Kitchen Fire
At 4.55 p.m. yesterday, the Central Fire Brigade was called to 136 Thomas Street where a fire in the kitchen was extinguished with buckets of water. No…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Colliery Fire
Cessnock—After sixty-five continuous hours the struggle to save 1,500,000 tons of coal from fire at Bellbird Colliery. Cessnock, miners have had to seal off…
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London, June 24.—Three people were badly injured and 20 others were treated for shock when a London [?] express caught fire in a funnel a [?]…
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San Francisco, June 24.—Harry Bridges, Australian born president of Longshoremen's Union was today described as "an unseen Communist…
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Central Fire Brigade was called to a boot repairer's shop at 205 Argent Street at 1.29 p.m. today. They extinguished a fire at the…
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Christchurch.—Settlement claims to date for death and injury in Ballantyne's store fire on November 18, 1947, in which 44 people lost…
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As a result of the disastrous bush fire in the Netley district last summer, a well-attended meeting of graziers at Netley last Sunday decided on a plan embracing a large-scale organisation to combat the…
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On Sunday last the initial meeting took place of the N[?]ley fire Organisation at Kudgee Lake. A meeting of pastoralists was held to discuss future fire fighting arrangements. The attendance was large, and Mr. Gordon Ker was elected [?]…
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Adelaide, July 7.—Designed and manufactured by Mr. J. T. Campbell, of Adelaide, a fire alarm, claimed to be the most sensitive fire detector in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turkish Ship Set Fire by Explosion
Istanbul, July 10 — At lest forty-nine persons are reported dead in a heavy explosion which set fire to the 5,000 ton Turkish passenger ship Corum in…
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Melbourne. — Patrons at the Liberty Theatre, Bourke Street, were unperturbed when films in the projection room burst into…
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Sydney.—Fire broke out early Tuesday morning in the entrance of the Communist Party's rooms, William Street, King's cross. The…
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Sydney, July 12.—Although a fire, which gutted the fourth floor of Derwent House, Castlereagh Street today, destroyed the National Coursing…
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Just recently the initial meeting took place of the Netley Fire Organisation at Kudgee Lake. A meeting of pastoralists was held to discuss future fire fighting arrangements. The attendance was large, and Mr. Gordon Ker was elected…
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Preaching at the Oxide Street Methodist Church last evening, the Rev. H. C. Horner took as his subject "Feeding The Fires." Mr. Horner said that…
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Efforts are being made to call pastoralists in the Tibooburra and Milparinka areas together to discuss the possibility of forming a…
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Melbourne.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which, destroyed a laundry building at the Kew Mental Hospital…
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Melbourne, July 19.—At least £100.000 worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the laundry at Kew Mental Hospital last night…
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Tokio, July 20.—Over 20.000 tons of Japanese mined coal, which is t be dumped in the sea off Nyushu, will be placed in shallow water from which it…
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London, July 22.—Revelations that the Allies wartime policy of demanding unconditional surrender from Germany was sprung on Britain by President…
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