Sheds Damaged in Morning Blaze
Broken Hill firemen had a bush day yesterday when two sheds were severely damaged and an adjoining garage slightly damaged in a fire which broke out behind…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 18 of 20
Fire Board Acts Against Firemen
Sydney, November 16. — The Board of Fire Commissioners today applied to the…
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Sydney, November 16.—A 39-year-old laborer set alight to a house at Lidcombe while his wife and children were…
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Sydney, Nov. 18.—Three big fires and several smaller blazes have devastated thousands of acres…
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Sydney: Cooler conditions in most parts of the State today have eased the bush fire danger…
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Sydney: Many bushfires are burning in the north coast area of N.S.W. and the fire danger is high in…
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Cooma, Nov. 30: A fire destroyed the Snowy Mountains Authority barracks at…
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The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners is seeking recruits from the Broken Hill district for appointments as members of the permanent fire-fighting staff…
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The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners is seeking recruit's from the Broken Hill district for appointments as members of the permanent fire-fighting staff…
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Sydney, Nov. 22: Big fires in the Coff's Harbor area were brought under control tonight. At Wauchope, more…
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Sydney: Most bush fires in the, north coast area of N.S.W. are under control. Chill overcast weather has…
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At the present time, the Board of Fire Commissioner's is advertising for local applicants for position as…
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Sydney: Heavy rain yesterday and last night has saved forest and and plantations in the Corf's Harbor…
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Pusan, Friday: Residents rushed, screaming, in panic through the streets when an enormous fire raced uncontrolled through Pusan today and destroyed at…
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Pusan, Sunday: A South Korean woman today was arrested by police who said a fire in her home on Friday set off the blaze which burnt out the heart of…
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Pusan (Korea): Influenza has broken out among children following the city's disastrous fire, United Press…
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Melbourne: The elderly mother of a university professor died in the backyard of her house during the…
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Brisbane: Arthur Ernest Halliday, 43, (serving a life sentence for the murder of…
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Sydney, Dec. 4: The Chief Secretary, has banned the lighting of open air fires in certain Western districts…
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The kitchen in the N.S.W. Railway employees' barracks in Crystal Street was severely damaged by fire…
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