Fire in Shed
At 8.25 o'clock yesterday morning the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a Are at the corner of Cornish and Nicholls street. It was found on arrival…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Two Tugs Missing Twenty Fire Men Abroad
Perth, January 19.—Two tugs, one towing the other, are a week overdue at Fremantle. There are 25 men aboard, and a search…
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Melbourne, January 20.—There were further bush fires today, menacing the township of Anglesea 20 miles from Geelong. The fire started yesterday…
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Singapore, January 20. — Four hundred harbor workers twice attacked Singapore harbor fire station. Eight persons were injured. Firemen, using…
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Yesterday morning at 11.22 o'clock the Central Fire Brigade was called by the fire alarm box at the corner of Chappie and Zebina Streets and…
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Bush fires are relentless visitations. Victoria is menaced again by them, though fortunately so far they have not been attended by loss of human life,…
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Melbourne, January 21.—Yesterday was a serious day in Victoria when many bushfires destroyed much stock feed and property. At a late hour last night the Forests Commission was able to report that the most serious outbreaks had…
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Youldoo Station homestead, about 20 miles from White Cliffs, together with contents, was destroyed by fire late yesterday…
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Yesterday the homestead at Youldoo Station, 20 miles from White Cliffs, was destroyed by fire. The owner of the property, Mr. W. Sullivan, and his…
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DARWIN— Captain Victor Pederson, Salvation Army- flying preacher, who was missing for 2½ days when his aircraft was forced down in treacherous scrub country north-west of Wyndham last week, arrived back in Darwin last night. He was flying from Wyndham…
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Sydney, January 23.—A special bush fire warming was issued tonight by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley). He said that the month of January was…
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Yesterday the Homestead at Youldoo Station, 20 miles from White Cliffs, was destroyed by fire. The owner of the property, Mr. W. Sullivan, and his…
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ADELAIDE— Following the destruction yesterday afternoon of the Baptist Church in Rose Terrace, Wayville, about 150 yards away the main classroom block of the Methodist Ladies' College was gutted by fire last night. Damage is estimated at about £8000…
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SYDNEY—Fire which swept through a store containing large quantities of celluloid, sulphur, and sodium peroxide caused…
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Sydney, January 26—An elderly man was incinerated, in a galvanised iron hut at Port Kembla early this morning when a kerosene lamp overturned…
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Melbourne, January 29.—A fire reported as having its origin in a spark from a steam roller swept through 3,000 acres of trees and grassland in…
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MELBOURN E.—A fire which destroyed large sections of the members' and public grandstands at Williamstown racecourse yesterday afternoon will prevent racing there for an indefinite period. The fire, which…
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A fire which destroyed large sections of the members' and public grandstands at Williamstown Racecourse on Wednesday afternoon will prevent racing…
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POLICE report on the five which destroyed Youldoo Station homestead, 20 miles from White Cliffs, on January 21, indicates…
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LONDON, January 30.— Several Australians were killed when the British steamer Sam Water,…
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