Novel Fire Fighting
Wagga.— Riverina farmers arc talking about the novel method used by Mr. Lloyd Roberts to save half his…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
428 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 22
Fire Sweeps Korea City
Tokio, Monday. — A huge fire, which caused damage estimated at more than £437.000 swept through the…
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When firemen from the Central station answered a call at 7.43 p.m. yesterday, they found plenty of smoke in the vicinity of 240 Oxide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food Famine in Sydney Forecast Markets Flooded Now With Stock Escaping Drought And Fires
Sydney, February 4.—Trade authorities forecast a meat and vegetable famine and a shortage of milk in Sydney within a fortnight. They claim the excessive supplies of meat and vegetables that have reached the…
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Sydney, February 4.—Bushfires broke out afresh today in the Blackheath and Shipley districts in the Blue Mo[?]bins, but were under control tonight. A fire was still durning tonight less than a mile from Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Rage in Vic
Melbourne.— Fires raging 30 miles front Melbourne have taken another life-the second in two days…
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Sydney. — Two persons were killed and two others were injured in a crash in dense bushfire smoke near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Revolutionary Method Of Fire Fighting
A revolutionary method of fire fighting with a stream fo[?] that has been developed in Miami, Florida, could if put into universal…
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Canberra— A raging pine forest fire swept Mount Stromolo Observatory, near Canberra, yesterday, destroying the workshop and causing almost £100,000 worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires Put Mt. Stromlo Service Out of Action Woman Dies; Several Burned Badly In Victoria
Canberra, February 5.—As the result of the destruction of the power plant at Mt. Stromlo Observatory by bushfire today, the time service supplied throughout Australia and to ships at tea is now completely out of…
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Mr. Norman Woodman, local undertaker, was mo[?]entarily nonplussed when leaving his offices on Tuesday evening to find that…
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Menindee police intend to keep a close check on camppers and picnickers to sec that lucy extinguish tires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Bushfire Deaths in Vic. Incredible Destruction As Flames Sweep On
Melbourne, February 6.—The Victorian bushfire depth tall rose to four today when a men, severely burned yesterday, died in hospital. The incredible destruction wrought by the fires is being revealed as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Family Perish in V6c Fires
Melbourne— Marjorie Townrow (4) and her sister Gloria (2), were fatally burnt with their mother, a Canadian war bride, in the bushfires near Sea Lake, in…
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The Chief Secretary has advised the Council that he has directed that the lighting of all fires in the open air, excepting any fire lit…
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The Chief Secretary has informed the City Council that he has directed that the lighting of all fires in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfires Death Roll Leaps to Ten
Melbourne, February 7.—The death roll in the disastrous Victorian bushfires least to 10 today when four more of those…
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Conditions preventing subleasing or agisting of grazing leases in the Kosciusko State Park have been temporarily waived by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at R. Town
Slight damage by fire was done to a pile of packing cases in an open yard at 198 Cornish Street last night…
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Two small fires were attended by the Central Fire Brigade during the week-end. On Saturday at 5.2 p.m. the brigade went to…
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