Chimney Fire
Central Fire Brigade at 6.43 p.m. yesterday received a call to a chimney fire at 458 Williams Street. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 20
They Blame Ghosts for Fires
London: Several hundred Chinese men, women and children are seeking refuge in another Singapore suburb…
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Although oil in a burner at Modern Dyers and Dry Cleaners. 187 Argent Street caught fire at about 2.50 p.m…
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Sir.—The fire arms blitz has again raised the how and wherefore of going outback for a week-end with a gun…
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Sydney, July 28.—Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court today awarded £45,000 against the Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →3 Perish in in Taxi Fire
Sydney—Three men were burnt to death in a taxi and a fourth was dragged to safety when the taxi and a…
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Sydney—Three men were burnt to death in a taxi and a fourth was dragged to safety when the taxi and a…
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Sydney, July 31: Five men were overcome by ammonia fumes during a fire that destroyed part of a freezing…
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Brisbane: Half the small tobacco township of Dimbulah on the Atherton tableland's, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Fire at Rear of Dance Studio
On Saturday evening a fierce fire at the rear of the Bridgewater School of Dancing, Oxide Street, caused quite a deal of damage. There was also some damage at…
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The Central Brigade was called to a chimney fire at 185 Bell Street about 7.05 p.m., yesterday…
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Station Officer O. Pickering, of the Central Fire Brigade, will leave for Sydney on Thursday on transfer…
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Sydney: An elderly couple were burned to death last night in their shack at Belrose, in French's Forest…
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The Central F[?] was called out at [?] yesterday to [?] Street, but fo[?]…
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Prompt action by City Council power house employees today probably averted a serious fire. They…
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The chairman of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) has informed the…
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Melbourne: Twelve executives of Dowd Associates Pty. Ltd. ran through a 30ft. gauntlet of flames to…
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Slight damage resulted when a kerosene stove caught fire in a rear room of a shop at 221 Oxide St…
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Waste oil coming into contact with the exhaust from one of the engines caused a small fire at the side of the…
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Perth: Two jeeps carrying members of the Leichhardt expedition burst into flames while passing through spinifex country 60 miles north-east of the Warburton Ranges…
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