£20,000 Fire at Port Kembla
Sydney: The most spectacular fire in many years last night destroyed the workshop and storeroom of A. E. Goodwin Pty. Ltd., at Port Kembla, on the southern N.S.W…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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£20,000 Fire at Port Kembla
Sydney: The most spectacular fire in many years last night destroyed the workshop and storeroom of A. E. Goodwin Pty. Ltd., at Port Kembla, on the southern N.S.W…
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Sydney, September 27.—A woman and her three children climbed to the roof of an adjoining house and her…
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Melbourne: A fire caused £15,000 damage to the Northcote Church of Christ, Melbourne…
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London, Tuesday:. More than 200 workers slipped down rope ladders into rescue tugs at the Glasgow…
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The period from October 1, 1953 until March 31, 1954 has been proclaimed a bush fire danger period in the City of Broken Hill. As a result of this proclamation the lighting…
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A bush fire danger period from October 1 to March 31, 1954, has been proclaimed in Broken Hill…
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A bushfire danger period from October 1 to March 31,1954, has been proclaimed in Broken Hill…
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At 4.40 p.m. on Saturday the Central Kite Brlgad was called to Dann's chaff store. Blende Street, when…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished two minor fires on Saturday. The first call, shortly before 5 p.m., was…
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A shop did its contents in South Broken Hill were severely damaged by fire shortiy ofter 11 o'clock last night. Damage to the shop,…
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Sydney, October 8.—Two men were killed, and several suffered miner…
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A fire which broke out in Strempel's grocery store at 278 Wilton Street, South Broken Hill, at about 11 o'clock on Wednesday night severely damaged store-rooms and…
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A rubbish fire broke out at the rear of Barrier Stationers about 9.30 last night. Central and South Brigades…
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A rubbish fire broke out at the rear of Barrier Stationers about 9.30 last night. Central and South Brigades…
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It is believed that a spark from an incinerator caused a fire amongst some paper and crates at the rear of…
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Both the Central and South Fire Brigades were called yesterday evening to a grass fire in the…
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Brisbane: A neighbor turned a garden hose on an elderly woman whose hair and clothing caught fire at…
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Sydney: Mr. Isles, S.M., fined the Board of Fire Commissioners £45 in the Chief Industrial Court for having failed to acknowledge the report of a fire…
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A grass fire in Silverton Tramway Company property opposite the Duke of Cornwall Park late yesterday…
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