Fire Sweeps Car; Woman Gets Burns
Sydney. — A woman was severely burned and her husband was injured when a car backfired and started a grass fire at Broadwater, near Lismore. Flames enveloped the car and the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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BUSHFIRES: "More Or Less" Under Control
Sydney, November 12.—Smoke s[?]rouded a blazing sun over most of N.S.W. today, although Forestry Commission officers said bushfires…
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Maitland—A rabbiter who set fire to fern and grass on Deadman's Creek, near Seaham, on Saturday, was sentenced at Maitland Court to three months'…
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The South Fire Brigade was called to a house at 111 Palton Street yesterday at 9.20 a.m. to extinguish a chimney fire. The…
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Sydney, November 13.—Two bushfires, which flared up in the Blue Mountains this afternoon…
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As a result of a number of inquiries about a recent advertisement prohibiting open fires, Mr. C. Crowley, Town Clerk, yesterday…
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Sydney—A cloud of smoke from the New South Wales bush fire extends 2000 miles into the Pacific, the…
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Sydney, Nov. 14.—The town of Coonabarabran will be in serious danger tomorrow if strong winds…
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At 3.12 p.m. yesterday, the South Fire Brigade attended a grass fire in a backyard at 374 Hebbard Street…
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Sydney—The worst bush fires in the State's history are still blazing in full fury over vast areas of New South Wales and parts of Sydney. Thousands of weary firefighters resumed the battle at daybreak this morning and have succeeded in checking the…
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Firemen from the Central Fire Brigade attended two fires today. This morning firemen…
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The Acting Town Clerk. Mr. H. Pearce, received instructions from the Chief Secretary's Deportment yesterday that the lighting of fires…
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Sydney—The bush fires ravaging huge areas of N.S.W. have caused damage exceeding £5 million in the past two days. This was reported by the Minister for Social Services (Mr. Finirian), who bases the estimate on preliminary reports so far…
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Sydney— Apart from a dangerous outbreak near Heathcote, on the South Coast, the bush fire situation near Sydney appeared to be under control this morning. However, weather bureau…
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A seven-months-old baby girl perished in flames yesterday when living quarters at 544 Cummins Street caught alight shortly before 11 a.m. The fire…
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Sydney, November 18.—Careful watch is being kept on smouldering areas of the state by forestry…
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The City Coroner (Mr. C. K. Ward) wit hold an inquest on November 26 into the circumstances…
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At 2.9 o'clock this morning,the Central and South Fire Brigades attended a fire at the Federal Palace…
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REMAINS of a room and furniture at 544 Cummins Street, after a fire in which Dianne Judith Bloomfield, aged 7 months, was burnt to death on Sunday. The fire, believed to have been caused by c. spark from a stove in the kitchen, destroyed two wood, iron and hessian rooms. The child's…
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Sydney, Nov. 19.—Concentrations of firefighting equipment and small armies of men have brought…
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