Fire in Shed Extinguished
The Fire Brigade extinguished a fire in a shed belonging to Adjib Khan at the rear of 758 Chappie Street yesterday. The call was received about 4.28 p.m…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
425 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 22
Woman Saves Home From Bush-Fire
Adelaide, March 31.—Encircled by flames and nearly blinded by smoke, Mrs. W. Driver (30). saved her mother's home from destruction by fire at Carey's Gully…
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ADELAIDE. — After helping a constable extinguish a small fire at a Semaphore slippery dip,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cargo Quells Fire Wharfside Drama With A Happy Ending
Recently the seven thousand ton British freighter, Pemba, caught fire beside a Sydney wharf. Within minutes she was well ablaze, and both fire…
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According to information released by police, a four-roomed musterer's hut at Coolamon an cut-station on Netallie was completely destroyed by fire early…
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Severe damage to a front scat was caused when a fire started in a car at South Broken Hill last night…
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MELBOUBNE — A bushfire which threatened the small dairy township of Laang, In the western district, was put out on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire In Sydney Destroys £600,000 Of Cotton
Sydney, April 1.—More than fifteen thousand bales of cotton, valued at £600,000, were completely destroyed tonight when a fire gutted the…
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Sydney, April 2.—Cotton destroyed in hut night's fire at the Customs Store, Waterloo, was not insured and the cost will have to be borne by the taxpayer, it…
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DARWIN—A fire which burned the wooden door of Darwin's £20,000 naval barracks is being investigated, by Northern…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a small fire amidst rubbish at 489 Blende Street Saturday afternoon. The call was received at 12.46 p.m. and the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arabs Adamant to Cease Fire Appeal Will Resist Jewish State
Jerusalem, April 4.—Hopes of securing a cease fire agreement in Palestine are in the balance. It seems that the Arabs will not participate and threaten to fight against any Jewish State for Palestine. The Palestine Government was…
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MELBOURNE.— Fire caused more than £10,000 damage in Wiltshire File Co.'s factory in Sunshine Road, Tottenham, but…
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CIGARETTE—PROOF PLASTIC.—Visitors to the 1948 British Industries Fair will see a new eigarette-proof, decorative laminated plastic which has been produced In a wide rance of colors. Besides heine cigarette-proof, which makes it Ideal for tables,…
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ORANGE.—It is estimated that a fire in portion of Western Stores and Edgley's Ltd, premises, in the centre of the shopping block,…
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THE B.I.C. is to ask the Fire Brigades Assactation in Sydaey for support is having the Broken Hill Fire Brigade fully. staffed This was dacldad at last night's B.I.C. meeting when it was stated that the City Ceuncil was waiting for the Fire [?]…
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Melbourne, April 9. — A series of raging bush fires, all of them out of control, are causing widespread havoc between Lilydale and Warburton in the Upper Yarra district, less than 50 miles from Melbourne. The fires are spreading in country…
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Melbourne, April 11.—Heavy rain to-day brought forest fires in Warburton and Healesville ranges under control. The chief fire officer of the Forests…
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MELBOURNE.—Fere which broke out in a hold of the freighter Pemba at Port Melbourne late on Saturday night destroyed 50 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jerusalem Under Shell Fire for First Time Arabs And Jews At War—Many Casualties
Jerusalem, April 10.—The Holy City yesterday came under shell fire for the first time in history. The city received at least ten shells in the western suburbs from a position plotted by military observers as being near Castel village on Mount Castel. Arab gunners fired a salvo of shells…
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