Guest House Fire
Melbourne, December 31.—Holiday makers, in night attire, fled in panic from a blazing guest house at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 20
171 Calls to Fires in Brokenhill
Statistics released today by the Central Fire Brigade revealed that during 1952 the brigades stationed here…
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Port Moresby.—Pastor Ernest Lemke, of Western Australia, and his son Lester are thought to be the only…
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Damage estimated at £15 was caused when a fire broke out at the rear of Stan Newton's shop, in Oxide…
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A storeroom and its contents were severely damaged by fire and water in an early morning blaze at the rear of Lin Richards' Sports Shop, 61A Oxide Street,…
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A storeroom and its contents were severely damaged by fire and water in an early morning blaze at the rear of Lin Richards' Sports Shop, 61A Oxide Street,…
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A quantity of paint and turpentine was destroyed in a backyard fire at the rear of Stan Newton's hardware…
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The District Forestry Officer (Mr. H. Dring) has issued a warning of the danger of grass fires in the West Darling area. Mr. Dring said that spear grass in…
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The District Forestry Officer (Mr. H. Dring) has issued a warning of the danger of grass fires in the West Darling area. Mr. Dring said that spear grass in…
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The prompt arrival of the Central Brigade to a call to the timber yard of Constructions' Ltd, Crystal…
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A large quantity of timber at the rear of the Crystal Trading Company. 167-169 Crystal Street, was destroyed…
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Damage amounting to many hundreds of pounds was caused on Saturday when fire broke out in a storeroom at the rear of Lin…
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Sydney, January 4.—A Russian migrant will for[?] £100 to the immigration Department, if [?] does no…
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A utility owned by Clarence William Mead, of Nailsworth, South Australia, was severely damaged when a…
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Buenos Aires, Fri.—Seventeen passengers were burnt to death yesterday when a bus capsized…
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Firemen from the Central Brigade extinguished a rubbish fire in Wills Street on Saturday afternoon. They…
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Orange— More than 100 sheep were destroyed and 300 acres of rich grazing land razed when an…
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Buenos Aires, Jan. 12.—Seventeen passengers were burnt to death when a bus capsized…
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Adelaide—Bushfire warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau today. A bureau official said…
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Buenos Aires, Jan. 13. — More than one million gallons of crude oil and Petrol were burnt and 20 firemen…
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