Grant to Fire Fighters
District fire fighting organisations will receive a subsidy of £50 each for the purchase of equipment…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Fire Fighting Subsidy
A subsidy of £50 has been granted to each district fire fighting organisation for the purchase of equipment. Application for the subsidy should be…
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Sydney, April 12—A fire which caused £10,000 damages to a furniture factory at Alexandria early this morning almost trapped a woman, a…
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Sydney.—A spectacular fire gutted the Pyrmont premises of a transport company last night, causing about £250,000 worth of…
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Local brigades made an excellent save early today when a fire broke out in the Legion Club, Argent Street. But for the excellent work of the brigades the fire could have developed into one of the city's biggest outbreaks. The Central and South Brigades…
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Sydney, April 12—A fire which gutted four stalls at the stables of Canterbury horse trainer Alf Klings yesterday burned to death…
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What could have been an extensive outbreak of fire was quelled by prompt action of local firemen yesterday at the Legion Club, Pirie…
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Sydney.—From the warmth of air conditioned bedrooms to the icy blasts of the open air on Mount Kosciusko, guests of the Government Hostel there rushed frantically for safety as flames enveloped the building before dawn. The Hotel Kosciusko, Australia's…
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Sydney, April 18.—More than 100 guests and 92 staff members [?] to safety in night attire when lire gutted the wooden two storey Hotel…
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The destruction by fire early today of Hotel Kosciusko means that at least one-third of the NSW skiers who hoped to visit their State's snowfields this winter will have to ski in Victoria or stay at home…
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Sydney. — Many Sydney homes will be without the usual evening fire this winter because of an acute fuel shortage. Merchants…
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Sydney. — Many Sydney homes will be without the usual evening fire this winter because of an acute fuel shortage. Merchants…
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A spectacular fire at 334 Cobalt Street, about 9.45 o'clock on Saturday night completely gutted eight rooms of a 13-roomed house, owned by Mrs. G. Ferrugia. The Central Fire Brigade received the call at 9.50 o'clock by…
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A house was almost totally destroyed by fire at 334 Cobatt Street on Saturday night. The premises occupied by Mr. Stan Cowie…
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Cause of the fire at 334 Cobalt Street on Saturday night is not yet known. The blaze, which started in the lobby near the back of the premises, caused…
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Goulburn. — At least £30,000 worth of damage was caused in the South Goulburn 1000 yards early this morning when…
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Sydney—A man risked his life in a vain attempt to save two transport drivers, who burned to death when their trailer crashed down an embankment and burst into flames between Wagga and Tarcutta…
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The Sturt Club has arranged to hold a social welling on Sunday to raise financial assistance for those of its members who suffered less as a result of the…
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New York, May 6.—22 airmen were killed when a BC6 bomber crashed in landing at Albuquerque,…
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Geneva.—Stage technicians in Geneva's Grand Theatre rehearsed the magic fire scene—the climax to Wagner's dramatic…
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