Station Man Missing After Fire
Durham Downs station homestead in southern Queensland, was destroyed by firs late last night and thc manager, Mr. Peter Stevenson, is missing…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Oil Storage Blaze
Sonora (California), Friday.—About 50,000 gallons of fuel oil and petrol went up in flames last night,…
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Canberra. — Paratroops would be available for bush fire fighting when their training was completed, Mr…
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Seven members of the Board of Fire Commissioners will arrive here on October 10 on an inspection of the…
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The Honorable T. J. Smith president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wares,…
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The body of Mr. Peter Stevenson was discovered in the destroyed ruins of…
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The manager of Durham Downs Station, Mr. Peter Stevenson, is missing, believed dead, following a disastrous fire which broke out…
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The charred remains of Mr. Peter Stevenson (49), manager of Durham Downs Station, were found among the ruins of the…
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The Central Fire Brigade was hogged twice yesterday. At 1.10 a.m. a call was received from the corner of…
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Sydney.—Miners rescuesafety men won the battle against the raging underground, fire in the Liddell…
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Only minor damage was caused when a fire broke out at the City Council's powerhouse, Galens Street, shortly…
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New York, Sunday.—Mrs. mogene Hayes (25), and four of her five children [?]ied in a fire that destroyed…
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Minor damage was caused by a fire yesterday at the Galena Street powerhouse. The Central brigade…
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The Central Fire Brigade had its second call to the [?] Street Powerhouse in two days when a quantity…
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The second fire within two days occurred at the Galena Street powerhouse at 9.42 o'clock last night when…
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Melbourne. — A serious group of 120 men from all over Australia met in a bush hut at Kinglake…
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Members of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Broken Hill next week…
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BUSHFIRE fighting in SA nest summer will be a less haphazard task with the help of this shortwave…
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Perth.—A big "stock of sheet music was burnt or damaged by smoke in a £50,000 fire at Musgroves…
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Strathalbyn—Moon Blaze, ridden by W. Pyers, won the Matrons' Handicap at Strathalbyn this afternoon. The winner was favorite at 10 to 9. Patients' Trial Hurdle,…
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