Warning on parking over fire hydrants
Prosecutions will be launched against motorists who in future do not strictly observe the space margin when parking near fire hydrants…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 20
Rubbish fire
The Central Fire Brigade had its first call for more than three weeks last night, when it extinguished a…
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Melbourne—Two small girls were burnt to death in bed when a fire destroyed their weatherb[?]ard house at Shelly; 237 miles north-east of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Boston Harbor
Boaton: Flames rose 150ft. when wood pulp logs caught fire on a wharf in Boston harbor. The British freight…
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London, Friday: British air safety experts have developed a new plane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Fire Alarm
London, Friday: British air safety experts have developed a new plane firewarning which sounds an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Midnight Blaze House Badly Damaged
A large house was severely damaged in a midnight blaze on Saturday. The house, a thirteen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Half of Flat in Argent St
One half of a duplex flat situated at 487 Argent Street escaped serious damage in a fire which completely gutted the other half on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Hold of Selandia
Pananag. Monday: A fire broke out in a hold of the 8420-tons Selandia shortly after she reached Penang…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drops from Fire
Brisbane: A mah trapped in a burning factory at West End a. Brisbane, suburb clung to a first floor…
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A wood-and-iron house at the intersection of Bromide and Wicks Streets was totally destroyed hy fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bromide Street House Gutted by Fire £3,000 Damage Estimate
A spark from a fuel copper is believed to have set-off the blaze which yesterday destroyed the Bromide Street home of Mrs. Magaret Whitlock, causing damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carried Fire Arms On Sunday Three Men Fined
Three men were fined in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for carrying firearms on a Sunday…
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Roof timbers of a kitchen at the rear of the Central Dining Rooms, Argent Street were severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Copper Fire
The Central Pire Brigade was called to 388 Oxide Street at 11.35 a.m. today, when a kerosene copper became…
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The South Fire Brigade was called to a house near the corner of Morish and Comstock Streets shortly…
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The Central Fire Brigade was called out at about 1.15 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a chimney fire at 615 Beryl…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Factory in S.a
Adelaide: Thousands of pounds worth of machinery, stores and Vehicles were lost in a disastrous early morning blaze at B. Mehrtens & Co's, fertiliser factory at Wingfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Alarm of Fire
The Central Fire Brigade yesterday answered a false alarm to Wood Son's warehouse in Blende Street at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Military Base
Anchorage (Alaska), Friday: Fire and explosions destroyed millions of dollars worth of military installations and supplies at the port of Whittier…
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