Small Fire
Slight damage resulted from a fire last night at premises at 312 Patton Street, occupied by. Mr. Harold Appleby…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Fire in Shed
At 6.40 o'clock last night the South Fire Brigade was called to 312 Patton Street where there was a blue in a shed. The fire was extinguished with…
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Contents of a laundry were severely damaged by fire shortly after noon today. Central Fire Brigade was called…
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Pennsylvania, December 12:—Eight Children died when their home burned yesterday. The victims were five boys and three girls whose father is an…
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[?]essing the danger of lighting fires outback, a police officer said today that two serious fires had been narrowly averted in the Tibooburra district in recent weeks…
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Sydney, December 13.—A motor assembly plant completed only a few weeks ago and 200 new cars and trucks were destroyed in a £2,000,000 blaze at Waterloo early this morning. The building had token two years to construct for…
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On Saturday afternoon there was much hilarity at the Fire Station when Father Christmas (whose identity is still a mystery) arrived in all his honor and…
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A shed used to store groceries at the rear of premises at 176 Patton Street caught fire yesterday afternoon and damage valued at about £1,800 resulted…
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Despite the courage aftd hardihood of Mr. Ron Simmons, a fire among groceries could not be checked for 20 minutes. One of Broken, Hill's most…
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With the arrival summer heat to dry out the abundant green feed in the whole of the Wost Darling district. a special worming against, and appeal to prevent, bushfires has been issued by the Broken Hill police…
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Adelaide. December 14. —A tipping plant which transfers Leigh Creek coal from narrow to broad cause trucks at Terowie was destroyed by fire early…
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With the arrival of summer heat to dry out the abundant green feed in the whole of the West Darling district, a special warning against, and appeal to prevent, bushfires has been issued by the Broken Hill police…
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Fire spread rapidly through the store sheds at the rear of Dyer & James' bakery in Cornish Street shortly after 2 p.m. today…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a number of small electrical Arcs upon being called to Ryan Street about 11.41 a.m. Saturday…
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No estimate of the damage caused in the fire at Dyer and James bakery on Saturday has yet been made…
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Damage estimated at nearly £20,000 was caused by a fire which severely damaged the haul-age appliances of No. 2 tunnel of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dyer & James' Bakehouse Scene Of Big Fire Store Room, Sheds Gutted
One store room and goods sheds were completely gutted and one store room severely damaged when a big blaze swept through buildings at the rear of Dyer & James' bakehouse at 217 Cornish Street early on Saturday afternoon. The use of a…
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Shortly before 2 p.m. today Central Fire Brigade answered a call to the Silverton Tramway, Railway Town…
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London, December 21 — Smoke-blackened firemen are tonight still fighting London's worst. basement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman Under Fire From Party 'Rebel'
Mr James Byrnes, former U.S. Secretary of State, stated recently that too many people in America were thinking of…
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