Blowlamp Starts Fire
A blowlamp was the cause of a fire which damaged about eight square-feet of wall at the Salvation Army Hall, Gypsum Street,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 19
Two Fire Calls In Hour
The Central Fire Brigade was called to two miner fires within an hour yesterday morning. to a small rubbish fire at the rear of…
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Perth, August 30.—According to a statement made by the only passenger who lived for three days after the crash of the A.N.A. Skymaster Amana…
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A small fire which broke out in the office of the local R.S.L. about 9.15 last night was quickly brought, under control by the…
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Late yesterday afternoon the footbridge at the corner of Beryl and Chloride Streets, near Sturt Park, caught alight and the Central Fire…
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Slight damage was caused to the footbridge at the corner of Beryl and Chloride Streets when a quantity of rubbish caught fire…
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Lithgow. — A bush fire threatened to sweep across a mountain top into a big R.A.A.F. ammunition dump…
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Mr. C. A. Milledge, fifth officer of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade, arrived on the Sydney plane yesterday, and is staying at the Freemasons…
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Sydney.—Amid shattering explosions and dense black smoke firemen from all over Sydney are fighting a terrific blaze in the big storage shed at the Rozelle railway goods yards. The fire, which is in a two-storeyed galvanised iron…
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The Central Fire Brigade last night went to the corner of Wills and Gypsum Streets in answer to a malicious false alarm…
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Sydney, September 4.—A fire which swept through the Government railway stores at Lilyfield to-day caused damage estimated at…
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Visiting Broken Hill is Mr. C. A. Milledge, fifth officer of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade. Mr. Milledge is carrying out an inspection of fire equipment and…
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The South Fire Brigade was called to Patton Street at 1.45 p.m. today to extinguish a rubbish fire which was burning in a yard at the…
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Los Negros, September 7. — Soldiers, sailors, and members of the War Crimes Court joined forces here today to fight…
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Wagga—A gang of thieves, intent on stealing clothing— Took a utility truck from behind the Commercial Hotel at…
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Sydney. — A blazing, val of varnish exploded a few seconds after an employee had dragged it clear of a building at the Standard…
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Los Negros (AAP-Reuter), September 6—Soldiers, sailors, and civilians joined forces here yesterday to fight bush fires threatening a petrol store after an old…
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New York, September 8.—A mysterious "pillar of fire" shooting skyward from the Behring Sea is reported by residents of Nunivak…
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Sydney.—Two connected power stations at Hurstville were damaged by fire and a violent explosion, which occurred simultaneously, carly today. It is believed that a fire in one powerhouse caused an explosion in the other…
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Melbourne.—Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a large quantity of oil and valuable refining…
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