Oil Well Ablaze Fire-Fighting Methods
NEW YORK.—When an oil well in Texas cratered and the derrick fell into the hole, releasing oil and gas over an area 168 feet in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
157 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 8
Garage Fire Two Cars Burnt
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A garage at Penshurst was badly damaged by fire last night. It appears that a spirit stove was lit by the proprietor,…
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At a meeting of the Municipal Council, held on Monday last, a communication was received from the Board of Fire…
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In a report to a special meeting of the Hospital Board on Friday night it was stated that both bath-heaters in the nurses’ quarters had been burnt…
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Kingsdale: A fire broke out at Messrs. D. and R. Gray's limekiln at 1.15 on Saturday afternoon. The kiln was being fired at the…
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NEW YORK, Sunday: The freighter Koenigstein, with a crew of 50, sent out an S.O.S. owing to a fire in two holds. The vessel was 400 miles east…
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The Rev. F. W. Rettie's motor car was partly destroyed by fire at Tumut on Wednesday afternoon. About 4.30 pro. Mr. Rottie was…
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The Blayney Coroner, Mr. T. Black, conducted an inquiry last week into a Are which destroyed Mr. A. J. Death's home at King's Plains…
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Rev. F. W. Rettie, of Tumut, was driving his car in Tumut one day last week, when, nearing the racecourse turn-off, he noticed excessive…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The worst bush fires the Yeppoon district north of Rockhampton, has experienced for many years occurred this week. They…
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MADRID, Tuesday: The country is calmer, although there were clashes between the police and the strikers at several…
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In a letter to the P.P. Board on Tuesday, C. W. Priestly, Torrens Street, Braddon, Canberra, acknowledged the Board’s letter to him in…
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"Now that the camping and picnicking season is with us again, It think it is necessary that all motorists should be asked to take particular…
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When the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) met Ald. J. Rintoul at the Local Government Conference at Goulburn…
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"Reduction of our own tariff would merely reduce the essential source of Federal revenue from which, in one direction of…
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BARRALLIER: A young man, a member of a party of motorists from Sydney, was severely burnt about the hands, near…
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A flying fire brigade has been founded in Chicago. It is believed that by dropping fire-extinguishing chemical, aeroplanes will check the…
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Ideal weather conditions now mate gardening a source of intense pleasure. No longer must we wait months on end to see results from our…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire at Barradine, in the Bathursa district, early this morning caused damage estimated at £4000 at Richardson's…
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Every summer appreciable toll is paid to the demon fire in rural districts, and in some years (as in 1931-32) the loss of both stock and…
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