Rubbish Fire
The Central Fire Brigade received a call to a rubbish fire in Thomas Street on Saturday afternoon at 4.42 o'clock. A quantity of rubbish was alight in a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Minor Fires
At 5 p.m. the Central Fire Brigade received a call from a residence in Thomas Street where an electrical tiring fault had caused a slight fire. No damage…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called at 5 p.m. yesterday to promises in Thomas Street. A slight fire had been caused by an…
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At 12.56 p.m. today the Central Fire Brigade was called to Galena Street power station. A petrol fire underneath an auxiliary plant…
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Syaney.—When a motor cycle crashed through the closed foldings doors of Lane Cove fire station Carmelo Papamdrea. 17. and a girl…
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Sydney.—Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel, Kookaburra, were severely burnt when a fire swept through the…
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The Central Fire Brigade received a call from the Galena Street power station at 12.56 p.m. yesterday where a petrol fire undermeath an auxiliary plant had…
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Shanghai, April 20.—Twenty-six British naval men were killed and 23 wounded when Chinese Reels fired on two ships in the Yangtse. Seventeen deaths were in the sloop Amethyst and nine in a…
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Melbourne—Two young men were burnt to death when fire destroyed a small, cottage on a fruit block at Merbein, near Mildura,…
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Berlin, April 25.—Five British soldiers are in Russian hands as a sequel to skirmishes on the zonal border on Friday. according to…
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At 7.40 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to the rear of 415 Argent Street where it extinguished a chimney blase…
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London, May 4— Sabotage is suspected by Scotland Yard in a fire that swept a rubber dump in West Ham. London, yesterday…
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London, May 5.—At least [?] persons, all girls are dead and 24 people, including two firemen, injured at a result of a disastrous fire…
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Brisbane— Seven men are missing in Moreton Bay after escaping from a blazing launch early today. They are believed to be helplessly drifting in a tiny dinghy. Fears for their safety are held…
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Sydney. May 9.—With sirens screaming two fire engines from Headquarters rushed to Martin Place late this afternoon to attend a report of a fire. They…
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Miami, May 13.—A coast guard cutter today reported that the fire on the Swedish tanker Atlanta had been extinguished. A radio report said all the crew members…
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Sydney.— Two valuable racehorses, Man[?]go and Merry Alma, perished in a fire at Ascot racecourse this afternoon…
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Sydney, May 16.—A thief or thieves robbed and then [?]et alight to a house in Lakemba on Saturday night. The house was completely destroyed. Owner of the…
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Sydney—Under legislation now ready for Parliament, insurance companies will have to pay 75 percent, of the costs of the new Fire…
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London May 19—An anonymous letter writer confessed to a crime for which a company director is serving a three years gaol term. The company director is Derek Clayton-Wright (31), owner of…
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