Civilians Help Fire Fighters
Melbourne. — Dozens of civilians assisted a few fire officers to fight a fire in a garage at Northcote last night. The garage was gutted…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Bushfire Prevention
As a preventive of bushfires Willangie Station personnel has suggested that legislation be enforced that all motor vehicles…
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The Gentrar Fire Brigade extinguished a fire in a billiard room at the corner of Oxide Street and Crystal Lane this morning. The…
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The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 12.17 o'clock this afternoon from Ellis' Timber Yard, Cornish Street, Railway Town…
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Montreal, October 19.—Freeing of the Canadian dollar might lead to freeing of currencies everywhere, the chairman of the Bank…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called out a two small fires yesterday. At 10.3 a.m. it was called to a billiards saloon at 16 Argent Street where they…
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Melbourne—A fire broke out early today in the 10,000 tons coastal passenger ship [?] moored at Victoria Dock…
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At a meeting of the Little Topar Fire-Fighting" Organisation held on Sunday, Mr. W. Gale was reelected president and Mr. E…
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London, October 26—The Navy is expected to hold an inquiry into a fire last night in a turret of the cruiser Newcastle, which is…
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Melbourne—Hundreds of bags of sugar were destroyed when fine damaged part of Marchant's aerated waters and cordials…
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Sydney. — Nineteen-year-old Margaret Whitney, of Cooma, saved equipment worth over £50,000 from destruction by fire early…
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Members of the South Fire Brigade beat out a grass fire to which the brigade was summoned at South Broken Hill today…
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Sydney.—A raging fire early today quickly burned through the whole of the top storey of Cropley Chambers, in George Street, Haymarket, gutting the White Russian Club…
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London. October 29.—Firemen and shipyard workers were today trying to save the new 28,200 ton Orient liner Oronsay from falling over onto the…
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Negligible damage was caused by a fire in the lounge room of premises at 124 Thomas Street called at 12.45 p.m., extinguished…
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London, October 30.—Firemen and shipyard workers saved the new Orient liner Oronsay from capsizing in dock at Barrow-in-Furness. The 28,000-ton liner began to…
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The Pastora is.s' Association is to campaign against bushfires. The secretary (Mr. A. J. Beston) said today the association was…
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London, October 31 — Vickers Armstrong Limited announced that damage to the liner Oronsay in Saturday night's fire was not…
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Wauchope.—The building trade through N.S.W. will be seriously affected by the destruction by fire late last night of one of the…
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Brisbane, November 2.—A wealthy grazier was fatally burned and his homestead destroyed by fire 35 miles west of, Kingaroy early this morning…
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