Fire Severely Damages Car
Yesterday afternoon at 1.50 o'clock Central Fire Brigade received a call to Pell Lane where a car was found well slight. The car, a Chevrolet sedan was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
319 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 16
Motor Cycle on Fire
At 7.40 a.m. yesterday the Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Argent and Oxide Streets, where a motor cycle was on fire. The fire was extinguished…
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London, February 7.— Between 3,000 and 4,000 books, the majority of them irreplaceable were damaged when a fire broke out in the…
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A shed at the [?]ar of Conroy's butcher shop, Gypsum S[?] was slightly damaged by fire [?] Saturday afternoon. Central Fire Brigade received a call to…
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West Wyalong, February 13.—The tragic story of a mother's desperate attempts to save her son from a burning house was told in the Coroner's Court…
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Port Moresby, February 14.—Early yesterday afternoon a are totally destroyed the building housing the Administration of the Government Secretary…
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The Central Fire Brigade received two calls last night. One was a malicious false alarm received at 9.43 o'clock to the corner of Wills and Gypsum Streets…
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London, February 10. — Britain's national health scheme was under fire in the House of Commons last night when the Health Minister asked for…
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Sydney At least £50,000 damage was done to stocks and machinery in a fire at Australian Rice Mill Pty. Ltd's, mill in…
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Tokio, February 20. Ten thousand Japanese were rendered homeless when fire, fanned by a strong wind swept through…
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London, February 21. A huge fire half a mile long and nearly as broad swept through the Russian-occupied Zisterdorf…
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Tokio, February 20.—A fire, fanned by a strong wind, destroyed 2,500 homes in Nashire, seaport of Northern Honshu, early today…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Sulphide and Lane Streets at 3.40 p.m. yesterday. The call proved to be a malicious false…
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CESSNOCK.—A fire which broke out in Ayrfield No. 3 colliery yesterday threatens to destroy the mine…
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Sydney.—Wharf laborers and firemen worked in searing heat and acrid smoke to save a ship on fire in Sydney Harbor…
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Adelaide.—Furniture valued at £75 was destroyed by fire at the home of Mrs. W. W. Byerley, of Gladstone Avenue. Magill…
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There was a fire in a lorry at South Broken Hill yesterday evening. South Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Eyre and Bonanza Streets at 6.2 p.m…
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Nhill.—More than 20,000 gallons of Municipal Council fuel oil was destroyed by fire at Nhill powerhouse…
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London, March 22 Five mysterious explosions and fires have taken place in Turkey this month, says the Istanbul…
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About 7.30 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was notified of [?]smouldering [?] fire in Sturt Park. Officers went over to the park in the…
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