Fire At Pine Ridge
A second fire broke out on Pine Ridge yesterday, but was later brought under control. Pine…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 23
Refuge in Water From Bushfire
Sydney.—About 40 women waded into a boat harbor to escape a bushfire on the Kurnell Peninsula yesterday…
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Shortly before 9.30 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to Thomas Street Off Chloride Street where a 1929 A Model Ford was on fire…
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At 9.8 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to the intersection of Thomas and Kaolin Streets, where a motor car…
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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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When Sgt. J. Newell returned from the Pine Ridge Station bushfire late yesterday afternoon, after almost 3[?] hours without sleep, his first thought was not to get some rest but to praise the work of the Flying Doctor Base operator (Mr. Frank…
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Sydney.—A fire which destroyed a weatherboard block of seven flats at Harbord last night, brought to light a hoard estimated to total beween £10,000 and £20,000. It belonged to Mrs Elizabeth Pember (78), one of three elderly…
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FIRE-FIGHTING TANKER with a capacity of 1,100 gallons of water and 40 gallons of foam has been demonstrated in…
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Adelaide.—Reports of careless fire lighting by motorists in the country were of the gravest concern to the Royal Autmobile…
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Smoke hanging in the vicinity of Mica and Oxide Streets yesterday afternoon a used the Central Fire Brigade to receive a call at 5.56 o'clock. However, the…
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Brisbane.—Sheep valued at £150,000 have been burnt to death in a fire which swept through five stations in the…
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Brisbane, February 21.—Sheep worth £150,000 have been burned to death on Cumberland Station when are swept through five properties in the Barcaidine…
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Yass. — Workshops at the Burrinjuck Dam construction project were destroyed by fire for a loss of between £50,000 and…
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At 3.35 o'clock this morning the Central Fire Brigade was called to 164 Wolfram Sttrect, where a cottage, occupied by James Edward…
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G. Weeks, arrived on last night's Comet from Sydney to take up duty at the Central Fire Station tomorrow morning…
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G. Weeks, arrived on last night's Comet, from Sydney to take up duty at the Central Fire Station tomorrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Scout Week Camp Fire Entertainment
Other activities were held on Thursday night in conjunction with the continuance of Scout Week. Third Barrier Wolf Cub Pack entertained their parents and…
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Sub-Station Officer V. Dolman (officer-in-charge of the Central Fire Station) today asked persons to use a little common sense when reporting a fire. This would assist firemen. Mr. Dolman said that persons…
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The two rear rooms of a cottage at 164 Wolfram Street were severely damaged by fire and water in the early house of Saturday morning. The Central Fire…
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At 6.37 p.m. yesterday the Central Fire Brigade extinguished a grass fire near Crystal Street railway station by beating it out…
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