Big Oil Fire
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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Fires & bushfires, 1950
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 19
Bush Fire on North Property
Warning of the bosh fire danger in the western parts of the state is given by reports received by the Flying Doctor Base of a big…
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Little damage was done to a shed which caught alight at 52 Cobalt-Street early yesterday afternoon. Central Fire Brigade was called…
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The Flying Doctor (Dr. J. V. Tillet) flew yesterday to a station in Queensland to attend a patient. He landed at the scene of an…
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The Flying Doctor (Dr. J. V. Tillett) flew to a Queensland station yesterday morning to attend a patient. On the way he flew over on extensive fire which…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished two electric wires which caught fire on a line pole near Argent House at 8.26 o'clock this…
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Auckland (NZ). — Mr. B. Mearns, an ambulance driver, rushed into burning building in Auckland, and rescued two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tannery Fire in Melbourne
Melbourne, September 21.—A £28,000 fire yesterday burnt out most of Messrs. T. and G. Cooper's tanning factory in Boundary Road, North Melbourne…
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The Flying Doctor (Dr. J. V. Tillett) flew to a Queensland station Tuesday morning to attend a patient. On the way he flew over an extensive fire which…
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Katoomba, September 24.—More than 100 firefighters battled for over 2½ hours this afternoon to save 12 homes from destruction when a bushfire swept…
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A laundry fire at 184 Williams Street, premises occupied by Mr. J. H. Howse, was extinguished by Central Fire Brigade about 1 p.m…
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At 12.51 p.m. on Saturday the Central Fire Brigade was called to [?] Williams Street where there was a [?] in a laundry. It was extinguished was…
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A fire engine and ear were involved in a collision on Saturday afternoon in Crystal Street. The fire engine was answering…
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While on the way to a fire on Saturday afternoon the fire engine was involved in a collision with a car in Crystal Street. The car was being…
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Six local firemen have received promotions as a result of examinations held recently by the Fire Brigade…
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London, September 26:—A fire roaring through a section of the Cresswell Colliery, Derbyshire, today killed 80…
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Sydney, September 27:—A huge fire which brake out in ft stack of baled cotton on a wharf at Glebe Island carly tonight threatened two big cargo shire…
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Despite one section of the district being under water there is a high danger of grass fires in the western section of the country, local police…
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With the bush fire hazard west of the Darling great[?] police ask all campers, who will leave the city during the holiday period to…
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Despite one section of the district being under water there is a high danger of grass fires in the western section of the country, local police…
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