Damages By Bushfires
Sydney, March [?]—Writs totalling [?] million have been issued against the [?]ways Commissioner. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 20
Scrub Fire on Yorke Peninsula
Adelaide.—After a nightlong battle, hundreds of red-eyed, weary fire- fighters are still struggling to control the fire which has devastated 140 square miles of…
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Melbourne.—Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when a fire…
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New York, March. 10.—A fire yesterday burned out the heart of the waterfront at Wilmington, North Carolina,…
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The South Fire Brigade was called to the regeneration area in Bonanza Street at 9.57 p.m. last night to…
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The South Fire Brigade was called to the regeneration area in Bonanza Street at 9.57 p.m. last night to…
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Damage of an estimated £4,500 was caused by a fire at Barradale Station, near Wilcannia late on Friday…
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A fire in a South Broken Hill residence on Saturday night severally damaged a sleepout and…
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Damage estimated to run into hundreds of pounds was caused when a house caught fire in Eyre Street. South…
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The Central Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished a small fire in the planking of a footbridge at the corner of…
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The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a fire in a kitchen chimney at the Ozone Cafe, Argent Street…
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A six-roomed dwelling at 424 Chapple Street, was gutted and the contents totally destroyed in a fierce blaze late yesterday…
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A, six-roomed weatherboard and iron dwelling at 424 Chapple Street was gutted and the contents…
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New Delhi, Tuesday.—The Jammu police opened fire on demonstrators who tried to storm the Assembly…
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Adelaide—More than £5000 damage was caused by a fire which severely damaged two city storerooms about 5.45…
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New York, Sun.: Some survivors of the fire in a nursing home for the aged at Largo, Florida, despite their own infirmities, did their best to help their fellows. Survivors stood pitifully in…
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Largo, Florida, March 30. —A fire swept through a nursing home for the aged here yesterday and burned…
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On the property of Mr. W. J. O'Connell, Bono Station, last Wednesday, the men's quarters at the Bono Tank…
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Newcastle: Detectives invesigating a fire at Mayfield believe that sun shining through a window…
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Sydney.—Twenty men who were having lunch in a first-floor room had to climb to safety through…
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