Fire Prevention Week
Sydney. November 4.—This year's Fire Prevention Week and the Bush Fires Prevention campaign will open on November 17…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
339 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 17
Death By Fire In Train
London, November 6.—Some passengers jumped to safety and others were trapped when a Swedish train caught fire yesterday when passing the scene…
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The Fire Brigade answered a call to on incinerator fire at the comer of Patton and Comstock Streets at 11.20 p.m. on Saturday. The blaze was…
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The South Fire Brigade was called by a volunter fireman to an incinerator fire at the corner of Patton and Comstock Streets on…
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BATHURST. — Valuable antiques were lost when a five destroyed the historic Docknairne homestead at Raglan, six miles…
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A man who was alleged to have attempted to set fire to his sister's house on Saturday night was remanded on £300 bail to December 11 on a charge of Arson by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday morning…
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CHRISTCHURCH (NZ). —Twenty-nine persons were killed and 12 or 13 others are missing as a result of a fire which…
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Auckland (N.Z.), November 28. — More than 50 people were burned to death in the worst fire in New Zealand's history at Ballantyne's Department Store in Christchurch this afternoon. The total deathroll is not yet known. Firemen and relatives are searching the ruins. The outbreak occurred during the busy shopping period and spread so quickly that many…
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Melbourne, November 18. — Public drilling of picture theatre audiences on how to reach safely in case of fire was recomended by the Health…
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SYDNEY.—A big blaze on the harbor front was averted yesterday by the courage of members of the crew of the steamer Nankin…
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Melbourne, November 18.—The bushfire danger is expected to be greater this summer than at any time in Victorian history…
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BRISBANE.—Mrs. Agnes Robertson (86) was burned to death in a fire which gutted the top storey of a tenement house at New Farm…
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The Central and South Fire Brigades were called through the local exchange to a fire at 177 Brazil Street at 8.37 o'clock last night…
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At 8.37 o'clock last night Central Fire Brigade received a call through the Exchange to a fire at 177 Brazil Street. The fire was round to be a small one…
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SYDNEY.—The Industrial Commission yesterday granted the New South Wales Fire Brigade officers a 56-hour week. The new award…
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Next Thursday night officers of the Central Fire Brigade will demonstrate the uses of fire extintinguishers to the members of the…
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NEWCASTLE.—A pit top five which did more than £1000 worth of damage at South Waratah Colliery yesterday reached the…
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FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS of the burnt-out Central Motor Garage belonging to Messrs. Tucker Bros., Curramulka, which was…
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The Central Fire Brigade answered two false alarms and a small cottage fire yesterday. The fire was at 659 Blende Street and was extinguished by…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire at 659 Blende St. at 6.8 p.m. yesterday. The building, occupied by Mr. H. G. Matson,…
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