Tanker Sinks After Fire
Buenos Aires, Sunday:— [?]he oil tanker Esso Neuquen caught fire and sank after an explosion in the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
428 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 22
Tracer Bullets Started Fire
Junee (N.S.W.)—Tracer bullets fired at a fox at Muttama on January 24 started a bush fire that swept through the Jugiong and Coolac districts, according to…
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At 8.31 o'clock last night thc Central Fire Brigade was called to the Council rubbish depot where a…
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The Fire Brigade in Broken Hill asks for thc co-operation of motorists in its work by abstaining…
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Sydney, February 27.—A fire below decks on a former LST trapped six workmen at Balmain today. The fire is believed to have…
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Sydney, February 27.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, said he was considering complete reorganisation of fire fighting in…
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Canberra, February 28. — The N.S.W. Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, came under personal attack in the House of Reps, today by Mr…
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A fire in the laundry at 407 Morgan Street at 11 a.m. yesterday was extinguished by the occupants of the…
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Canberra—A platoon of army paratroops would be available soon to help civil authorities in fighting…
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Malta, Monday.— Fire broke out on board a naval barge in Valetta Harbor near and Zeebruzze, which are…
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New York, Tuesday.—James J. Moran was sentenced to from 13 to 28 years' imprisonment today for his part in a 500,000 dollars a year extortion scheme, while he was first deputy fire…
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Sydney, March 5.—The Legislative Assembly tomorrow [?]ill consider a motion that a Royal Commission by appointed to inquire…
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A man who took one and a half hours to extinguish a fire on a waggon carrying 3260 gallons of petrol to…
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Melbourne. — Twelve racehorses, valued at £20,000, were led to safety from stables near a blazing feed store at Ascotvale, on Saturday night. The horses included…
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Adelaide, March 10.—Two fires which broke out today at the Royal Adelaide Exhibition at Wayville are believed to have been…
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Sydney, March 10.—Some landowners have lodged claims against the Railway Department for damage to property caused by fires…
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About £100 damage was caused to a motor cycle outfit yesterday when it caught fire from a backfire through the carburettor…
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Abolit £100 worth of damage was caused to a motor cycle and sidecar when it caught fire in Gypsum Street…
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Sydney, Much 11.—Bushfires have put back the State's timber industry 15 years, according to the Minister for Conservation Mr. G…
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Brisbane, March 16.—A fire caused £50,000 of damage when [?] gutted a building last night. Six shops were burnt out and two…
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