18.—Latest reports from Salonika state that the entire village of Skra has been burn by guerillas who, it has been established, murdered many villagers, including women and children. The situation in other districts of Greece are most…
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