Fire At Butchers
The Central Fire Brigade was called out shortly after mid-day yesterday to extinguish a fire which badly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
428 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 22
Undefeated by Fires, Drought
Darwin.—Here are two stories of courage from the Northen Territory— stories of men and women who won't go under to the worst drought the Territory…
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Wodonga.—A loaded furniture van, on the way from Melbourne to Sydney, caught fire nine miles from here…
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Perth.— When Ronald Charles Greenway, of Glenflorrie Station, in the WA north-west, used kerosene…
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A midnight dash by plane to Maree, about 270 miles west of Broken Hill, was made by the N.S.W. Flying Doctor (Dr. Gregory) last night to treat a seriously ill…
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At 5.25 p.m. yesterday the Central Fire Brigade was called to 255 Chapple Street where some rat In an oven…
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Corpus Christi (Texas) M[?] is—A million dollars [?] worth of oil went up in months before a fire in a storage depot…
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Melbourne. — A fire which caused damage estimated at £250,000 destroyed three factories on the top of two floors of Bradford House, a four-storey building, in Flinders Lane. Thousands of pounds…
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Sydney, May 20.—Bushfires caused at least £6,500,000 damage in New South Wales between October, 1951 and March 1952, the state Bushfire Committee has…
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Melbourne.—Clothing factories were swept by fire early today in the second city blaze this week…
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Central firemen last night extinguished an electrical fire at Ozone Theatre. The fire was first noticed shortly…
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An electric motor used to operate the sliding doors of the screen in the Chinese Gardens Theatre was severely damaged by…
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Police believe that an attempt was made on Friday last to set fire to a room at the local high school…
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Sydney. — Mrs. Marie Forde of Vaucluse rescued her three-year-old son from a blazing cupboard…
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Geelong.—Two men trapped in a blazing storeroom dashed through the flames to safety when fire broke…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called to 203 Oxide St. at 11.50 o'clock this morning where a chimney was alight…
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Ottawa—Seven children burnt to death when fire destroy their home at St. Lud de Dij Quebec. Their mother, now…
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Sydney— Alderman L. E. Duff was re-elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners. Alderman Duff was…
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New York.— The "phantom" gunman of Illinois fired on four more motorists on Illinois roads at…
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Stawell. —Fire destroyed seven detached bungalows used as staff quarters at the Hotel Bellfield, Hall's…
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