Three Escape From Fire
Sydney.—A young couple and their nine months old baby narrowly escaped being burnt to death when a fire gutted the Hollywood guest house at Wallacia early this morning. They are Arthur Powell (30)…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 19
Quondong Fire Under Control
A party of about 50 volunteers who have been fighting an extensive grass fire on Quondong Station, South Australia, since…
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A grass fire which is burning on Quondong Station, in South Australia, was fought yesterday by men from Lilydale and Mutooroo Stations…
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Sydney — A spectacular fire destroyed or damaged about 4000 bales of cotton, worth more than £100,000, at the Sydney Show…
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Sydney. — Many employees suffered from shock and burns when a fire swept through Taubman's paint and varnish factory,…
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Fanned by a strong easterly wind, a grassfire, which started on Quondong Station (S.A.) early this week, is out of control, and is sweeping towards the New South Wales border. The fire has covered 40 miles of…
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The bushfire on South Australian stations some 80 miles from the city, which, has been burning since Monday, night, was brought under control…
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A minor bushfire outbreak was reported from Connulple Station, cast of Tibooburra yesterday afternoon. The fire cannot spread as the area is rocky…
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Sydney. December 7.—A spectacular fire this morning gutted a two-storeyed lacquer plant in the industrial heart of St. Peter's. Sydney. The plant, valued…
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Mr. Harold McDonald, of Mannahill, said today that the Oakdale (S.A.) firefighters were desperately short of power plants (fire-fighting equipment. On a 60-mile front only five units were available, he said…
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Reports yesterday afternoon concerning the grass fire on Quondong Station indicated that the flames at the northeast corner of the stricken area had leapt out of control and were sweeping toward the New South Wales border. Sgt. J…
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A minor bushfire outbreak was reported from Connulple Station, cast of [?]burra Wednesday afternoon. The fire cannot spread as the area is rocky…
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Sydney.—Almost the entire adult population of Tea Gardens, near Port Stephens, in the Newcastle area, last night formed a bucket…
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Several independent fires broke away yesterday from the Quondong property grass fire in S.A. Three of them were on the eastern side, and one bad one was on the east side of the trouble, but last night reports indicated that the main…
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Mr. H. McDonald, supervisor at the telephone base, Mannahill, said today that[?] night last night the Cronje Dam fire was under control. However, fire now rag[?] 20-mile front at the Great Eastern Dam, near Mutooroo Station. Mrs. Finlay, of Mutooroo…
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Chicago, December 10.—A fire that roared through a four storey negro rooming house early yesterday resulted in eight deaths. They included a man,…
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With the S.A. grass fires getting closer to N.S.W., activities of the Netley Fire Fighting Organisation were stepped up today…
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Fighting a bitter fight against the bushfire which is devastating vast areas of South Australian pastoral areas near the N.S.W. border members of the bushfire fighting unit near Muloornim Station were last night recalled from the fire to…
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Sergt. J. Newell, of the Central police, who returned from the fire front in New South Wales today, said that fire had crossed the New South Wales border at Belmore, about 30 miles from Lock Lily…
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Yesterday the S.A. grass fire was patrolled in the Oakvale area by on R.A.A.F. aircraft which kept in radio communication with a police truck at the scene of the fire. At the nearest point the flames here were reported to be 12 mlies from the…
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