£30 Ooo Fire Near Melbourne
Melbourne: Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which burned out half of Record Leather Manufacturers Pty. Ltd's, factory and severely damaged the top floor…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Crystal Street Home Destroyed by Fire
A house at 500 Crystal Street occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Wallace was completely gutted by a fire which swept through it at about 2 p.m. yesterday…
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Sydney, Oct. 21.— Three firemen collapsed in the early stages of a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woolworth's Sydney Stores Destroyed in Spectacular Fire
Sydney—Sydney's most spectacular night blaze for years last night destroyed the four-storey bulk store of Woolworths Ltd., Ash Street, and leaped across the street to burn out the company's main retail store…
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Sydney, October 22.—Police investigating cause of the fire that gutted Woolworth's George Street…
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A six-roomed house at Wilcannia was damaged by fire late yesterday afternoon. Damage is estimated…
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The boiler room at the rear of the Home of Compassion, Piper Street, was severely damaged by fire…
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Fire caused damage estimated at £200 to a 6-roomed cottage in Hood Street. Wilcannia, at 4 p.m. on…
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The western division conference of Pastures Protection Boards at Wentworth this week decided to ask the State Government for an annual subsidy of…
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The western division conference of Pastures Protection Boards at Wentworth this week decided to ask the State Government for an annual subsidy of…
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Adelaide: With axes and crowbars, more than a dozen New Australian workmen helped firemen to fight a fire…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a small rubbish fire at the rear of 88 Argent Street last night. The call…
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Adelaide: A 58-years-old Prospect man was rescued from his smoke-filled bedroom, next to a blazing…
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Sydney: Two hundred factory workers fled when a fierce fire broke out in a three storey factory…
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A conference will be held in Broken Hill next week to discuss the staffing of local fire brigades…
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New Delhi, Mon: Police opened fire on rioters in Lucknow after they had…
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Sydney, Monday—Homes over a 500 yards radius were shaken and damaged, and the roar was heard several miles away, as fire enveloped an explosives shed and…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Broken Hill on November 12, to discuss staffing of the…
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Melbourne: Damage amounting to £10,000 was caused by a fire which seriously damaged packing…
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Sydney, Nov. 2: A violent explosion and several minor blasts shattered a large earth-moving equipment building and caused £40,000 worth of damage at Mascot tonight…
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