Crass Fire
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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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Fire Destroys Local House
A temporary home and its contents aat the rear of 463 Fisher Street were totally destroyed by fire…
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Sydney.—A 24ft motor-launch burned out after it caught fire at its moorings at Bayview, on Pittwater…
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A three-roomed shed was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon before any furniture could be [?]. The shed was situated at…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a rubbish fire at the rear of Woodmans in Argent Lane late yesterday afternoon…
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Sydney, March 2.—A 12-hour battle with a fire today by 100 firefigters saved the tiny township of Termidale near Nyngan from destruction. Many of the…
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Darwin.—An air ambulance left on a 400-mile dash to isolated Yirrkala settlement on the Gulf of Carpentaria to pick up a young…
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Firemen from Central Station had a hot time this morning when a large area of grass, off the Menindee road, near the British…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called at 10.52 a.m. yesterday to a large grass fire near the Menindee road. A large area of grass behind the…
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London, March 7.—A £32,000,000 Mlddleborough oil plant had its tenth fire in ten months. The plant, which is not yet…
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About 9 O'clock last night the South Fire Brigade was called to the residence of Mr. Lloyd Clarke, 76 Morish Street, where articles…
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At 8 p.m. on Thursday night, the South Fire Brigade answered a call to the home of Mr. Lloyd Clark. 7 Merish Street…
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At 4.33 a.m. yesterday the Fire Brigade was called to 411 Williams Street where a laundry was alight. The laundry, which…
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Melbourne.—Damages estimated at more than £50,000 caused by a huge fire which [?] there storey [?]rain at [?] Thousands of pounds worth of machinery recently imported from…
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A family living at a camping area near the Impenal Dam, off the Mt. Gipps Road,, lost most of…
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A large grass fire has been burning near Naryilco for the last few days. Naryilco is about 23 miles over the Queensland border…
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A family of three lost most of their possessions when a fire destroyed their camp at the camping area near the Im-perial Dam on Sunday. They are Mr…
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When a garage caught fire at the rear of 396 Oxide Street last night, Mr. W. L. Dickson, the occupant of the house, received…
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About 7.52 p.m. on Tuesday night, the Central Fire Brigade answered a call to the home of Mr. W. L. Dixon of 396 Oxide Street, where a garage was alight…
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Canberra, March 16.—Noisy, bitter scenes, which kept the House in uproar for an hour and a half, marked the closing of the sitting today. Mr. Bryson (Lab. Vic.) was suspended, and the Speaker (Mr. Cameron) at one stage threatened to…
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