Woman Saved From Fire
SYDNEY.—A woman who was trapped in her locked bedroom at Balmain today was critically burned when the room caught fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
339 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 17
Mansion Fire Princess' Future Suit Lost
London, August 31.—The fire which occurred at Sunninghall Park, Princess Elizabeth's future home, in Windsor Forest, on Saturday, damaged beyond…
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On Sunday night a rubbish and grass fire at South Broken Hill drew a large crowd to the scene. The fire was on vacant land towards…
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Sydney, September l.—The most vivid tire in Sydney In months canned damage estimated at twenty thousand pounds and menaced goods and machinery worth…
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Paris, September 1.—Police arrested Antoine Mouillade, 25-year-old director of the Real Cinema and charged him with "Involuntary homleide." after the…
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The Central Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange at 7.25 o'clock last night to a small chimney fire at a house…
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In a respectable shower of rain last night, an unusual sight was the fire engine proceeding along Blende Street. The call was a chimney fire at 101…
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London, September 4.—One woman was killed and ten people, including five children, were injured when a fire which broke out in a cellulose factory…
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Richard John Bates of Chloride Street was the victim of a painful accident on Sunday night. A party including Mr. Bates, had gone to a surrounding site…
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ADELAIDE. — With flames shooting 30 ft. into the air firemen fought one of their most…
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The Central Fire Brigade turned out to two fire calls within an hour last night and also answered a false alarm…
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Adelaide, September 17.—Firemen and employees with wet handkerchiefs over thier months worked in terrific neat and fumes to control a fire which broke out…
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NEWCASTLE.—Victorian Fire Brigade Band won the A grade test, own choice and quickstep championships of Australasia at the first Australasian band championship which ended yesterday…
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Newcastle. September 21.—The Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigades Band won the five hundred pounds selection section of Australasian band…
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SYDNEY.—Twelve yearlings valued at £25,000 had to be led to safety from near by stables when their millionaire owner's (Mr. F. W. Hughes) big wool carbonising factory at Botany was gutted by…
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Sydney, September 28.—The State Industrial Commission today summoned representatives of the Fire Brigaded Officers' Association and Fire Board to…
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Sydney, September 25—Damage estimated at seventy-five thousand pounds was caused by fire in the wool carbonising factory and wool store of F. W…
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SYDNEY — A middle-aged woman was rescued unconscious from her upstairs bedroom by firemen while brigades fought…
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SYDNEY.—Unless the dispute over the fire brigade officers' decision to work only 56 hours a week from October 1, as against…
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CONROE (Texas), September 30.—Artificial rainmaking was tried unsuccessfully in an effort to check 96 forest fires raging in south-east Texas. Two airmen poured dry ice on…
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