Selfridge's Gutted by Fire; £160,000 Loss
Perth.—Damage, estimated at £160,000 was done by a fire at Selfridge's Store, in the heart of the city shopping area, in Hay Street, early today…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Fire in House
At 3.20 a.m. today the Central Fire Brigade attended a fire at 331 Mica Street. Herbert William Flanagan was stated to have been…
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Throwing thick clouds, of smoke over the city a shed, which caught alight in Cobalt Street last night provided residents of the area with a spectacular…
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Owner of a city house caused a minor fire through smoking in bed in the early hours of yesterday morning. At 3.20 o'clock the Central Fire…
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Damage estimated at £300 was done to a brick, wood and galvanized iron workshop at the rear of the Methodist manse at 179 Cobalt St., occupied by the Rev. F. Albury, last night…
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Sydney.—A police launch rescued three men from the sea in Broken Bay after a fire had gutted the 40ft. luxury cruiser 'Little…
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On Saturday the central Fire Brigade answered two calls to minor outbreaks of fire. This brought the total number of cans to fires to five for the week. The…
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An appeal hu been mada by the District Fire Officer (Mr. V. Dolman) for residents to assist the Brigade when a call for Assistance is made through the…
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ADELAIDE.—Several homes at Cherryville are threatened by a bushfire, which was burning at Lenswood, yesterday. Cherryville is a township in the hills near Adelaide…
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At 12.57 p.m today the Central Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Argent and Sulphide Streets where wires on an…
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Melbourne.—The worst fire in Geelong's history last night destroyed a storage shed at the railway station, causing about…
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M[?]CLES were used to evacuate 12 families endangered by [?] S.A., bushire Some of the vehicles, loaded with furniture and pe[?] belongings, are shown outside the Cherryville Post Office…
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The Central Fire Brigade answered call at 12.67 p.m. yesterday to the corner of [?] and Argnet Strests, where in overhead wire was alight…
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A Reveller in Vienna recently called out the fire brigade at 4 o'clock in the morning to find a diamond tie-pin, he had dropped…
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At 4.6 yesterday the Central Fire Brigade was called to the intersection of Kaolin and Beryl Streets where a small grass fire…
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At 4.8 p.m yesterday the Central Fire Brigade was called to a small fire on the Beryl Street side of the Adelaide railway line near Kaolln-Street, where…
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Adelaide, January 31.—While firemen were queuing a fire in the roof of a three-storey building of A. M Blckford and Sons' factory and laboratories in…
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At 7.10 p.m. yesterday, the South Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Patton and South Sts. where a small quantity of grass…
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New York, February 1.—Eighteen people died in a fire which swept an aged persons' home in Hoquiam (Washington)…
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Two calls were received by the Central Fire Brigade at the weekend, the first being a false one from the corner of Argent and…
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