Fire At South
A rear sleepout containing furniture was damaged by fire at South Broken Hill shortly after 2 p.m. today…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Fire Brigade Calls
Both the Central and South Fire Brigades were called to attend small fires yesterday afternoon…
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Only slight, damage was done when the rear verandah of a cottage at South Broken Hill caught alight yesterday afternoon. The call was received from…
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SYDNEY—Hundreds of tons of wheat, bran, pollard and other, produce were destroyed when the N.S.W. Producers Co. Ltd. produce store was gutted at West Concord early today. The damage is estimated at £20,000…
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CHILDREN playing with matches are believed to have been responsible for the fire at premises at 142 Hebbard Street, South Broken Hill. Occupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has withdrawn their objection to the disability allowance claimed by local firemen and granted approximately seven weeks ago by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Arbitration Court. In consequence, Broken Hill firemen…
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The second meeting of the Volunteer Bush Fire Committee was very largely attended, the P.P. Board Office being just large enough to accommodate it. Mr. Ivor Lewis presided in the absence of Mr. A. S. Crossing…
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A grass fire swept over between 300 and 400 acres at Langwell Station on Thursday afternoon. It was caused by lightning during a severe electrical storm…
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The grass fire at Langwell Station a few days ago, in which about 400 acres were burnt out, would seem to the city dweller a catastrophe of very…
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At 12.5 p.m. on Christmas Day the South Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Patton and South Streets to extinguish a fire in a car owned by Mr…
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BATAVIA, Dec. 28.— Dutch representatives are understood to have accepted 80 to 90…
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Yesterday afternoon at 4.53 o'clock Central Fire B[?]eade received a call to a fire at the home of Mr. W. E. Eri[?]en, 528 Williams Street. The fire with…
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A large wood and iron shed at the rear of premises at 528 Williams Street was damaged by fire and water yesterday. The…
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Sydney, December 23.—Mrs. Margaret Eliza Whiting (68) who was severely burned when a fire destroyed her cottage in Parramatta last night, died shortly…
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Philadelphia, December 29.—Roaring out of control in the icy morning winds, one of the worst fires in the city's history destroyed five large wholesale shoe warehouses in the heart of the mercantile district yesterday as well as damaging…
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New York, December 29.—A fire on Christmas night in a small hotel at Orange, Texas, resulted in the deaths at six men and one woman. The half-clad…
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Slight damage was done by fire today to the stables of Mr. G. Spragg, at 339 Chapple Street. The Central Fire Brigade was called…
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Batavia (AAP-Reuter). December 29.—Dutch representatives are understood to have accepted 80 to 90 per cent of the proposals in the latest cease-fire plan…
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Melbourne, December 30.—Fires, red just storms and hot northerly sales ushered in the State's hottest day this summer and caused unpleasant…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to the rear of promises situated at 339 Chappie Street at 12.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon where a fire had started…
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