Fire Damages Truck
A diesel truck used by Silver City Transport on its mail run was returning from Cordillo Downs (Queensland) When it caught fire near Olive Downs Station…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
425 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 22
Washhouse Fire Is Quelled
A fire In a washhouse at the rear of Palace Hotel was extinguished by Central Fire Brigade yesterday morning…
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Yesterday morning, at 11.5 o'clock, the Central Fire Brigade answered a call to a fire in an open yard at the, rear of the Palace Hotel. The Brigade…
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ADELAIDE. — Because the Fire Brigade had let incipient fires burn, several incendiaries were serving prison sentences in Adelaide, South…
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Tangier, February 10.—Spanish troops fired on a Moorish Nationalist procession in Tetuan and killed or wounded a number of people. The…
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SYDNEY. — A single-decker bus travelling from Northwood, to Wynyard with 29 passengers, burst into flames while crossings the Harbour…
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South and Central Fire Brigades were called to a fire at the rear of Conroy's Butcher shop at the eorner of Mercury and Bismutri…
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Mr. J. G. Polkinghorne, secretary of the B.I.C., has received a letter of thanks to all volunteers who fought the recent Netley fire…
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PARIS, February 9. — Five Boy Scouts were seriously injured when ari anti-tank mine exploded under their camp fire at Croisrnare,…
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Mr. J. G. Polkinghorne, secretary of the B.I.C., has received the following letter from the Weinteriga Pastoral Company…
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Yondon. February 9.—A number of people were killed or wounded when Spanish troops fired on a Moorish nationalist procession at Tetuan, in…
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MELBOURNE.—Big squads of fire fighters yesterday, battled bush fires in 15 country districts of the State…
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South and Control Fire Brigades were called to a fire at the rear of Conroy's Butcher shop at the corner of Mercury and Bismuth Streets at 12.20 a.m…
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The first monthly meeting of the Wilcannia Branch of the Pastoralists' Association took place in the P.P. Board Office on Friday last. Bush fires and the shortage of essential materials were the principal matters discussed…
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ADELAIDE.—Bush Ares are menacing Bridgewater and Mylor, in the Adelaide hills. The "Bridgewater fire is said to have started…
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A visit by the president of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) and the Chief Fire Officer(Mr. E. Griffiths)…
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Adelaide, February 11.—City Coroner (Mr. Cleland), at an inquest today, found that a fire at an altar at St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Cathedral in Adelaide…
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MELBOURNE. — Fire brigades fought for three hours before they saved the 7043-ton steamer Cheyebassa from being destroyed by fire…
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Adelaide, February 16.—Another blaze which occurred on the freighter, Willesden, after it had been towed back, damaged to Port Adelaide on Saturday…
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ADELAIDE—Cargo damaged in the freighter Willesden may amount to £180,000. The agents (George Wills and Co. Ltd.) today…
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