Smoke Without Fire
A[?]cigarette is the perfect type af pleasure. It is exquisite and leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?" Thus spoke oscar…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
428 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 22
Bushfire Claims
Kyneton.—Bushfire claims totalling £50,393 have been lodged in Kyneton County Court against the Victorian…
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HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday.— A big fire was reported today at Warner Bros'…
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Sydney.—Firemen worked through the night to pump out water pouring through the buckled plates of the British freighter Teespool, which caught fire at 6.25 p.m. yesterday, while berthed at Pyrmont. The damage is estimated at £35.000…
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One of the most disastrous fires in the city's history destroyed the power van of the Silver City Comet and other railway property at Crystal Street in the early hours of this morning. The damage is estimated at £80,000…
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DIESEL ENGINE SHED AT CRYSTAL STREET RAILWAY STATION, which was destroyed in an £80,000 fire on Thursday morning. In the centre of the picture is the power van which draws the…
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There has been no final official estimate of the [?] damage caused by Thursday fire which destroyed [?] the Comet's diesel locomotive and the Crystal Street engine sheas, a spokesman for the New South Wales…
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The Fire Appliance Chief of the N.S.W. Government Railways (Mr. Mc Vickers) arrived here last night to inspect the damage caused by the blaze at the Crystal Street…
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New York, Friday.—Damage caused by a fire that destroyed three industrial buildings at Clarksburg, West Virginia, was estimated today at 30 million dollars (£A13,392,856)…
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Damage estimated at more than £5000 was caused when the Barrier Citizens' Band Room, on the corner of Blende and Kaolin Streets, was gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning…
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New York, Sunday.—Investigators yesterday said that arson was not the cause of Wednesday's fire…
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San Francisco, Monday—An oil-fed blaze and thunderous explosions rocked two ocean-going tankers and an oil-loading pier in the San Francisco dock area, killing three men, injuring 30 and causing £2,250,000 damage…
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Two detectives from the Railways Investigation Department are at present in Broken Hill making inquiries into the fire last…
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Port Moresby, Monday.— Some of the native crew and passengers swam a mile to shore when the…
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The revival of the Barrier Citizens Band, which had been in recess for the last four or five years, is very unlikely following the disastrous fire which destroyed…
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Fairbanks (Alaska), Tuesday.—A recent false alarm had a tragic sequel in fire here yesterday. At [?]east four people are…
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In Broken Hill's third major fire within a week, a shop and attached dwelling at 466 Williams Street were severely damaged last night…
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Portions of a shop and dwelling at 466 Williams Street were severely damaged by fire and water in a blaze early last night. Occupier of the premises, Mr…
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Spreading with lightning rapidity, a fire swept through two large buildings in George Stteet north, near…
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Philadelphia, Wednesday—A zinc, pxide fire in a smelting works here today spread nauseating fumes over a mile-wide area, forcing nearly 1000 people to leave…
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