Drove Bus to Fire Station
Auckland, Sunday.—A Stratford youth drove a bus in flames to the fire station where the fire was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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£20,000 Fire in Brisbane
Brisbane.—A fire in Grey Street, South Brisbane, caused damage estimated at £20,000…
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A shed at the rear of premises at 419 Morgan Street was severely damaged by a fire which broke…
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A small fire which occurred on Saturday was attended by the Central Fire Brigade, and was…
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Tamworth.—A bushfire which burnt out 1050 acres of wheat and grass on Pine Ridge Station, near Quirindi, started in a man's hair. Lionel Nichols was…
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An elderly man suffered severe burns to the feet and forearms when his hut. was destroyed by fire at…
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THAT'S NIGGER, a four-legged fire extinguisher, and he isn't playing with the burning paper. He's deadly serious about it. Nigger is a nine-year-old dog of doubtful pedigree belonging to Mr. E. J…
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Children playing with matches are believed to have been the cause of the fire which broke out at the…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to a vacant block on the corner of Chloride and Williams Streets at 3.19…
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Graziers in the Little Topar area view the fire hazard with concern and are anxious to have all fire…
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A meeting of the Little Topar fire fighting Association is to be held at the Topar Hotel on Sunday at…
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Local fire brigades answered two calls yesterday afternoon. The South brigade received a call at 4.14…
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Katoomba, November 26.—To fight a bushfire which broke out near the Valley of the Waters, Wentworth Falls,…
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Nairobi, Friday—Kenya police headquarters said today that they had arrested 425 Africans in a raid on the Burma market here just before it was gutted by fire last…
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A motor car was severely damaged by fire early yesterday morning. The Central brigade was called, and…
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A back-fire in the car-burettor of a 1934 Ford sedan yesterday started a fire which completely burnt…
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Leaking fuel from a kerosene operated hot-water service caused a fire which severely damaged a laundry…
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Toronto.—A fire alarm was given by a Trans-Canada airlines plane flying over Toronto. The pilot saw a…
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At a meeting this week the Little Topar fire fighting organisation decided to impose a levy on members…
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St. John, Tuesday.—Fire destroyed a section of Corner Brooke (Newfoundland) causing 2,000,000…
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