Fire Danger in Outback Areas
Grasses and herbage along the road between Broken Hill and Tibooburra is drying off and the danger from fire is increasing daily. This was stated today by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Bush Fire Meetings
There will be no picnic race meeting at McDougall's Well on Corona Station on Sunday next. Mr. T. B. Smith, chairman of the…
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Adelaide.— Two fires in the metropolitan area last night caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds…
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New York, October 2.—M. Vishinsky today submitted to the U.N. political and security committee a resolution calling for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of U.N. troops from Korean soil…
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Two adjoining garages and a car were severely damaged by fire in the early hours of yesterday morning. Both garages were destroyed and a light English car…
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Lake Success, October 3.—A resolution calling for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of United Nations troops from Korean soil was tabled in the Political and Security Committee yesterday by the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andri…
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Sydney—The Postmaster-General (Mr. H. L. Anthony), announced that the post office will assist rural fire brigades to…
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The fire danger in the areas south of Broken Hill is greater this year than last. Spear grass in places is from 2ft to 2ft 6in…
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Neighbors and station hands fought a bushfire which broke out five miles from Pimpara Lake homestead[?] about 100 miles…
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At MacDougall's well yesterday afternoon pastoralist within the area covered by the Barrier Ranges Firefighting Organisation held their…
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A reorganisation of several zones in the Barrier Ranges Fire Fighting Organisation was decided on at a meeting at…
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Melbourne. — Negotiations' for a settlement of the Melbourne firemen's strike broke down to-day…
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Careless handling of inflammable liquids and the lack of correct branding of the bottles has been responsible for fires in homes on several recent…
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Necessity for the fire-fighting organisations recently formed in the outback areas was emphasised by the fire on Pimpara Lake Station last week. Quick action prevented the spread of the fire…
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London, October 9.—The final instalment of the Duke of Windsor's memoirs in a Sunday newspaper has brought unprecedented criticism in a section of the British press. Two of the largest Sunday newspapers take the Duke to task for "washing the dirty linen of the British Royal Family in public for money…
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Within four hours last night the Central Fire Brigade answered three alarms. None of the calls was to a…
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New Delhi, October 11.—Hundreds of shops and buildings were destroyed by fire in New Delhi's crowded hosiery market…
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Melbourne. — The Liberty Theatre in Bourke Street was severely, damaged by fire this morning early, but an extension…
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Within four hours last night the Central Fire Brigade answered three fire alarms. None of the calls were big fires…
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Sydney, October 11.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday criticised stopwork meetings which held up Industry. The Commission ordered…
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