Looting in Fire
Coome. — While residents were fighting a fire at the rear of Arthur's newsagency, Cooma, early yesterday morning thieves…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Fire Calls
The Central Fire Brigade answered two calls at the week-end. The first was a malicious false alarm to the corner of Argent and Sulphide Streets…
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Two calls were received by the Central Fire Brigade at the week-end, the first being a false one from the corner of Argent and…
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Coome. — While residents were fighting a fire at the rear of Arthur's newsagency, Cooma, early yesterday morning thieves…
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New York, Feb. 5.— Three parents and 13 children were burnt to death in stove accidents in the…
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Melbourne.—A spectacular blaze lit up Melbourne waterfront early this morning and caused…
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PICTURES of damage caused by a fire at Waterfall Gully, Adelaide. Left—Charred remains of two palm trees and RIGHT—Scarred hillside which was once one of the most beautiful spots in the area…
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Sydney.—Peak Hill Hospital, 30 miles north of Parkes, was evacuated when a bushfire swept to within 100 yards of its gates. Eleven patients were taken…
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At 4.8 p.m. yesterday the South Fire Brigade answered a call to 76 Morish Street where a quantity of timber on the back…
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THE YARRA BANK in Melbourne, was licked by flames when a £200,000 blaze engulfed nine waterside transport depots in Queen's Wharf road. It was Victoria's most spectacular waterfront fire for many years…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 4.10 p.m. on Monday to put out a small grass fire near South Road. The fire was extinguished by beating out the…
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A shed at the rear of a house at 244 Jamieson Street was severely damaged by a fire which broke out yesterday afternoon. The Central Fire Brigade was…
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Almost the entire western half of N.S.W. was covered in the same thick pall of blue smoke that veiled Broken Hill throughout yesterday. It is possible the smoke has drifted from one of two fires…
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Hobart.—Fire swept through Cape Barren Island, destroying most of the island's yacca gum— the inhabitants' main source of…
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Auckland.—A fire in Dalgety and Company's store at Parnell, Auckland, destroyed wool valued at £500,000. The fire also caused £140,000…
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Brisbane.—Bushfires in south-western Queenslnad have destoyed at least 12 sheep stations and are still roaring across the countryside, unchecked. Graziers estimate that nearly…
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Sgt. Newell, who returned from the Pine Ridge Station grassfire this afternoon spoke highly of the work done by Mr…
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A grassfire, sighted by the Flying Doctor returning to the city from Tibooburta yesterday morning, is raging on Pine Ridge Station, about 150 miles north of the city. A report last night said that it had gained serious proportions…
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When Sgt. J. Newell returned from the Pine Ridge Station bushfire late yesterday afternoon, after almost 35 hours without sleep, his first thought was not ot get some rest but to praise the work of the Flying Doctor Base operator (Mr. Frank…
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Another fire broke out on the Pine Ridge property about 150 miles north of the city yesterday, but was brought under control by late afternoon. It is estimated that about 25 to 30 square miles of pastures have been destroyed…
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